Author: Sports News UK
Three matches. Two teams. One historic weekend.On Friday, Ireland’s men made history as they defeated Twenty20 world champions India for the time time in Belfast.Then, 24 hours later, Ireland claimed a first win in the Women’s T20 World Cup when they defeated the West Indies by six wickets.Back at Stormont, Ireland weren’t done there, either, as the men inflicted a first T20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic second win by one run on Sunday.While there have been some momentous individual wins in Irish cricket over the years, has there ever been a better weekend – and…
Emma Raducanu says she will do everything she can to be ready to compete in her first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday as she continues to nurse a right-foot injury at the end of a nightmarish week of preparation.Raducanu, the 30th seed, is scheduled to face Antonia Ruzic at 1pm on No 1 Court. Speaking in her rescheduled pre-tournament press conference on Sunday afternoon, Raducanu said: “I’m going to do everything with my team in terms of treatment, and that’s the current plan. That’s the plan right now, to play.”This has been another bruising week for the 23-year-old, who said she has been…
Will Ospreay reacts to the backlash over his infamous comments about his wife on AEW Dynamite. Former International Champion Will Ospreay married fellow AEW star Alex Windsor earlier this month. Following their wedding, Ospreay appeared on the June 17 episode of Dynamite, where he spoke about celebrating his marriage to Windsor during an in-ring segment with Tony Schiavone. However, his choice of words attracted some online criticism. Ospreay said, “I got a good wife, man. So here’s what I did to treat her, I took her upstairs, I smashed the life out of her, bruv. I said, ‘Babe, clean yourself…
Russell’s victory was founded on what happened at the end of that qualifying session. In fact, the destinies of the three drivers who ultimately contested victory were effectively decided as they intertwined at Turn Nine in the dying seconds of the final session on Saturday.Max Verstappen crashed, because of an aerodynamic problem at the rear of his car, Red Bull said.Antonelli mis-read the light boards beside the track and thought he had to back out of his lap for a double yellow flag.Russell read them right, and lifted only as much as he needed to. That, combined with the quality…
There were many times in the past year when just watching tennis was painful for Jack Draper. Twelve months ago, the Briton was riding high, ranked a career-high No 4, having won his first Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells.The subsequent year has been the most difficult of his career, with an arm injury – a bruised humerus – causing him to pull out of last year’s US Open and miss this year’s Australian Open, while a knee injury in the spring forced him out of the French Open. He only returned last week in Eastbourne, reaching the semi-finals.“It wasn’t…
Second T20 international, StormontIreland 154-8 (20 overs): H Tector 53 (47), Calitz 37 (23); P Yadav 3-22India 153-9 (20 overs): Tilak 55 (46), Harshit 21 (10); Hollard 3-26, Moondra 3-32Ireland win by one runScorecardIreland’s historic weekend continued as they inflict a first Twenty20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic one-run victory at Stormont. After a first-ever win over India by 34 runs on Friday, Ireland stunned the world champions for a second time as Jai Moondra and Matthew Hollard starred with three wickets each.A late charge from India left the visitors requiring eight off the final two…
Over the years, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman have been paired together on several different occasions, often propelling ‘The Beast Incarnate’ into the championship scene. Heyman recently appeared on the “INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet” podcast, where he recalled how the two of them were originally paired. “I was coming back on camera, WrestleMania 18 to manage – I hate that word – Chris Benoit, and that was where we were headed,” he recalled. “Brock was very impatient in OVW and moved back to Minneapolis and told WWE, ‘Put me on the main roster, or cut me loose.'” Heyman added that Lesnar was brought into WWE…
Britain’s Emma Raducanu says she “plans to play” at Wimbledon on Monday despite her participation being put into serious doubt because of a leg injury.Raducanu, 23, made the decision to play after a short practice session at the All England Club on Sunday.Raducanu, who is seeded 30th, is due to start her campaign against Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic on Court One (13:00 BST).”I’m going to do everything with my team in terms of treatment,” said Raducanu, who would not put a percentage on her chances of playing.”The plan right now is to play.”Fears about the British number one’s fitness grew over…
CM Punk told a crazy story about a WWE show in Brazil turning into a real-life danger scene, but now that story is getting pushed back hard. Punk claimed the match went off the rails after his opponent (Chris Jericho) grabbed a Brazilian flag from a fan and disrespected it in the ring. Punk said things got so bad that armed men surrounded the ring and one of them pointed a gun at him. Punk said he knew right away that the flag spot was a bad idea. “I had machine guns pointed at me. Oh, yeah. You mentioned Brazil.…
T20 World Cup, Group 1, Lord’sBangladesh 117-5 (20 overs): Mostary 42 (48); Mlaba 2-22South Africa 118-6 (19.2 overs): Dercksen 45 (45); Nahida 2-24South Africa won by four wicketsScorecard. TablesSouth Africa stuttered but ultimately applied the pressure to India in the race for the T20 World Cup semi-finals by beating Bangladesh by four wickets in their final group match at Lord’s.After coming through an edgy chase of 118, the Proteas will progress to play England, who they beat in last year’s 50-over World Cup semi-final, on Thursday unless India beat unbeaten Australia later on Sunday (14:30 BST).South Africa still fail to…