Author: Sports News UK
Wales pairing Jonny Clayton and Nick Kenny continued their impressive start to the World Cup of Darts with a resounding victory over Group C opponents Thailand in Frankfurt, Germany.Having had to go through group qualifying after Gerwyn Price withdrew, the new Wales pairing opened their campaign by thumping Lithuania 4-1, and then followed that up on Friday by beating Thailand by the same score.The Welsh duo topped their group to book a Saturday afternoon tie at the Eissporthalle against USA.Hosts Germany again impressed with a 4-2 win over New Zealand as Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko secured their place in…
Northampton Saints head coach Sam Vesty told BBC Radio Northampton:”This place was absolutely buzzing and that always helps. Our lads were absolutely right up for it and I think we wholly deserved that, to be honest.”Our attack was fast, and because our ball was fast – Archie [McParland] had it off the floor so quickly – that the defence could never get set. I thought our breakdown and the fact our ball was so fast was probably the difference in the end.”We were good and we gave them a few ins that were a bit cheap, which we need to…
Women’s T20 World Cup, Group 2, Edgbaston England 219-1 (20 overs): Wyatt-Hodge 105* (62), Jones 53 (38)Sri Lanka 132 (19.5 overs): De Silva 39 (32); Kemp 4-22England won by 87 runsScorecard. Tables.Danni Wyatt-Hodge lit up the opening night of the T20 World Cup with a sensational 105 not out as England began with a statement victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston.Veteran opener Wyatt-Hodge, whose partner gave birth to their first child three weeks ago, celebrated by rocking her bat in her arms after racing to three figures in 61 balls.She put on 135 for the first wicket with Amy Jones…
What was already a huge rematch between Cody Rhodes and Gunther just got a lot more complicated. On the June 12 episode of SmackDown, Gunther revealed that Sami Zayn will be the special guest referee for next week’s WWE Championship match against Rhodes. Zayn has already been going through a complicated relationship with Rhodes, and now he is in the middle of one of WWE’s most heated current rivalries. With all these developments, the title match suddenly became much harder to predict. Gunther uses Sami Zayn’s emotional confrontation with Cody Rhodes to his advantage The special guest referee announcement came…
Ilia Topuria shoved Justin Gaethje in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the final news conference before the UFC’s unprecedented show at the White House on Sunday.After both fighters predicted victory in their unification fight, lightweight champion Topuria, 29, pushed interim title holder Gaethje, who responded by laughing off the incident.As UFC president Dana White separated the fighters with a wry smile on his face, American Gaethje could be heard saying to Topuria: “Look where we’re at, look at this beautiful view and you want to act like an animal?”Earlier, Georgian-Spaniard Topuria had told 37-year-old Gaethje he was “going to…
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown, airing June 12, 2026, promises an action-packed night live from the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island. The show sees “The Mega Star” LA Knight, “Main Event” Jey Uso, Finn Balor and Royce Keys face each other in a King of the Ring Tournament First Round Fatal 4-Way Match. Plus, “The Ring General” GUNTHER will reveal his condition for an Undisputed WWE Championship Match with Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes. The show kicks off at 8:00 PM ET on the USA Network and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like Netflix.…
England were victims of a theft of their training equipment before their arrival in Kansas City on Saturday.The Football Association is trying to ascertain what was stolen, with balls and boots among the items feared to have been taken, after vehicles transferring equipment to their Swope Soccer Village base in Kansas City were broken into.Thomas Tuchel and his squad will arrive in Kansas City on Saturday afternoon and the equipment was due to be in place beforehand.Police officers, who are in touch with the FA, were on site on Friday night dealing with the matter.It is understood two arrests have…
This is what Rooney said: “It is a red card. We have seen it before when players have gone through, and the whistle has gone, and it is a red card.”It is a very dangerous play. I know he wins the ball, but the follow-through, he hits him in the temple. That is the worst place to be hit.”He [Oluwaseyi] could get knocked out. He might come back in a week’s time and have delayed concussion. For me, that is a clear red card.”I don’t think it is the first time we [himself and Darren Cann] have disagreed.”When you see…
SummerSlam is taking place at the start of August. Last year was the first two-night event, and it will be continuing this year in Minneapolis. The only women’s match confirmed at this time is the winner of the Queen of the Ring tournament taking on either champion – currently Rhea Ripley or Liv Morgan. A report by WrestleVotes Radio via Fightful Select has learned that a match between Jade Cargill and Charlotte Flair has been pitched and even said to be penciled in. Despite being in the ring together, Cargill and Flair have yet to have a one-on-one. This has…
Katie Boulter battled hard with Elena Rybakina and she emerged from the longest day of her career with her greatest victory, a special performance from the British No 3 yielding a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win over the world No 2 and Australian Open champion.Emma Raducanu was also a winner on Friday, defeating Sorana Cirstea, the seventh seed and one of the most in-form players in the world this year 6-4, 6-2 to return to the quarter-finals on the grass courts of the Queen’s Club. However, the winner of her quarter-final match against Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova will be forced to play…