Author: Sports News UK
With the exception of defender Saud Abdulhamid, who plays in France with Lens, the starting XI against Uruguay all play their club football in Saudi Arabia.The team, nicknamed the Green Falcons, is made up of a mix of youth and experience.Al Dawsari, 34, who captains the national team, is playing in his third World Cup, after those goals in the 2018 and 2022 editions.Musab al Juwayr is an exciting young playmaker who showed his value to the team in qualifying, providing the most assists (3).The 22-year-old is being tipped to be a mainstay of the side for years to come,…
Shiloh Hill watched Obsession and somehow came away thinking he could handle Nikki. The NXT star hopped on X after checking out the horror film, and his reaction was not about the scares, the ending, or the box office. Instead, Hill admitted he pirated the movie and said he could “fix her.” That “her” would be Nikki Freeman, the character at the center of the movie’s nightmare. Obsession follows Bear, a guy who uses a supernatural toy to make Nikki fall in love with him. The problem is that the wish works way too well. Nikki does not just fall…
“I think in life you make your own hope. I’m not going to let this cancer win.”Ciara Mageean has always been a fighter.Her athletics career was a portrait of resilience, battling adversity and never giving in.Now, in a battle that goes far beyond the track, those same qualities are shining through.Mageean’s stage four bowel cancer diagnosis came in May 2025 and she has now had 18 rounds of chemotherapy.It will come as no surprise to those that know her that the 34-year-old is determined that this battle will not define her – even if she knows it could well turn…
Hola a todxs and welcome to the CMLL Weekly Review! This week the participants for the up and coming Herederas Cup 2026 were announced. This tournament is only for second generation stars, Tessa Blanchard, La Jarochita, Lluvia, Olympia, the returning Hera and the Mexican National Women ‘s Champion and CMLL Japan Women’ s Champion India Sioux. will compete next week to win the cup in honor of father’s day! During the week we had two multi women tag matches. First on Tuesday nights we had the team of Tessa Blanchard, Skadi and Garra Negra winning over Reyna Isis, Candela and…
For Vozinha, this moment had been a lifetime in the making.Born Josimar Dias, the Cape Verde goalkeeper has spent his entire career chasing the dream of playing at a World Cup.When it finally arrived, it came with history attached. At 40 years and 12 days, he became the oldest player to appear in a nation’s debut World Cup match, surpassing the record set on Sunday by Curacao’s Eloy Room.In fact, only Egypt’s Essam El Hadary was older when making their World Cup debut.It is a remarkable milestone in a career defined by perseverance.”I started playing professional football when I was…
Video assistant referee Shaun Evans has denied “intentionally” making a hand gesture “to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind” after he was cleared by a Fifa investigation.Evans says the gesture was a “an involuntary, subconscious twitch” that he was “unaware” of.The Australian could be seen making the fingers of his right hand into a upside down ‘OK’ sign when Fifa cut to a shot of the VAR team at the referee hub in Dallas before Germany’s 7-1 win over Curacao on Sunday.Such a gesture has two very distinct meanings – one harmless and the other connected…
Former Wolves and Nottingham Forest striker Rafael Mir has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of sexual assault.Mir, 28, and his friend Pablo Jara were both arrested in September 2024 after two women accused them of sexual assault at Mir’s home.Mir’s lawyer said at the time that the intercourse was consensual and that Mir categorically denied the accusations.In a statement released on Monday, a Valencia court said Mir “sexually assaulted one of the women in the swimming pool and in a bathroom” at his house in Betera after he and Jara…
Drew McIntyre has reportedly been cast in an upcoming Russell Crowe film. According to Deadline, the former Undisputed WWE Champion has landed a role in the action film The Last Druid alongside Stacy Clausen (Leviticus), Pablo Derqui (Julia’s Eyes), and Crowe’s son, Tennyson Crowe. Filming is already underway in Spain, with Crowe reportedly set to portray a peaceful Celtic elder who is forced to take up arms to protect his family and people from the Roman Empire. William Eubank (Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin) is directing from a script written by Eubank, Phil Gawthorne (Modern Life Is Rubbish), and Carlyle…
Britain’s Francesca Jones missed two match points in a narrow defeat by Talia Gibson in the Nottingham Open first round.Jones battled back from a set and a break down – and a medical timeout – to force a deciding set against Australia’s Gibson.After being an early break down in the third, Jones hit back and held two match points as she served for victory at 5-3.However, world number 66 Gibson broke back and held firm in the resulting tie-break to win 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-4) after a gruelling three hours and six minutes.Jones showed good fight in what was the…
Ireland prop Andrew Porter has been ruled out of Leinster’s United Rugby Championship final with the Bulls.Porter was forced off in the first half of the semi-final win over the Stormers and will miss Friday’s decider at Croke Park.Captain Caelan Doris and hooker Dan Sheehan are also both injury doubts and will be assessed before the game.Doris picked up a knee injury in the win over the Stormers while Sheehan missed the last-four tie.Porter was absent for Ireland’s Six Nations campaign with a calf issue and head coach Andy Farrell is set to name his squad for July’s internationals on…