Author: Sports News UK

The Tour de France has a chequered history that cannot be forgotten.”He knows what the record is,” Lance Armstrong said on social media following Sunday’s result, referring to Pogacar.The American’s record of seven Tour de France victories between 1999 and 2005 has long since been wiped from the record books following the revelation of his systematic doping.And those in the sport have fairly diligently avoided mentioning his name since.But the night-time anti-doping tests during this year’s Tour, which the International Testing Agency (ITA) told BBC Sport were undertaken as an “exceptional operation” and because time was of the essence, once…

English football is set to implement a trial to try to eradicate the goalkeeper tactical timeout this season, BBC Sport can reveal.The Football Association, Premier League, English Football League, National League and Women’s Super League have agreed on the measure, pending permission from the International Football Association Board (Ifab).Earlier this year, Ifab decided against changing the law and invited leagues to volunteer for trials.Pro Ref, led by chief refereeing officer Howard Webb, has been in discussions with the leagues to determine how to tackle the issue. It settled on a team having to remove an outfield player from the field.…

O’Donoghue, who made his senior inter-county debut in 2020, had enjoyed a superb season for Andy Moran’s side prior to Sunday’s final.But his indefatigable display – in which he scored 0-5 and launched the move that ended with Darragh Beirne’s 40th-minute goal – has installed him as the frontrunner for the Footballer of the Year award (he would be the first Mayo winner since Moran in 2017). It would be a remarkable achievement for a multi-talented sportsman, who fought in two All-Ireland boxing finals in his youth and played for the Republic of Ireland soccer team at underage level. And…

ITV will show next year’s Rugby World Cup in Australia, extending the broadcaster’s coverage of the tournament to a 10th successive edition.All 52 matches from the event, which features 24 teams and a last-16 knockout round, will be shown live.”This is much more than a new agreement with a trusted partner, it is a statement of intent to ensure that everyone in the UK can experience and be inspired by one of the world’s iconic sporting events, its action, drama and personalities,” said World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin.The broadcaster, a rights holder for every men’s World Cup since the…

Willow Nightingale made history tonight, becoming the first AEW star to claim the company’s Grand Slam Champion status. During Saturday’s AEW Redemption pay-per-view, Nightingale took on Thekla in a match to try and take the title off the champion. She did just that, but not before some chaos occurred. Nightingale looked ready to win early in the match, but Skye Blue showed up to interfere. Willow hit a powerbomb on Blue outside of the ring, and then kicked out of a Spear attempt from Thekla. Late in the match, Nightingale won after countering a backslide from Thekla into a pin.…

Worcestershire appeared to be cruising towards victory when Hampshire, chasing 308, needed 48 runs to win with 21 balls remaining and one wicket in hand.Some big hitting from Andrew Neal took Hampshire to the brink of an astonishing success but, requiring five more off the final three balls, he edged spinner Fateh Singh behind to fall for 48 off 22 balls.The late drama at New Road was in sharp contrast to events earlier in the day at Radlett, where Middlesex made short work of Glamorgan’s batting line-up.Naavya Sharma (4-29), Toby Roland-Jones (3-35) and Noah Cornwell (3-1) were the only three…

RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande has agreed personal terms with Real Madrid after Paris St-Germain withdrew their interest.The 19-year-old Ivory Coast international was previously a target for Liverpool, who had an initial bid of £69m rejected in June, as well as PSG.Liverpool then moved on to other targets, and PSG have now opted against entering a bidding war with Real.PSG are said to have had a final £102.5m bid rejected for the teenager on Sunday.Madrid have since agreed personal terms, said to be modelled on England midfielder Jude Bellingham’s contract as they are incentivised on performances and effectively improve year-on-year.Real…

RJ City may have joked about “AEW Radio,” but Tony Khan says AEW’s answer to WWE’s growing media empire is very real, because an AEW podcast network is in the works. Speaking during the AEW Redemption post-show media scrum, Khan was asked whether WWE’s takeover of SiriusXM’s wrestling programming had sped up plans for an AEW podcast network. His answer was simple—those plans have been in motion for a long time, and they’re still moving full speed ahead. “We’ve been working on it. We’re still planning an AEW podcast network with our friends, so it’s coming.” Khan made it clear…

LIV UK final leaderboard-30 L Herbert (Aus); -24 T Hatton (Eng); -21 B DeChambeau (US); -17 C Smith (Aus); -14 C Surratt (US), A Ancer (Mex); -13 L Canter (Eng), C Howell III (US), H Varner III (US)Selected others: -8 Poulter (Eng); -6 T McKibbin (NI); -4 J Rahm (Spa), P Casey (Eng); -2 B Watson (US)Full leaderboardAustralia’s Lucas Herbert swept to victory on the final day of the LIV UK event in Staffordshire.The 30-year-old led throughout at the JCB Golf and Country Club in Rocester and carried a three-shot advantage over Bryson DeChambeau into the final round.And the world…

Hola a todxs and welcome to the Honor Club! This week ROH had a double feature, first on tuesday night Maya World had a single’s match showcase defeating Tiara James  using her very own lash extension (a Lowered Torture Rock Jumping Facebuster) You can watch the match for free on Youtube! While on Thursday night her BFF and tag partner, Hyan also found success in singles competition, she defeated Lacey Lane with a powerful Elevated double chickenwing facebuster. Billie Starkz had similar luck defeating pop sensation B3CCA with a Double Hammerlock Belly-to-Back Inverted Slam. Finally the reigning ROH Women’s Pure…