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Three days on from winning the T20 Blast title with The Blaze, Grace Ballinger, now of the Manchester Super Giants, takes a closer look at The Hundred which starts on Tuesday.New team names, new kits, new owners – the 2026 edition of The Hundred is here!Slightly earlier than last year, this edition of The Hundred kicks off in London on Tuesday, where two of the teams bought by IPL franchises, MI London and Sunrisers Leeds, will face each other at The Oval. The Hundred looks different to how it has for the past few years, and nobody, players included, really…
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli returned to winning ways at the Belgian Grand Prix with victory from pole position at Spa-Francorchamps. The Mercedes driver is now 45 points clear of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton at the top of the standings after team-mate George Russell was involved in a collision with Hamilton, who finished fourth, on the opening lap. Russell falls to third in the championship, 50 points adrift of Antonelli. Here are my ratings for how the drivers performed across the whole weekend in Belgium.Kimi Antonelli – 9.5/10A near-perfect weekend from Mercedes’ championship leader. Topped two out of the three practice sessions…
Hola a todxs, and welcome to the CMLL Weekly Review! Ahead of the up and coming Leyenda de Plata Event CMLL announced the participants that will battle for the number one contendership for the Mexican National Women’s Championship held by the double champion, India Sioux! But first continuing their rivalry Tessa Blanchard teamed up with Thunder Rosa and Johnnie Robbie taking on Olympia, Sanely and CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone succesfully defeating them in a two out of three falls tag team match. Eight women competed in an elimination match this Sunday Night, Thunder Rosa, Reyna Isis, Keyra, Garra Negra,…
The Open Championship, final leaderboard-10 R Fox (NZ); -9 C Young (US); -8 S Burns (US)Selected: -7 S Scheffler (US), T Fleetwood (Eng); -6 L Herbert (Aus); -5 L Aberg (Swe); -4 B DeChambeau (US); -3 M Penge (Eng), J Smith (Eng), D Brown (Eng); -2 R MacIntyre (Sco), S Lowry (Ire); -1 R McIlroy (NI), M Wallace (Eng)Full leaderboardAs chaos unfolded on Sunday afternoon at the 154th Open Championship, Ryan Fox was the man who kept cool in the baking conditions at Royal Birkdale.The 39-year-old New Zealander, who is the son of All Black rugby legend Grant, shot a…
Fernandez was first shown a yellow card for dissent, then a second for a spectacularly late challenge that sent Cubarsi somersaulting.After the full-time whistle, Paredes was involved in scraps with Rodri, Gavi and Borja Iglesias and team mate Nahuel Molina was seen throwing a punch at a passing Spain player too.”Embarrassing, seeing that sort of stuff after the game has been played,” said BBC pundit Wayne Rooney. “Someone has been crowned World Cup champions. It is not good enough.”Paredes is better than that. It doesn’t stop there. He keeps going and going.”Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni attempted to defend his side’s…
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni left his post-match news conference in tears when talking about his future after Sunday’s World Cup final defeat by Spain.Scaloni, 48, was bidding to become only the second manager in history to retain the trophy after overseeing Argentina’s 2022 triumph in Qatar.But European champions Spain proved too strong, as Ferran Torres’ extra-time strike saw Luis de la Fuente’s side add to their European crown.Scaloni’s contract expires in December and he was overcome with emotion when asked about his future.”I will talk to the president,” he said. “I have an idea of what I would like to…
Nick Aldis has had enough of Gunther, and let it be known in a big way tonight. During WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, Sami Zayn and Gunther teamed up to face off against Cody Rhodes and CM Punk. A win would’ve put Zayn and Gunther into a Fatal 4-Way match against Rhodes and Punk at SummerSlam for Punk’s Undisputed WWE Championship. Instead, Gunther got a rude message from SmackDown’s GM. During the match, Gunther and Zayn looked primed to win. The referee had just been knocked out, allowing Zayn to get some free hits in on both Rhodes and Punk.…
Gary Anderson produced a near-flawless display as he thrashed Ryan Joyce to reach the last-16 of the World Matchplay in Blackpool.Scotland’s Anderson, the 2018 champion, delivered spectacular finishes of 144 and 141 as he cruised to a 10-2 victory at Winter Gardens.Former world champion Anderson averaged 109.96 and won the last five legs with Englishman Joyce having no answer.”The trebles were going in, the doubles were going in, the checkouts were going in – when it happens like that you can’t do anything wrong,” said Anderson.”Ryan’s just come up against it. You get those days when you can throw with…
Since last Monday, the anticipation is mounting around the seven-foot tall Big Cass, after a vignette aired with his voice, presumably, narrating it, asked: “What happens when the whole world calls you ‘can’t miss?’ What happens when the world is wrong?” With the “WWE Raw” after SummerSlam set as the projected date for his return on August 3, WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray ponders whether Cass will be coming back alone, or will his former tag team partner in crime, Enzo Amore, be right beside him in two weeks. “I can’t wait to see…
Arsenal are weighing up a move for John Stones as a replacement for the injured William Saliba, Chelsea hold formal talks over Maxence Lacroix, while Hull City want to sign Leon Bailey from Aston Villa.Arsenal are considering signing 32-year-old England defender John Stones on a free transfer if 25-year-old France defender William Saliba’s injury turns out to be long term. (Sun), externalChelsea have held formal talks with Crystal Palace over a move for France defender Maxence Lacroix with the Eagles valuing the 26-year-old around £55m. (Talksport), externalHull City are in talks with Aston Villa over a deal for 28-year-old Jamaica…