Author: Sports News UK
With TNA Lockdown just 10 days away, we continue with the TNA Knockouts TV Championship Tournament tonight on TNA Impact! First, the TNA Knockouts World Champion, Xia Brookside, is in the makeup chair and is not a fan of the work being done. Elayna Black takes over, but this causes the two to start brawling backstage. Brookside does her damage and makes a run for it. The semifinals of the TV Championship tournament take place as Indi Hartwell takes on M By Elegance for a chance in the finals. M gets an early advantage as Hartwell gets stuck on the…
Guardiola’s friend and journalist Marti Perarnau spoke to the former City coach about his use of wide wingers during the 2016-17 season.As noted in Perarnau’s book, The Pep Revolution, Guardiola said: “It’s a difficult process. You can’t just talk to [the wingers] and expect everything to happen. “My first challenge is to convince [the wingers]. Just stay there on the wing, stay wide. Bide your time, be patient and your moment will come. “Then, when you do get your chance, think about it, how many opponents am I going to have to get past?”The answer? Just one.”We’ve come up with…
Ben Shelton broke onto the scene by winning his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 championship a year ago in Toronto.He earned his second crown at that level by successfully defending his Canadian title on Thursday, defeating fellow American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6 (4) to win the National Bank Open in Montreal.It was the fourth time this century a male player won the Canadian title back-to-back. Rafael Nadal was the most recent to do so in 2018-19. Andy Murray (2009-10) and Novak Djokovic (2011-12) accomplished the feat previously.“For me to play the way that I played this week to go through this…
In the race after English’s historic win, Ireland won their second medal of the night as Adeleke took silver in the women’s 200m behind home favourite Amy Hunt.After an injury-plagued year, Adeleke only returned to action at the Irish National Championships to qualify for Birmingham.The 23-year-old made a strong start and put in a late charge, and while Hunt was clear out in front, Adeleke was able to pip Dina Asher-Smith on the line by just 0.01 seconds, in a time of 22.28 – a new Irish record.It is a fourth European medal for Adeleke, who claimed a silver in…
Leeds Rhinos coach Brad Arthur told BBC Radio Leeds:”Credit to Leigh. They scrambled really well and they were pretty brave. It felt like we dominated most of the game, most of the stats. The biggest stat we didn’t dominate was the scoreboard.”I thought our effort was really good. We tried really hard, we were nice and physical. Plenty of want and desire. We just got a bit of detail wrong and they really owned their big moments. In the end, that was probably the difference.”We’ll get plenty of learning out of that. I felt like everyone was trying really hard…
Nattie never meant to start a public argument involving AJ Styles and his son, Avery Styles. What started as just a compliment for two young wrestlers turned into a bigger debate about wrestling etiquette, paying dues, and whether young wrestlers should help with jobs outside the ring. Now, Nattie has spoken about the situation and admitted that she feels bad about how things turned out. Nattie Neidhart says she never wanted to plant the seeds for controversy Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Nattie explained that her original comments only intended to praise Avery Styles and Marcus Mathers after watching them…
Britain’s Amy Hunt charged to 200m glory to secure her second gold medal of the European Championships as Dina Asher-Smith settled for bronze in Birmingham.Hunt, who won 100m gold on Monday, reeled in rival and compatriot Asher-Smith down the back straight to cross the line first in a season’s best time of 22.19 seconds.With the women’s and mixed 4x100m relay events left to race, the 24-year-old remains on course to fulfil her goal of “being iconic” to become the first athlete to win four European Championship gold medals in the same tournament.Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke set a new national record as…
A week after his passing, the wrestling world has continued to remember the late former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk Jr., and the numerous contributions he made to wrestling during his legendary career. Naturally, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T also paid tribute to Funk the first chance he got, offering his condolences on the “Hall of Fame” podcast, while also discussing the importance of Funk to wrestling in the US, Japan, and his native state of Texas. “85 grand years on this earth,” Booker said. “A guy who has done so much for this business, a guy who…
Jakob Ingebrigtsen says he is “very” disappointed Britain’s Josh Kerr is not competing at the European Championships, claiming that athletes who choose to miss major competitions are “ruining” the sport.Ingebrigtsen secured a stunning 5,000m gold on his long-awaited return from injury on Monday, becoming the joint-most successful athlete in European Championships history.After 11 months out of competition, during which he underwent surgery on his Achilles, the 25-year-old wasted no time in reigniting his fierce rivalry with Kerr.Last month, Kerr smashed the mile world record, which had stood for 27 years, before winning Commonwealth gold over the distance on home soil…
WWE apparently isn’t done with three-hour SmackDown after all. The blue brand only recently returned to two hours, but the extra hour is already expected to make its comeback early next year. According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, WWE is expected to expand SmackDown back to three hours beginning in January 2027, with January 8 currently targeted for the change. If that sounds familiar, it should. SmackDown followed essentially the same schedule this year. WWE ran the show for three hours through the first half of 2026 before returning to the traditional two-hour format in July. Dave Meltzer previously…