Author: Sports News UK

Two of the most iconic faces of the Divas turned Women’s Revolution era traded their online rhetoric for fists, as Nikki Bella and Paige faced off for the first time in nearly 11 years on the September 11 edition of “WWE SmackDown.” Having side stepped and getting the rollup victory on Paige, Bella reflected on that enchanting moment in Mexico City, Mexico, and how she was surprised their encounter didn’t occur at a premium live event (PLE). “We trended… ’til the next day,” the Hall of Famer noted on their “Nikki & Brie Show”…

Arthur Fery’s return to competition on home soil for the first time since his glorious summer at Wimbledon took place on a different surface, in a different format and on the opposite side of London. The emotions it generated were all the same as the British No 1 led his team to a 2-0 lead over Ecuador by defeating Álvaro Guillén Meza 7-5, 6-0 in Great Britain’s Davis Cup qualifier tie in the Copper Box Arena.The victory for Fery, a Wimbledon semi-finalist, was preceded by a solid debut for the British No 5, Toby Samuel, a late injury replacement for…

BMW PGA Championship – round three-13 M Elvira (Spa), F Celli (Ita); -12 J Veerman (US), A Del Rey (Spa) JJ Spaun (US) Selected others: -11 R McIlroy (NI), A Scott (AUS); -10 S Bairstow (Eng), M Wallace (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco); -9 J Smith (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), A Rai (Eng); -7 R Fisher (Eng), S Lowry (Ire); -6 A Fitzpatrick (Eng); -5 D Law (Sco), J Rose (Eng), E Ferguson (Sco), T Hatton (Eng)Rory McIlroy left himself two strokes behind the third-round leaders heading into the final day of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.Northern Ireland’s world number…

Lars Sullivan has spent the past couple of weeks jumping into one political controversy after another on social media. His latest target wasn’t another wrestler—it was a fan commenting on the conflict in Gaza. Sullivan has already become a topic of discussion several times this month. He blamed what he called “snowflake democrats” after a planned September 11 memorial flyover in Denver was canceled, arguing people didn’t want Americans reminded that Islamist extremists carried out the attacks. He also inserted himself into the Dustin Rhodes controversy by saying it was “ok to be islamophobic” before later sharing another post making…

WXV Global SeriesEngland (19) 26Tries: Moloney-MacDonald 2, Botterman, Field Cons: Harrison 3Canada (19) 26Tries: Gibson, Menin 2 Cons: De Goede 3England’s remarkable 39-match winning run came to an end as they were held to a nail-biting 26-26 draw by Canada at Sandy Park.The Red Roses were unable to escape the clutches of a relentless Canada, who they beat in last year’s World Cup final, with the two sides sharing four tries apiece in front of a raucous 14,573 crowd in Exeter.Canada are the first team to avoid defeat against England since New Zealand beat them in the 2022 World Cup…

Antonin Kinsky: Made a comfortable save from Manzambi’s strike before a better one thwarted Buendia. There was little he could do to stop the goals. 6Pedro Porro: Back after missing the draws against Nottingham Forest and Everton but his returned lasted 18 minutes as he limped off injured. Had made a positive start. 6Jan Paul van Hecke: It looked a robust performance as he handled the nuisance of Jackson when Villa did venture forward but he was beaten by Manzambi to the ball for the opener. Scored late consolation. 6Micky van de Ven: Took a blow to the face just…

Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the Hilliard Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Over on Raw, both Sol Ruca and Lola Vice have already qualified for this year’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. Tonight, the blue brand will have to find one of their own in a triple threat match. Between Alexa Bliss, Jacy Jayne, and Jade Cargill, who will come out on top? Let’s get started and find out. Candice LeRae came out with Johnny Gargano to interrupt Sami Zayn and Nick Aldis in the ring and said her husband was next in line to…

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion. The Black Country derby. A fixture that goes back to the very dawn of English footballing time itself.Now it’s back as a league fixture for the first time in more than five years, and in front of fans at Molineux since 2012.It was first contested as a league game in December 1888 – the very first season of the Football League – when Wolves won 2-1. However, Albion had already won their first two meetings, in 1886 and 1887, both in the FA Cup.Since then, there have been so many derby memories, both magic…

Wales face USA, who like South Africa are ranked above Wales, on Saturday, 26 September, also at Cardiff Arms Park, in their second outing of the new WXV campaign.And while Wales will enjoy their deserved celebrations, co-captain Kate Williams is already talking about the importance of backing the performance up.”After all of the tough times we have been through, as a team and Welsh rugby generally, we are going to keep working for the positive feeling to continue,” she said.”What we want out of this WXV Series is more wins.”Today just proved that what we’ve been doing works and we’ll…

Boxer Daniel Teasdale was hailed as the heir to the legendary Prince Naseem Hamed, but his promise never materialised into fame, fortune and films.”He’s better than Naz at the same age,” said trainer Brendan Ingle.Hamed had won his first world title aged 21. Teasdale was still a teenager.Ingle, from his gym in Sheffield, moulded the careers of a conveyor belt of world-beaters and title winners. He guided both of the fighters from childhood.Before super-middleweight Teasdale’s first professional bout, the Rotherham fighter had been featured in national newspapers, books and was being documented by photographers and film-makers.He won a succession of…