Author: Sports News UK

For all of the spotlight on Ronaldo and his team-mates, Bellamy knows his full focus – along with that of his players and staff – must be on how Wales can leave the City of Light with a positive result.The head coach’s already tough task has been made harder by the fact he will be without players including Harry Wilson, Joe Rodon, Karl Darlow, Nathan Broadhead, Dylan Lawlor, Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies in Lisbon.But Bellamy has urged his players to show the right kind of fight as they bid to upset the odds and remain in the top tier…

Thea Hail has earned herself an NXT Women’s North American Title Match. On the Sept. 22 episode of NXT, Hail teamed up with the AAA Reina de Reinas Champion, La Catalina to take on the NXT Women’s North American Champion, Zaria and the NXT Women’s Champion, Kelani Jordan. Hail was the one non-champion in the match. The end to this tag team match was quite fun. With Catalina getting the hot tag from Hail, Hail took some time on the outside to recoup. Catalina took on both Jordan and Zaria until a tag was made back to Hail. Hail went…

Barcelona rule out Alvarez signing from Atletico Madrid, Liverpool will not allow Wirtz departure, and Chelsea target English midfield duo.Barcelona have ruled out signing Argentina forward Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid in January, with the 24-year-old waiting to see whether Paris St-Germain or Arsenal make a bid for him, or whether he should stay put. (Fichajes – in Spanish), externalLiverpool will not countenance selling Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, 23, to Bayern Munich in the January transfer window, while the German giants would only consider making a move next summer if France winger Michael Olise, 24, turns down a new deal.…

Great Britain’s Chantelle Reid and Damar Thomas will fight for gold at the European Boxing Championships after semi-final victories on Wednesday.Reid defeated Serbia’s Milena Matovic 3-2 in her light-middleweight semi-final, while Thomas triumphed 5-0 over Azerbaijan’s Mahammad Abdullayev in the men’s super-heavyweight competition.Team-mates Callum Makin and Dimeji Shittu are also guaranteed medals in the men’s middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions respectively after victories in their quarter-finals.Reid, the Commonwealth Games silver medallist, was behind after the first round against Matovic, but she was the unanimous winner of the second and did enough in the third to seal victory at Asics Arena Sports…

Daley Cross, manager of the England team, said of Lucy’s role: “She was just trying to do her best for him and trying to find a way to motivate him.”His wife did drop in the conversation that he used to play at Manchester United as a schoolboy. So that got our ears twitched instantly.”You could tell from him being on the pitch, even though he was so fresh into his journey, that he knew the football game and he would be such an incredible asset to us.”You can be in a dark place, at the time of diagnosis, through your…

Eric Bischoff blasts Aleister Black for “b*tching” after his WWE release. Aleister Black and his wife, Zelina Vega, were among several other superstars WWE released. This was part of its post-WrestleMania 42 talent cuts. He recently returned to in-ring competition and won the PROGRESS World Championship.   In a recent interview, Black claimed that WWE promised him “mountains of things” before giving him a “f**king dud of a year.” Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff addressed Black’s comments in the latest episode of his 83 Weeks podcast. He believes Black’s frustration turned into fear, which made him fabricate things to feel better…

There has rarely been a better chance of British glory at cycling’s Road World Championships than will be the case with this year’s rider line-up.For the men, that can be partly attributed to the absence of Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogacar, after he suffered crash injuries during the Vuelta a Espana in August.But at the same time a new generation of British cycling talent is rising, and GB riders could take the coveted winner’s rainbow jersey in the men’s and women’s road races in Montreal this weekend.While Pogacar crashed out of the Vuelta, the race showcased the continued emergence of 21-year-old…

Michael Tran/Getty Images For two years, Simone Johnson appeared as the on-screen General Manager of “WWE NXT,” a brand typically focused on shaping WWE’s up-and-coming stars. Interestingly, her favorite talent to work with was actually a wrestling veteran, who burst on the WWE scene on the heels of his runs in TNA and AEW. “I felt like Ethan [Page] came to NXT at a time where we needed someone like that,” Johnson, formerly known as Ava, said on a recent edition of “What Do You Wanna Talk About.” “We needed someone…

Thomas’ Newcastle club-mate Freya Gregory – and Como defender Sophie Howard – who were forced to pull out of the last camp for the qualifying double-header against Israel, are also back in the squad.Celtic midfielder, Maria McAneny – who last featured when scoring in a seven-goal thrashing of Luxembourg in March, returns too.Defenders Leah Eddie and Kenzie Weir drop out, as do strikers Eilidh Adams and Laura Berry.Mia McAulay was a late addition for the June double-header, but the Aston Villa youngster retains her place.Andreatta’s unbeaten side topped their qualifying group on goal difference – one better off than second-placed…

Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli admits to feeling a “positive nervousness” before his first game in charge of the country, a Nations League tie against Slovenia in Ljubljana on Saturday.The Belgian was appointed in August, replacing Steve Clarke, whose seven-year tenure ended after Scotland’s exit at the group stages of the World Cup.Pocognoli starts with four Nations League matches across 11 days, with the trip to Slovenia followed by Switzerland at Hampden, a fixture in North Macedonia, then a return meeting with the Slovenes in Glasgow.”If we talk about nerves, yes, but it’s a positive nervousness,” he told BBC Sport…