Author: Sports News UK
I’ve loved the World Cup since I saw Denmark at Mexico ’86 as a boy – my dad would record the matches overnight so I could watch them with my sister before school the next morning, a lot like kids today are still doing 40 years later!I can still enjoy it like a fan now, but of course I think like a manager when I am covering games as a pundit.While I still get excited by the emotion and the whole spectacle of the supporters who are following teams like Scotland, Norway and the Netherlands at this tournament, I see…
Hola a todxs and welcome to the CMLL Weekly Review! This week we had a new edition of FantasticaMania featuring CMLL and NJPW talent and the Father’s day celebration with the 2026 Herederas Cup! On Friday night the only women’s match of the Fantasticamania Event saw the reigning CMLL Japan Women’s Champion India Sioux successfully defeating Rina in a competitive one on one encounter. After both winning their respective matches to qualify to the finals for the 2026 Heredera Cup! The former tag partners Lluvia and Tessa Blanchard came face to face during CMLL Informa. With Lluvia talking about her…
Fifa regulations state maternity leave for female footballers should be “a minimum period of 14 weeks’ paid absence” – eight weeks of which must be after the birth.There is no specific stipulation on paternity leave, leaving those in the men’s game to juggle their responsibilities.One club had a car on standby outside the ground for a player whose partner was soon due to give birth, while one manager at a top-flight European club did not travel to a match to be with his wife as she was about to have their second child.Instead of being in the dugout, he watched…
Next game: Senegal, Tuesday 01:00 BSTHaaland had to wait until the age of 25 not just to make his World Cup debut, but his international tournament bow too.And the Leeds-born striker is clearly eager to make up for lost time. “He’s the opposite of Mbappe and Messi,” Williams said. “He’ll beat you without the ball, which makes it even more dangerous.”You want to help your midfield by squeezing up, so they don’t have to cover too much distance.”But as soon as you leave the space in behind, he’s going to exploit that straight away.”One of the keys to limiting Haaland’s…
The Prem Rugby play-offs are set be played at a neutral venue from the 2029-2030 season.The current format, which sees the top two teams in the regular season table getting home advantage in the semi-finals, has been in place since 2005.But league bosses say they have a vision of playing both the play-offs on consecutive days in one city, similar to the European finals weekend.It is thought Liverpool and Brighton are two of the cities under consideration at this early stage.This season’s play-offs were a major success, with Northampton’s Franklin’s Gardens and the Rec in Bath hosting two epic contests…
Fans have started comparing Blake Monroe’s SmackDown rollout to one of WWE’s most famous debut teases. The name in the question is none other than former WWE star Veer Mahaan. For several weeks, WWE has been airing “coming soon” videos for Monroe ahead of her move to SmackDown. While many fans are excited to see her on the main roster, many have also become impatient with the slow build and have taken to social media to joke about it. WWE fans turned Blake Monroe and Veer Mahaan into the same running joke The situation feels quite similar to Veer Mahaan’s…
Salah may have been a superstar at Liverpool. He is on an even higher plane in Egypt.With every touch comes loud cheers from his country’s fans with huge pressure on his shoulders on every appearance.Sunday’s goal was his 68th for his country in 118 appearances, leaving him just one shy of manager Hassan’s all-time goal scoring record, and some will say it’s his most important yet as Egypt finally ended a 92-year wait for a World Cup win.Former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, told ITV: “If there was any doubt about Mo’s impact on this team, you can still see it.”It…
Written off by pundits going into their match against Uruguay – Williams and Benni McCarthy on BBC One both predicted they would lose – Cape Verde refused to follow the script.A gift led to the second goal which drew the scores level, but Helio Varela did well regardless to produce a deft touch to take the ball past the stranded Muslera before stroking it into the back of the net.After that, Cape Verde showed the defensive strength that made the difference against Spain to be able to hold on to a point.They made sure to combine it with their attacking…
President Donald Trump was part of a major angle at WrestleMania 23. His many years of involvement with the promotion led to his 2013 WWE Hall of Fame induction. During one of Trump’s numerous appearances, he was supposed to share the screen with The Boogeyman. “In that segment when I come up from behind him in the couch, and he had – also, Miss America there as well, and she ran off – but then Donald, Mr. Trump, President Trump – as he is – he didn’t want to be frightened, so he’s talking about how this place is a circus,” Boogeyman recalled during…
Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei believes his side’s unbeaten start to the World Cup will be talked about for years to come given the disruption they have faced before and during the tournament.The Iranians held 10-man Belgium to a goalless draw on Sunday after starting their Group G campaign with a draw against New Zealand.Their participation at the World Cup was uncertain because of the war with tournament co-hosts USA, and their preparations were hampered by opposition teams cancelling friendlies.”I want to go back six months,” he said. “We were in war conditions for six months; we didn’t have our league…