Author: Sports News UK
Price says her focus is simply on Kotaskova, who took Cameron the distance in London in April. Her loss on the scorecards at super-welterweight is her only defeat in a 15-fight career and will present a tough challenge for Price in her 11th fight since giving up her amateur status.At one stage it had seemed as though all roads led to a showdown with Shields, with the two facing off after Price’s win over Pineiro earlier this year.Shields called out Price as recently as August having reclaimed titles at middleweight.A two-fight deal had been speculated but, when pressed on what…
McArdle handed debuts to Linfield defender Jane McMaster, Sparta Prague forward Kess Elmore, who made a lively appearance off the bench, and 16-year-old Cliftonville midfielder Charlotte Havern.Aside from striker Cora Chambers, who was sent off in the closing stages of the loss on Friday, Northern Ireland have a full compliment of players to pick from for the second leg.Telma Encarnacao scored an early opener in Larne before before Jessica Silva doubled the lead and Rebecca Holloway scored an own goal inside the opening half hour.Northern Ireland improved after the restart, and looked the better side after Catarina Amado’s red card,…
86-year-old WWE and AWA legend Baron Von Raschke has set the record as the oldest male wrestler to compete in the ring. Baron Von Raschke made his in-ring debut in 1966 for AWA after training under Verne Gagne. He spent most of his prime years as a top heel across AWA and the NWA Mid-Atlantic territories. In WWE (then WWWF/WWF), he headlined Madison Square Garden against Bruno Sammartino in 1977. He later returned briefly in 1988 as The Baron to manage the Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) at the inaugural SummerSlam. He retired from in-ring competition in…
Price’s promoter Ben Shalom said: “Lauren Price is one of the biggest names in British boxing and there is something special about seeing her fight at home in Wales. “She has already created some incredible moments in Cardiff and we’re delighted to bring her back for another major world title night, live and free-to-air on the BBC.”Kotaskova is a good fighter and will provide a tough test but Lauren has huge ambitions, and she knows she has to keep winning and keep producing big performances to secure her legacy. We’re expecting another special night in Cardiff on November 20.”Graham Davies,…
Ricky Havlik/AEW Last December, Zayda Steel marked her Ring of Honor debut on the Final Battle pre-show. Fast forward five months, she then found herself in the main event of ROH Supercard of Honor, vying for the ROH Women’s World Championship. During a recent interview with “Muscle Memory,” Steel recalled feeling a mix of nerves and excitement on the latter night. “It felt surreal,” she said. “I had to have my mentor [Christopher Daniels] rep me out as such. He repped me out on the indies. Would he not do…
Great Britain’s Sky Brown won silver at the World Skate Games as she continued her bid to qualify for a third Olympic Games.The 18-year-old skateboarder scored 89.50 points in the women’s park final and narrowly missed out on gold to Japan’s Mizuho Hasegawa, who scored 91.00.The competition in Asuncion, Paraguay, was the second event where skaters could earn world skate ranking (WSR) points towards qualifying for Los Angeles 2028, which will be the third Olympic Games to host skateboarding.In the Tokyo Olympic Games, held in 2021, Brown won bronze to become Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medal winner at 13 years…
England did not want to go through the play-offs but were given an unkind draw in the qualifying groups when they met world champions Spain.However, Wiegman’s side are in a strong position for the play-offs and, armed with their handy first-leg lead, are firm favourites to progress against Greece, who sit 55 places beneath them in the Fifa world rankings.England also beat potential round two opponents Ukraine in both matches in the qualifying group stage, with an aggregate 9-1 score.Northern Ireland were always in for a tricky tie against a talented young squad from Portugal in round one, and their…
Nikki Bella has racked up her fair share of injuries over the years, but one of them never really healed—and she says she still can’t feel her thumb because of it. While chatting with Philadelphia Eagles star Landon Dickerson on The Nikki & Brie Show, Nikki casually showed off her thumb after the conversation turned to old injuries. That’s when she admitted she was supposed to have surgery years ago, but never went through with it, and she’s still dealing with the consequences today. “Which I do see that, you know, I never—I was supposed to get my thumb done,…
The head coach admitted his side have an issue, but was also adamant in his resolve that his players can find a solution.”What I see in training is that we have that quality,” Robinson said. “We’ve not been able to convert that.”It’s the hardest bit of the game. You see teams like Rangers and Celtic struggling to break down teams that sit deep. We’re no different.”There’s no hiding place. Our last pass, last decision, wasn’t what I know it can be today.”Fans may point to St Mirren’s lack of goals under Robinson last season. The Buddies scored 30 across the…
TNA Bound for Glory is in Tampa, Florida, and on this prestigious night for TNA, we have the Knockouts gold on the line. The TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championships are on the line tonight as Allie and Kiera Hogan defend against Zoey Serrano and Shayna Baszler. Allie and Hogan called out Serrano after an altercation last week, but Serrano called in her backup in the form of “The Ace Of Spades” herself. Baszler is set to make her TNA debut tonight and is determined to do more than gain those tag titles. Baszler starts it off with Allie, but…