Author: Sports News UK
It has been 43 years and four weeks since a French man won a grand slam. The odds that it’s about to be 43 years and five just got a whole lot shorter. Their last contender, Arthur Rinderknech, plays Novak Djokovic in the third round on Friday, but their great hope heading into the championships, Arthur Fils, lost to Matteo Berrettini on Centre Court, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, in a performance that included a couple of flare-ups with the umpire and his own coaches, a lot of hot exclamations, exultations and exhalations – and an array of absolutely staggering shots.They…
The Vision may not be totally dead, but WWE apparently has some figuring out to do before anyone calls it alive again. According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, there is now a split opinion inside WWE about what should happen to The Vision after the group finished its story with Seth Rollins. Some people believe the faction can keep going, but only if WWE reimagines it with changes to the lineup. Others are ready to move on. After months of injuries, title losses, and the group slowly falling apart on TV, there is a feeling that The Vision may…
Vitor Pereira has left Nottingham Forest with the club poised to appoint former Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner as his successor. BBC Sport understands a deal to appoint the 51-year-old is virtually done with just the formalities left to complete.Contact with Glasner, who left the role as Palace manager at the end of last season, was first initiated earlier this summer.The Austrian, who led Palace to the Europa Conference League title last season following their FA Cup success in 2025, will become Forest’s fifth manager in fewer than 12 months.The club confirmed Pereira’s departure on Thursday evening, with staff members…
Ask almost anyone on the women’s tour who has the best backhand and most will say Amanda Anisimova. Ask them who the best server is and the American is not usually top of the list. On Thursday, though, she did her best impression of Serena Williams as she hit 20 aces to scrape past Sofia Kenin and claim a place in the third round.With every win, Anisimova erases some of the memory of last year’s final, when she was beaten 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek. But for a while early in the third set, when she trailed the former Australian…
Hamilton said: “If you look at the speed traces, we start losing deployment going into Copse. Normally the engine is screaming going into there and you are holding on for dear life. This year most likely we will be downshifting from seventh to sixth to keep the revs higher. It will be a long straight from Nine (Copse) and (to) 10 (Maggotts) with no deployment.”Maggots and Becketts will not feel the same, because you have to lift and coast through there for a period of time.”So it’s a completely different track. Maybe we will still get to enjoy it where…
Alex de Minaur was not at his best against French veteran Adrian Mannarino as Wimbledon’s fourth day opened with the sun out and mercury rising, but he was good enough.The Australian No 1 saw off his potentially troublesome left-handed opponent 6-3 6-2 6-2 in one hour 49 minutes on Thursday.De Minaur won the first two sets in 38 minutes each, breaking twice in the first set and thrice in the second.His own serve was occasionally malfunctioning, being broken in each, with the second delivery especially vulnerable.In the third, there was no such blemish, though he had to survive a lengthy…
The government has ruled out extending pub opening hours on Sunday night to allow fans to watch the England v Mexico World Cup game which kicks off at 1am UK time in Mexico City.In the House of Commons, Liberal Democrat MP Max Wilkinson asked if it would consider extending licensing laws on Sunday “so fans can enjoy the game in the pub”.”Pubs will miss out on a real opportunity to get money in the till if ministers do not make a blanket extension for licensing hours”, Wilkinson said.The government has already relaxed laws to accommodate matches beginning later in the…
Trout sushi washed down with coffee kombucha may not be the stereotypical breakfast of champions, but it’s become the go-to for Wimbledon’s tennis stars.Athletes are increasingly demanding sustainable options, as well as seeking out gut-friendly foods aligned with a microbiome diet, according to the tournament’s chefs. Recent research has shown a link between gut health, which can be improved through dietary changes, and sporting performance.“Gut health and probiotic products are very popular. We’re aware of that so we’re absolutely thinking about that,” said Joe Furber, the senior food and drink manager at Wimbledon.“It’s something we’ve improved on for this year,”…
Finn Russell will not feature in Scotland’s opening Nations Championship match of the summer series but could feature against South Africa, says head coach Gregor Townsend, who welcomes back Jonny Gray.Fly-half Russell, 33, has not fully recovered from the calf injury that kept him out of the latter part of Bath’s domestic campaign and was not considered for the match at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Cordoba on Saturday (20:10 BST). The Scots face the Springboks in Pretoria on 11 July then Fiji at Murrayfield on 18 July.Tom Jordan starts at 10 in Russell’s absence, with Fergus Burke among the…
AEW has crowned a brand-new TBS Champion after a six-woman match on the July 1 episode of AEW Dynamite. With Willow Nightingale forced to vacate the title because of a shoulder injury, six competitors battled in the first-ever Survival of the Fittest match in AEW history. After a lot of eliminations and twists, Hikaru Shida finally won the Championship for the first time. The match featured Harley Cameron, Hikaru Shida, Kris Statlander, Maika, Persephone, and Queen Aminata. It was an elimination match where wrestlers had to score pinfalls or submissions to stay alive. The last woman standing would become the…