Author: Sports News UK
Elliot’s arrival was announced four hours after the club confirmed that former Blackburn, Manchester City and Stoke City boss Hughes had left.Chairman Tom Piatak said in a statement that they were “grateful for the work he has done, the standards he brought and the progress made during the season”.”Following open and respectful discussions, both parties agreed this was the right time for the club to move in a different direction,” he added.Former Newcastle goalkeeper Elliot initially took over at Gateshead in a caretaker capacity in September 2023 after Mike Williamson left for Carlisle.He led the Tyneside outfit to sixth place…
They dare not make a mess of this on Friday or else their season, that promised so much only a few short weeks ago, will go up in a puff of smoke. That fear should focus their mind. They let one fantastic opportunity slip against Toulon so they must be driven to the high heavens to avoid a repeat.There is a subplot in all of this in that Lancaster Snr is coaching against Lancaster Jnr – Stuart versus his son, Dan, the Glasgow fly-half. Both of them committed to a vow of silence during the week. No wonder.For Glasgow this…
Bristol Bears and Saracens have confirmed that they will part ways with several players while Springboks forward Deon Fourie as well as British & Irish Lions and Scotland hooker Ewan Ashman have signed contract extensions with the Stormers and Edinburgh respectively. Mass exodus at Bristol Bears Bristol Bears have announced that they will honour 12 players who are set to depart the PREM Rugby outfit at the conclusion of the 2025/26 season. Argentina back-row Santiago Grondona leaves after two seasons and 31 appearances for the Ashton Gate-based club. The Pumas star, who is set to join Top 14 side Pau,…
Boulter has struggled on clay throughout her career, only winning her first WTA-Tour level match on the surface in 2025. Despite winning just four clay-court matches across five tournaments this season, Boulter feels like she is making positive steps.”I have to keep reminding myself that I got my first win on clay last year and I’m here now testing some of the better players on a clay court and that is important to me,” Boulter told BBC Radio 5 Live.”I’m taking the steps towards where I feel like I need to be on a clay court. It’s taking time but…
The penultimate round of Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026 will be played over the weekend of May 29-30. It comes with a split of two matches per day. All teams have something to play, a la seedings for the play-offs, securing a play-off or avoiding the wooden spoon. Week 13 opens with Los Capibaras at home against Los Dogos at the Hipodromo de Rosario. Both teams are assured of places in the play-offs but exactly whom they will play against and where remains undetermined. SRA points are vital to maximize the possibility of a home Semi Finals. Game two will…
The All Blacks look set to face a weakened France outfit once again when they face off in the opening round of the Nations Championship in July. A year on from their controversial three-Test series in New Zealand, which saw Les Bleus travel to the southern hemisphere with a severely understrength side, Fabien Galthie may have no other choice but to field a much-changed 23. With the encounter taking place just a week after the Top 14 final, Galthie will not select any players from the clubs that feature in that encounter. Although their policy has changed, effectively enabling the…
Lionel Messi will play in a sixth World Cup as he captains holders Argentina at the 2026 tournament.The 38-year-old forward, who led his country to a third World Cup triumph in Qatar with a penalty shootout victory over France four years ago, was named in Lionel Scaloni’s 26-man squad on Thursday.With 26 appearances, Messi holds the current record for the most World Cup matches by any player – and will join Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, as the only male players to appear in a sixth edition of football’s biggest event this summer.Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez, who was named the…
To underline the push for changes, Sharrock recalled a Nike slogan. Bruce Sharrock: “Rugby has been the heartbeat of our country and we all want it to grow to that again.”“In order to remain No 1 you have to think and act like you’re No 2,” he said. “Rugby in New Zealand for too long has thought and acted like it’s No 1 when, quite frankly, it isn’t at the moment so we need to take a good look at what we need to do.”While NZR has, historically, retained most of its elite talent for the All Blacks, modern players,…
USA Rugby has named 37 players that have convened in Charlotte to begin final preparations for the Junior World Championship. This year’s tournament has been expanded to 16 teams and will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, beginning on June 27. The USA has been drawn in Pool C and will play Argentina, England, and Ireland in the round-robin stage. Included in the training group are 15 players currently based abroad. Four come from Super Rugby academy programs – second row Kitiona Talaepa (Hurricanes), and outside backs Gavin Holder (Crusaders), Blake Miller (Brumbies), and Dane Mitchell (Waratahs). Finn Love, another speedster,…
England suffered a chastening pre-T20 World Cup defeat as they were completely outplayed by India in a 38-run defeat in Chelmsford. Chasing 189 to win, England stuttered to 150-8 as questions remain around their batting line-up before the tournament begins in June. Openers Alice Capsey and Sophia Dunkley fell cheaply before Amy Jones made a fluent 67 from 48 balls, but the run-rate climbed out of control as they collapsed from 120-3. The returns of Danni Wyatt-Hodge from maternity leave and Nat Sciver-Brunt from injury cannot come soon enough for England’s stuttering top order. Extras also proved a big difference,…