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Sabonis Scoops Coach of the Year in Stunning Debut SeasonLondon Lions head coach Tautvydas Sabonis has been named the winner of the prestigious Molten Ed Percival Coach of the Year award for the 2025/26 Super League Basketball season, following a vote involving the league's head coaches, captains, and select members of the media. The Lithuanian play-caller claimed the honour in his very first season as a head coach — a remarkable achievement that reflects the outstanding campaign he has overseen

Walking Football teams, including the likes of Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, Glasgow, Cardiff, Birmingham, Grimsby, Leicester & Derby used Molten’s new 3135 'walking football' to impressive effect at the 2025 Melton Mowbray Walking Football Tournament over the weekend.24 teams, over two days, competed for the coveted trophies, eventually lifted by Pollock, Glasgow (Over 60s) and Forest Vets (Over 50s). Event organiser Gray Salt confirmed:  “The new Vantaggio 3135 was used in over 50 walking

UEFA Europa League – Update After Matchday 4

The Europa League Round of 16 kicked off last night, delivering drama of the highest quality for the two remaining British teams. Both Chelsea and Arsenal have made it to this point of the competition at a relative canter, but with the competition kicking up a notch, surprise results can often be the flavour of the day. Arsenal compounded that theory with a shock defeat to French side Rennes,who currently lie 10th in Ligue 1. Despite taking the lead through Alex Iwobi early in the first half, Sokratis

Despite the frosty weather, things are beginning to heat up in the Europa League for three British teams. Last night signalled the end of the group stages, with only Arsenal coming away with a victory having already secured progression through to the knock-out stages. Perhaps the most fortunate team to make their way to the last-32 was Celtic, who qualified despite a loss to FC Red Bull Salzburg thanks to a shock result that saw Norwegian side Rosenborg draw with RB Leipzig in Germany. The Scottish

It was another fantastic night for British teams in the Europa League with all four teams still in the running to make it to the knockout stages of the competition. Chelsea romped home with a resounding 4-0 win to extend their lead at the top of Group L to nine points with one game to go in the group stages of the competition. Olivier Giroud set the tone with two first-half goals for the Blues after PAOK Salonika were reduced to 10 men when Yeven Khacheridi was shown a straight red card in the seventh

It was a successful night in Europe for British teams as Chelsea and Arsenal both secured a place in the knockout stage of the Europa League and Celtic and Rangers remain in the hunt to follow suit. Chelsea ventured to Belarus to face FC BATE, having beaten the same side 3-1 at Stamford Bridge a couple of weeks ago.  This time, Chelsea faced a sterner test to maintain their perfect record in the competition. After taking the lead through Olivier Giroud before the hour-mark, the Blues were on the

The Europa League this week revealed a mixed bag of results for British teams as the competition moves into full swing, halfway through the group stage. Chelsea continued to show why they are heavy tournament favourites with a commanding display over BATE, emerging 3-1 victors thanks to a superb hat-trick from fan-favourite Reuben Loftus-Cheek who took the stunning Molten Match Ball home. Loftus-Cheek’s efforts meant that he was the first English player since Harry Kane to score a hat-trick in the

The wait is finally over. Thursday 20 September 2018 marks the start of the UEFA Europa League, Europe’s largest league of professional football clubs in the world. Every season, over 180 professional football teams from 55 countries across Europe take part in the league games, including the preliminary round. With the group stages now upon us, we are already down to 48 teams who will battle it out for the Europa League Trophy. There are four British teams to have made it to this point; 2012/13 UEFA

Molten are delighted to announce our formal partnership with Totally Netball, the leading Netball organisation in the Midlands who will now be using Molten Netballs across all of their leagues. Totally Netball is all about giving Netball back to ladies who loved playing when they were younger but allowed life to take over. Having only started in 2017, Totally Netball have gone from strength to strength having already expanded to 10 leagues in 11 locations. Molten are the proud leaders in the design