Author: Sports News UK

Ronda Rousey responds to Holly Holm. The first loss of Ronda Rousey’s UFC career came at the hands of Holly Holm in 2015 at UFC 193. Holm did an interview with MMA Fighting and said she’s open to a rematch, but highly doubts Rousey would accept. Rousey addressed those remarks during her appearance on the Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams. Rousey feels she’s a completely different fighter and would rock Holm, but went on to explain why that redemption is no longer important to her. “I said I’m retired, A, and B, I think that I am a…

The HSBC SVNS World Championship heads to Valladolid, Spain this weekend and so the referee teams are in place too. Some new and familiar names are in Nairobi as the Rugby Africa Women’s Championship has two more rounds to play. Precious Pazani (pictured top left) from Zimbabwe, will referee the probable decider as South Africa play Kenya on Sunday. Elsewhere, Joe James (bottom right) will referee the Championship Final in England between Worcester and Bedford (although there’s no promotion on offer as neither team met the necessary conditions). The PWR returns for its season run-in, as does Holly Wood, refereeing…

Two tournaments, each lasting three days, will decide where Australia finishes in the men’s rugby sevens World Championship standings.But if you ask Australia captain Henry Hutchison, a single day may seal his side’s fate.The second leg of the 12-team World Championship begins in Valladolid, Spain on Friday evening AEDT, with Australia facing Kenya and Great Britain in pool matches on day one.South Africa, the World Championship standings leader, is Australia’s final pool opponent on Saturday AEDT.”I think day one in Spain [could] be the most important day of our season,” Hutchison told ABC Sport.How rugby sevens star was inspiredWhen Isabella…

There are two doubles wildcards available for the tournament at Queen’s, and one is reserved for a team which includes a former world number one, a Grand Slam champion of the past 10 years or a current top-30 player.WIlliams has never liked the word retirement, preferring instead to say she was “evolving away” from tennis in 2022.She lost to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the 2022 US Open, in what the world thought would be her final match.Williams had reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open the previous year, and won her last Grand Slam singles title…

Major League Rugby official Luke Rogan has been appointed to the Men’s Junior World Championship in Georgia, where he will take on a series of high-profile match responsibilities: June 27: New Zealand vs Japan (Referee) July 2: Australia vs Fiji (Referee) July 7: South Africa vs Wales (Assistant Referee 1) July 7: Georgia vs Uruguay (Assistant Referee 1) Full Junior World Championship Appointments » In addition, a number of officials from both USA Rugby and Major League Rugby have been selected as Assistant Referees for Test Matches in the inaugural World Rugby Nations Cup taking place this July. Appointments include Mike Lawrenson,…

Jannik Sinner, the No 1 men’s tennis player in the world, was still leading by two sets and serving for a place in the third round of the French Open when it became clear he was in significant danger on the baking clay in Paris on Thursday afternoon. He was undone in the second round of the only Grand Slam he has yet to win, not by the ingenuity of his opponent or even the immense pressure that comes with being the prohibitive favourite, but rather by his own body. The Italian – who had not lost a match since…

Appearance Achievements Starting in the Chicago Hounds reserves for the first time this season, Australian tighthead prop Charlie Abel was called up early due to an injury to starting TH Wilton Rebolo. Abel came on just before the first hydration break of his 81st career Major League Rugby appearance, but more importantly, it marked his 50th appearance with the Chicago Hounds, making him just the 3rd player in team history (and 3rd this season!) to reach a half-century of games with the team!Melbourne native Charlie Abel first entered Major League Rugby with the LA Giltinis in 2021, helping the team…

Tottenham are close to signing Bournemouth defender Marcos Senesi on a free transfer.Personal terms are yet to be finalised but the deal for the 29-year-old is advancing towards completion, as is Spurs’ move for Scotland full-back Andy Robertson, who is out of contract after leaving Liverpool.Bournemouth abandoned efforts to retain Senesi after he turned down a third new contract offer in December and began talks with major overseas clubs.However, the three-cap Argentina international now looks set to remain in the Premier League, barring any last-minute change of heart.Senesi played all but one of Bournemouth’s league games this season as they…

What better way to kick off the penultimate weekend of fixtures than a derby?Bristol, sixth in the table and realistically needing to win both remaining games to gatecrash the top four, return to Ashton Gate off the back of their 94-33 mauling by Northampton. AJ MacGinty – one of those to sign a new deal with the Bears this week – has missed virtually the entire season after rupturing his Achilles in September but the USA international will make his long-awaited return at fly-half, alongside Harry Randall.Argentina international Matias Moroni joins Benhard Janse van Rensburg in the midfield and Louis…

Serena Williams is considering a return to elite tennis on the grass courts of Queen’s Club in London in 10 days’ time. The 23-time grand slam singles champion has been back in the drug testing pool for six months so has a green light to make her comeback at the age of 44.The Served podcast, hosted by the former world No 1 Andy Roddick and the veteran journalist L Jon Wertheim, reported that Williams will seek a doubles wildcard alongside Victoria Mboko, the 19-year-old Canadian who is ranked No 9 in singles. The second edition of the Queen’s WTA 500…