Author: Sports News UK
Charlotte Flair’s journey to the Queen of the Ring finals ended on the June 19 episode of SmackDown. The 14-time Women’s Champion was scheduled to face Liv Morgan in a semifinal match, but a backstage attack left her dealing with a badly injured knee before the match even started. Before the match, Flair spoke with Cathy Kelley backstage and pointed out that she hasn’t held a singles championship in several years and said she plans to win Queen of the Ring before chasing her 15th world title at SummerSlam. But things quickly took a turn for the worse. As Flair…
“Tennis is in a good place, but I think it could be better,” says Tim Henman when asked about the state of the sport that has consumed most of his life. He will soon outline ways tennis could be improved but, first, it helps to remember that the 51-year-old played in six grand slam semi-finals, including four at Wimbledon, won an Olympic silver medal and became No 4 in the world despite constant gripes from part-time tennis supporters who wrongly said he lacked the grit of an elite player.Yet grit filters through Henman’s memories and explains why he loves tennis…
Philadelphia was painted yellow as Brazil fans flooded into the city in their tens of thousands. There were many ticketless supporters who travelled large distances to watch the game on television in bars, just happy to be in the same city as their heroes played on the World Cup stage.Ancelotti struck a defiant tone at his post-match news conference, where the first question was: This was an improvement on Morocco, but what didn’t you like about the match?”We were much better first half. In the second half, they had little bit more control, but we had opportunities to score more…
WWE On “SmackDown”, Liv Morgan defeated an injured Charlotte Flair to advance to the Queen of the Ring finals. Prior to the match, Flair was attacked by Jade Cargill, B-Fab, and Michin, who focused on her surgically repaired knee. Nick Aldis and Alexa Bliss tried to convince her to forfeit, but she refused. Morgan chopped her knee before the match started. Once the bell rang, Flair connected with a clothesline. Morgan focused on attacking Flair’s knee in various ways. Flair rolled her up and went for a Figure Four, but…
Leinster picked up in the second half where they left off in the first when Prendergast picked up at the base of a ruck and darted over from a metre out to dot down, adding his third conversion of the game for 29-0.The Bulls were controversially denied a try when Harold Vorster appeared to ground the ball, but after consultation with the television match official [TMO] referee Andrea Piardi ruled out the score.It was the turn of Leinster to play with 14 men for 10 minutes when James Lowe received a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on infringement on his…
McGinn himself was in no doubt that he was fouled by Neil El Aynaoui, but insists Scotland cannot fixate on refereeing calls.”We could have been helped at times by the ref with 50-50 challenges,” the Aston Villa man said. “No problem with allowing things to flow but it has to be consistent.”Out the corner of my eye, I could see [the Morocco defender] charging in. I got first contact to the ball and he took me out. It’s a penalty kick for me. Sometimes you get them, sometimes you don’t. If it was given on the field, no chance it’s…
The tag team division has seen some highs and lows. The history of the division has also shown fans that strange teams can be very successful. At this point, R-Truth and Damian Priest have proven that they belong at the top of that conversation. WWE SmackDown tonight went down at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Fans packed the venue, and they couldn’t wait to see how the two title matches turned out. The WWE Tag Team Championships were on the line this week as fans saw Damian Priest & R-Truth vs. The MFTs. This match closed out the…
Back in September 1996, Antonio Freeman’s performance lit up the American football stage as his two touchdowns helped the Green Bay Packers to an impressive win at the Seattle Seahawks.Months later he became a Super Bowl winner – the highest accolade an NFL player can achieve.Fast forward almost 30 years and the name Freeman is creating headlines in Seattle once again but this time in a different sport, with his son Alex scoring his first World Cup goal on Friday to help the USA to a 2-0 win against Australia to seal their place in the knockouts.”It’s a full circle…
If you have been a long time wrestling fan, when you think of singer and celebrity Cyndi Lauper you think of her time with then-WWF. Lauper, now 72 years young, is known for her time alongside former WWF Women’s Champion – Wendi Richter. Following the news that at the 2026 San Diego Comic-Con, a WWE/Mattel exclusive action figure of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun music icon will be showcased, WrestleVotes on Fightful Select inquired about the relationship between Lauper and WWE. WrestleVotes were told the collaboration has strengthened considerably between the two parties. One source went on to…
Leigh were missing Super League’s record try-scorer Josh Charnley and stand-off Lachlan Lam through knee injuries and badly missed their attacking prowess.They fell behind after 10 minutes when Burgess touched down in the left corner after good approach play from the home side.Hiku quickly added to the lead when he dotted down Tyrone May’s clever kick through.Alick-Wiencke showed good effort to get the ball down on the line to get Leigh back into the game.Mikey Lewis had a drop goal attempt come back off the post in the final moments of the half as the first 40 ended in mildly…