Author: Sports News UK

WWE Viewership for the August 3 episode of “WWE Raw,” the first show following SummerSlam, saw an increase compared to the previous three weeks, where viewership held consistent. The show featured a main event street fight, as well three stars returning, one coming back to the company after time in AEW. According to Wrestlenomics, with data from Netflix, the August 3 edition of the red brand drew 2.6 million global views over a seven-day period. That’s up from the 2.4 million views of the last three weeks, and “Raw’s” highest…

Arthur Fery believes he is at the start of a new chapter in his career as he returns to competition for the first time since his surprise run to the Wimbledon semi-finals as a wildcard.Fery will compete for the first time in a month at the Cincinnati Open this week, after opting to take a short holiday and training block following the most demanding fortnight of his career at Wimbledon.“It’s the first time that I’ve broken through like that and I’m going to be able to play only tour events, so I’m looking forward to that,” he said.Fery arrives in…

Jeremy Doku says he is “not against” the journalist who criticised his plan to leave the Belgium camp during the World Cup to attend the birth of his first child.Doku’s wife Shireen was due to give birth during the second week of July and he told Reuters, external before the start of the tournament he intended to leave the camp to be at the birth even if his side were still in contention. But it brought fierce criticism from L’Equipe channel presenter France Pierron, who labelled a father “completely useless” at the time of their child’s birth.L’Equipe later apologised and…

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods still haven’t revealed where they’re going after WWE, but their next booking isn’t exactly going to quiet the AEW rumors. The former New Day members are officially heading aboard Chris Jericho’s cruise. Chris Jericho announced on Instagram that Kingston and Woods—now being advertised simply as Kofi and Austin Creed—will make their debut on the next Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea, which sails from Miami to the Bahamas from November 7 through November 11. And Jericho isn’t exactly hiding what fans can expect from them. “Hello Cruisers! It’s a brand new day and…

The Hundred men’s competition, Old TraffordSunrisers Leeds 127 (100 balls): Marsh 32 (23); Atkinson 3-30Manchester Super Giants 128-0 (67 balls): Seifert 80* (40), Walter 44* (28)Manchester Super Giants won by 10 wicketsScorecard. TableManchester Super Giants gave themselves a huge chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of The Hundred with a 10-wicket win over Sunrisers Leeds – denying their opponents an automatic place in the final in the process.Set a modest 128 for victory, Super Giants romped to the total as Tim Seifert hammered an unbeaten 80 off 40 balls to secure victory with 33 balls to spare. The result…

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says women’s footballers should not be “penalised” by a potential boycott of next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup, as hosts Poland say they have received no notice of any withdrawals from European teams.European governing body Uefa and its 55 members have threatened to boycott Fifa competitions over its president Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.Poland are due to host the tournament from 5-27 September, but are not the only Uefa nation involved – with England, Italy, Spain, Portugal and France all due to take part.The Polish Football Association (PZPN) told BBC…

The Alexander Stadium was 55% full on Monday morning, 59% full by the evening and 56% full on Tuesday morning, according to figures from the organisers.Jenny Meadows, Keely Hodgkinson’s co-coach, posted on social media to say: “Believe it’s full for some final evenings but a shame we couldn’t fill the stadium for the duration.”British Olympian Sharron Davies also took to social media: “We must bid for more events but we must make it affordable, so we get to enjoy it first hand, fill stadiums, support our athletes, promote our country & inspire generations to come to love sport.”Davies also criticised…

Paris St-Germain have been given an extra dressing room for the Super Cup – after making their pre-game frustrations clear.The Champions League holders were unhappy with their facilities at Red Bull Arena before Wednesday’s Super Cup match with Europa League winners Aston Villa. Unai Emery’s side are using Red Bull Salzburg’s home dressing room, leaving PSG with the away one in Austria.But, at a pre-game meeting on Monday, PSG officials made Uefa aware they were not happy with the arrangements, feeling their dressing room was too small.Sources told BBC Sport the French club wanted to be able to have the…

Keely Hodgkinson and expected gold medal rivals Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol remain on course for their highly anticipated showdown after safely reaching Thursday’s women’s 800m semi-finals at the European Athletics Championships.Olympic champion Hodgkinson, winner of the past two European titles, controlled her heat throughout to win in one minute 57.28 seconds – the fastest time across the four heats on Tuesday morning.Swiss athlete Werro, who stunned Hodgkinson by running the fastest time for 43 years to beat the Briton earlier this season, appeared equally comfortable as she won her race in 1:57.83.There were no issues either for Femke Broeders-Bol.…

Rey Mysterio is getting another chance to win WWE gold, even while working as the General Manager of Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. The WWE Hall of Famer accepted a challenge from Intercontinental Champion Chad Gable, who put the title on the line on the August 10 episode of WWE RAW. Mysterio became the first-ever on-screen GM of AAA in May. His position has created a connection between WWE and AAA, allowing Mysterio to continue appearing for WWE while also helping with developments in Mexico. Chad Gable selects Rey Mysterio for his next Intercontinental Title defense After Gable defeated Penta at…