Author: Sports News UK
With the Limerick players back in their dressing room, joined by the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time since 2023, the cheers were audible from the media interview room.This is not just another win, a sixth since 2018, but having suffered the agony of their 2024 semi-final defeat ended their ‘drive for five’ hopes, plus last year’s ignominious quarter-final exit at the hands of 14-man Dublin, there was an obvious sense this one meant a little bit more.Success had been the only currency they knew and when it was taken away, it left a huge hole and a lot…
CM Punk tried to apologize. Cody Rhodes wasn’t buying it. One night after their backstage argument at Saturday Night’s Main Event, the Undisputed WWE Championship rivals came face-to-face again during WWE’s SummerSlam Kickoff show. Instead of moving on, they picked up right where they left off, with Cody shutting down Punk’s apology before the exchange turned personal in a hurry. Cody admitted he wasn’t proud of how things played out the night before, but he made it clear he wasn’t taking any of it back. He also said he was done pretending the two of them had any kind of…
Two riders have died after incidents in separate competitions on Saturday, British Eventing has confirmed.Sophie Fouracre, 34, was fatally injured in a cross-country accident while riding Rhubarbsfox Brittania at Swalcliffe Park in Oxfordshire.Hours later, 42-year-old Kerry Donoghue died while riding Carneyhaugh Rua in another cross-country event at Penrith in Cumbria.At both venues, medical teams responded immediately and provided emergency treatment, but neither rider could be saved despite their best efforts.In a statement, British Eventing chief executive Rosie Williams said the community was “heartbroken”.”On behalf of everyone at British Eventing, I want to extend our deepest condolences to Kerry and Sophie’s…
Triangle of Madness want more titles. It wasn’t enough that Julia Hart and Skye Blue just won the Artist of Stardom Titles with Thekla on Saturday, bit now they want the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles also. On the July 18 episode of Collision, Hart and Blue challenged the Divine Dominion for the titles, but in a no disqualification match. Divine Dominion have been champions since March and the Sisters of Sin have yet to get a shot at the tag team gold since. With Thekla being the AEW Women’s World Champion, could the Triangle of Madness be fully…
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli re-established the comfortable championship lead that had been eroded in the past three races with victory in the Belgian Grand Prix while team-mate George Russell crashed out.The Italian fought back from a delay caused by a virtual safety-car period to catch and pass Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for his sixth win in 10 races this season.Russell, meanwhile, was taken out in a collision with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap and has dropped to third place in the standings, 50 points behind Antonelli.Hamilton was re-promoted to second place in the championship, three points ahead of Russell with…
If Messi decides to carry on with Argentina to 2030, then he would become the oldest outfield player to appear at a World Cup, at the age of 43 – unless, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo opts to keep going for Portugal.Not only could Messi add a new record to his long list, but he would have the chance to play in one of the centenary matches held in Argentina at the start of the next World Cup. Spanish football expert Guillem Balague doesn’t think this is the last fans will be seeing of Messi at the World Cup.”Even if you…
Conspiracy theories and accusations of bias cause real damage and lead to abuse for referees. It can be difficult to deal with.Pierluigi Collina, who oversees all the referees at the World Cup, had to issue a defence of his referees after Argentina’s 3-2 win over Egypt in the last 16. He underlined their integrity and independence.Egypt had made strong accusations that referee Francois Letexier and his team had deliberately favoured Argentina. That they had in some way been instructed to go against their natural instincts.Collina was right to say that narrative can lead to threats against a referee’s family, and…
Roman Reigns and New York Knicks legend Jalen Brunson were meant to have a moment in the ring tonight. Instead, they got a surprise by Seth Rollins and a rival of Brunson’s. At WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, Reigns and Brunson made their promised entry to the show. Brunson came out to a wild ovation from the Madison Square Garden crowd, complete with an inflatable blimp celebrating the Knicks’ recent NBA Championship win. In the ring, Reigns gifted Brunson his own custom WWE title, complete with its own custom name plates designating Brunson as the “King of New York.” The…
Heyward is now coaching himself as he aims to get back to his best.”I was blessed to have a very good coach in Mark Rowland and I learned a lot from my time there,” he explained.”He did a really good job with me, actually managing injuries, but when I took my time away I realised I needed to heal mentally as well as physically. “For me that meant stepping away from the sport, moving back home, being around my family, being back in Wales, and I think that’s given me a new perspective and a new lease of life.” Heyward…
I’m glad Danhausen got himself a match at Madison Square Garden, after sheer dumb luck elevated him to mainstream stardom, at least in the sports world, and in New York City, with his cursing, then uncursing, of the New York Knicks. I wasn’t thrilled it was against JD McDonagh, but there was a nice, cohesive storyline there with Judgment Day demanding Danhausen curse Oba Femi, then the “Very Nice, Very Evil” one just leaving with their money. WWE even summed up the story in a nice video package ahead of the no disqualification match. When McDonagh and Danhausen got started…