Author: Sports News UK

Booker T has heard fans argue for years about losses that may have hurt his WWE run, but he made it clear that losing never broke him down the way some people might think. During his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker was asked which early WWE loss was the most harmful to his character after he came over from WCW. Naturally, the conversation went straight to WrestleMania 19, where Booker lost to Triple H. Booker admitted that is the match most fans bring up first, but he said that loss did not hurt his career. “You know, if I know…

England’s men won their latest FIH Pro League matches against Argentina and Australia, while England’s women suffered two defeats by Germany.At the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, a double from Henry Croft plus goals from Sam Ward, Nick Bandurak and Tom Sorsby earned England a dominant 5-0 win against Argentina on Saturday.They followed that up with a 4-3 victory against Australia on Sunday as they came back from a goal down to win.England went behind to a Nathan Ephraums effort but responded with Will Calnan, David Goodfield, Sorsby and Samuel Hooper putting them 4-1 in front.Despite Ephraums…

American top seed Ben Shelton beat countryman and defending champion Taylor Fritz 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to win the Stuttgart Open ATP title on Sunday.Grass court specialist Fritz had never previously lost a final on the surface. Shelton broke the second seed once in the opening set and once in the third to claim victory in 1 hour 48 minutes.The 23-year-old, who played almost five hours of tennis on Saturday, looked on the ropes at times but fought off nine of Fritz’s 11 break points.The title was the third for Shelton, the world No 5. He won February’s Dallas Open, where…

The vacant AEW TBS Championship will have a new home on July 1. On the July 1 episode of Dynamite, a Survival of the Fittest match will take place. Six women will participate in this bout. The first two women qualified on the June 13 episode of Collision. Hikaru Shida defeated Zayda Steel to become the first name. Since returning from her lengthy hiatus, Shida has had a new attitude. She won the match with a unique submission. Steel winning would have been an upset, but it wasn’t a wild thought as she has been in a Survival of the…

A chance encounter with former Ireland rugby star Johnny Sexton helped Niall Morgan hold his nerve and convert a late two-point free as Tyrone beat Mayo 0-22 to 1-18 to secure a place in the last eight of the All-Ireland SFC.The Edendork man had earlier converted a pressure 45′ to level the sides, before coming forward to kick the winner from two-point range with 90 seconds remaining. “We met Johnny Sexton in the campus at Easter time, whenever we were over, just by chance. A few of us got to chat to him and he just said about the importance…

Emma Raducanu walked through the storied clubhouse at Queen’s Club and down to the stadium court with a smile plastered across her face. She had arrived at this moment, another noteworthy final in front of a home crowd on a historic court, playing some of the best tennis of her career. Things were going well.That smile was wiped off her face by a ruthless performance from one of the few true grass court enthusiasts in Donna Vekic of Croatia, a lucky loser, who was inspired by the occasion to produce her best tennis of as she clinched the biggest title…

For a long time, the race seemed to be heading the way of one of the Mercedes drivers, as Russell converted his pole position into a lead from Hamilton and Antonelli at the start and the two raced in that order for almost the first half of the race.The divergent strategies of the three cars became apparent as soon as Hamilton pitted on lap 11 to change his soft tyres.Russell and Antonelli had started on the medium compound, but Mercedes chose to bring them in after Hamilton to protect track position, even though the team’s radio communications made it obvious…

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Group 1, EdgbastonNetherlands 139-8 (20 overs): De Leede 50 (45); Marufa 2-31Bangladesh 141-4 (19.1 overs): Ferdous 50 (33); De Lange 2-27Bangladesh won by six wicketsScorecard; Table Bangladesh avoided a scare in their opening match of the Women’s T20 World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by six wickets at Edgbaston. They made a positive start to their chase of 140 as Juairiya Ferdous and Dilara Akter Dola added 67 for the first wicket before a mini collapse to 85-4. The Netherlands’ bowlers were in the game until the final over but with only three required,…

Former AEW World Champion Chris Jericho recently reflected on a major career decision. Over nearly four decades, Jericho has constantly reinvented himself. From Y2J to The List and Le Champion, his character changes often connected with fans. Other versions like The Painmaker, The Wizard, and The Learning Tree also helped him stay relevant. According to Jericho, retiring the iconic Y2J persona was his biggest career risk. Chris Jericho explains why he moved on from Y2J Speaking with Dan Marston, Jericho revealed that he took the biggest gamble of his career when he dropped the Y2J character and introduced a new…

It is an easy pick, Jordan Pickford as the goalkeeper. I would start Reece James, if he is fully fit. I would go with John Stones instead of Ezri Konsa, even though Konsa has been really reliable. I just believe on the ball at international football Stones can dictate and if we need to keep the ball in a game, he is one that can certainly do that.Guehi starting is self-explanatory. He has been excellent for Crystal Palace and Manchester City this season. At left-back, Nico O’Reilly. I know Djed Spence started at their in the friendly against New Zealand,…