Author: Sports News UK
It was after losing in the US Open final last year that Jannik Sinner said he needed to be less predictable if he was to beat Carlos Alcaraz more regularly. Moving forward, finishing points at the net, he added, would help him against all opponents.For a while in his third-round encounter with Jenson Brooksby here, it seemed as if Sinner had forgotten all about his own advice. With the exception of a bounce smash, he barely ventured towards the net in the first set, happy enough to crank his huge groundstrokes from the baseline instead. In the second set, though,…
“They have plenty of threat. I know they’ve had challenges with injuries but when you look at the team it looks rock solid. That right edge with [Owen] Dagnall and [Harry] Robertson is exciting, not just for the present but for the future as well.”Rowley was equally effusive about the opposition, who have won four league games on the spin, scoring 180 points in the process, as well as sweeping aside Hull KR 40-10 in the Challenge Cup final.”Since the semi against us they’ve been absolutely on fire, credit where it’s due,” said Rowley, whose Saints side sit fifth but…
Arn Anderson isn’t bitter about how his AEW run ended in 2024, but he’s also not pretending the whole thing had much of a path once Cody Rhodes left. The WWE Hall of Famer came into AEW with a clear purpose. He was there as a veteran voice, a manager, and a steady presence around Cody while also helping give Brock Anderson a start on television. For a while, that worked. Arn had a role, Cody had momentum, and Brock got some valuable screen time. Then Cody left for WWE, and Arn says the direction pretty much left with him.…
Until Stone’s final over, Yorkshire were heading top of the group after a superb run-chase at Headingley.Alex Lees blazed 73 from only 35 balls with six sixes to lead Durham to 205-9, with Ben McKinney also making 42 from 21 deliveries.Captain Jonny Bairstow got the chase off to the perfect start with 66 from 36 at the top of the order before Moeen Ali kept them alive by swinging seven sixes in his 60 from 32 balls.When Moeen fell, 38 were needed from 23 balls and it needed Matthew Revis to lift Kasey Aldridge down the ground for six to…
The WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley has been out of action since Clash in Italy with prior reports suggesting a knee injury. As a result, she was not on the Night of Champions card. According to Fightful Select, she would have defended the WWE Women’s Title against either Jacy Jayne or Alexa Bliss at Night of Champions. Either Jacy Jayne or Alexa Bliss facing Rhea Ripley could have been at Night of Champions, if not for Rhea’s injury, @FightfulSelect has learned. We have a lot of news and notes in our DEBUNKATHON thread for subscribers. pic.twitter.com/Y88NMhPDC1— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) July…
As Aryna Sabalenka marched towards a convincing victory over the ever-dangerous Jelena Ostapenko, she opted for a slight change of pace. Leading 6-4, 2-1 and 30-0, Sabalenka followed up a massive serve by immediately flitting to the net.She surely had visions of her serve and volley attempt ending in triumphant Tim Henman-esque fashion, but that is not quite how things played out. She instead misjudged the path of Ostapenko’s slow, lofty return, and her shanked smash landed harmlessly on the service line. Ostapenko calmly ended the point with a forehand passing shot winner.In her embarrassment, all the world No 1…
The future of Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool appears a little uncertain with the club prepared to listen to offers for their captain, Fulham keen on West Ham winger Crysencio Summerville while Inter Milan want Chelsea centre-back Trevoh Chalobah.Liverpool are willing to listen to offers for Dutch centre-back and club captain Virgil van Dijk this summer with the decision to renew the 34-year-old’s contract last year viewed with regret by some inside Anfield. (Teamtalk), external Fulham have joined the race to sign Crysencio Summerville, 24, from West Ham with Chelsea and Manchester United also interested in the Netherlands winger. (Guardian),…
In the dying embers of this pulsating match, Novak Djokovic morphed into a young Boris Becker, flying through the air to hit a diving backhand lob volley at match point. At this juncture his opponent, Arthur Rinderknech, was also on the floor after slipping at the net. And Centre Court? All 15,000 of them on their feet. And no wonder. Because this was a first-week mini-classic.There was little in Rinderknech’s grass court record of 15 wins and 18 defeats to suggest he could put the greatest player in history through the ringer, save for his victory over Alexander Zverev at…
The Tour de France starts while much of the sporting world’s focus is on the Fifa World Cup.Sixteen years have passed since Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta scored the goal that gave Spain their first World Cup title.Now he presides over the NSN Cycling team, who contest their first Tour de France and start their mission in the city where Iniesta has legendary status.Iniesta has one of the best riders in sprinter Girmay, but he also must deal with the headache of trying to run a cycling team which still has none of the free-market TV rights cashflow of the sport in…
Everything appeared to be going smoothly once again for Djokovic as he wrapped up his sixth and seventh successive sets at this year’s championships to assert himself against the big-hitting Rinderknech.Djokovic had delighted the audience with sumptuous shot-making up to that point, taking a bow and putting a finger to his ear after executing a volley at full stretch on his way to polishing off the opening set.That was a clear signal that he had found his rhythm following a start in which the players traded early breaks, but Rinderknech continued to ask questions as he forced an early break…