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Demi Vollering raced clear to win stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes and snatch the leader’s yellow jersey with just one stage remaining.The race lead has changed hands for the second day running, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney having won on Mont Ventoux to replace Marlen Reusser at the top of the general classification.That gave the Polish Canyon-SRAM rider a 15-second lead over Vollering heading into Saturday’s penultimate stage, a mostly flat 171.9km ride from Sisteron to Nice.It was the longest stage of this year’s race and looked set to suit the sprinters, but they were dropped on the Cote…
Chelsea Green is the Interim WWE Women’s Champion as she defeated four other women in a ladder match this past weekend at SummerSlam. It was a long awaited win for Green who has never held the top title in WWE before. She is a former two-time and inaugural Women’s U.S. Champion and a former Women’s Tag Team Champion. On the Aug. 7 episode of SmackDown, Green is going to have a celebration. The celebration will likely include the current Women’s U.S. Champion Tiffany Stratton. Stratton also participated in the ladder match last weekend and it was Green who dumped her…
Arsenal have signed Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United for £75m.The former Newcastle captain made it clear he wanted to join the Premier League champions earlier this summer. The 28-year-old Brazil midfielder, who has signed a four-year deal with the option of a further 12 months, called the move one of the “toughest decisions” of his life.”This move is very tough because Newcastle means so much to me,” he added. “But I wanted to experience something new in my life. I feel ready for a new challenge for myself and my family.”Newcastle said they wished Guimaraes and his family well.Guimaraes left…
Former Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Phil Parkes has died at the age of 79.Parkes spent 18 years with Wolves between 1960 and 1978 and made 382 appearances after joining the club as a schoolboy.After retiring from playing in 1983, he went on to serve on the committee of Wolves’ former players association and was inducted into the club’s hall of fame in 2023.”It’s a sad day, I’ve had so many calls this morning from former players and friends of Phil just passing on their best wishes and thoughts and prayers to the family,” former team-mate John Richards told BBC Radio WM.”You’ve…
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke’s death in May was caused by the “effects of heroin and cocaine”, the Los Angeles authorities have revealed.The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner ruled that the death was accidental., externalThe 29-year-old was found unresponsive in a bedroom at a house in San Fernando Valley on 11 May, 2026 and was pronounced dead by paramedics.The medical examiner’s office also listed the “combined effects of multiple prescription medications” as a “significant” contributor to his death but did not state what the medications were.The medical examiner added that its full report would be available at…
Tatum Paxley made a big impact with her WWE SmackDown debut, helping Charlotte Flair defeat Jade Cargill in the main event. Her surprise appearance also came alongside Alexa Bliss’ return, setting up an interesting new alliance on the blue brand. Paxley has built a reputation in NXT for being unpredictable. Whether she was following former NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria around or suddenly helping her, Paxley always kept fans guessing about what she would do next. And she brought that same unpredictability on the August 7 episode of SmackDown. Paxley had not appeared on WWE TV since facing Kelani Jordan…
As for Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken, he lamented a first-half collapse in their 6-1 first-leg defeat in Lisbon.However, some fans saw grounds for optimism.Paul: We probably deserved to be 3-0 down at half-time, but the final scoreline felt harsh and arguably flattered a fabulous Benfica side. I’m proud of how our lads fought back in the second half with gutsy, attractive play and a great goal but sadly conceding two late goals undermined the much improved competitiveness shown after having moved to a back three. I was encouraged by what I saw, especially after half-time, but we simply must…
The August 7 edition of WWE SmackDown ended with Jade Cargill taking on Charlotte Flair in a WrestleMania rematch. However, nobody expected the cyclone that is Tatum Paxley to invade the main roster. Fans also saw Alexa Bliss once again, and she had Lily in tow. Charlotte Flair and Jade Cargill put on the best match they could and fans were behind everything they did in the ring. There were counters for counters and fans Wooed after every chop from Flair. The Queen was in rare form as she brought everything she could, but Cargill was there, stepping up to…
Norway have called on Gianni Infantino to resign following his aborted attempt to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors, despite support for the Fifa president from Mexico and the head of South America’s football governing body.Norway have gone a step further than the football associations of England, Wales, Croatia and Albania – all of whom have withdrawn support for Infantino without explicitly calling for the 56-year-old to resign.”He [Infantino] does not have the institutional trust required to govern Fifa stably in the times we are in,” Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) president Lise Klaveness said on Friday.”There…
Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Argentina goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille for £1.7m.The 34-year-old returns to Etihad Stadium – where he spent the 2016-17 season without making a first-team appearance – and has signed a two-year deal.Rulli famously scored a penalty in Villarreal’s 2021 Europa League final victory over Manchester United, before denying opposite number David de Gea to decide the marathon shootout.He has won eight caps for Argentina and was part of the squad that won the 2022 World Cup and 2024 Copa America.Rulli has also had spells at clubs around Europe including Real Sociedad, Montpellier…