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A number one contender’s match for the NXT Women’s Title is booked for next week’s NXT. It will have Kendal Grey taking on Kelani Jordan. The winner will go on the face the champion, Lola Vice at The Great American Bash at the end of the month. In an in-ring segment on the June 2 episode of NXT, Jordan makes a point of never having a shot at the NXT Women’s Title. She says that when she went to TNA and became Knockouts Champion, she was ridiculed. When Vice went to AAA, however, and became one-half of the AAA Mixed…
Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement with Andoni Iraola to take over as head coach following the sacking of Arne Slot.Iraola left Bournemouth at the end of the season and is the clear favourite for the role at Anfield.According to a report in The Athletic,, external Iraola is set to sign a two-year deal.Iraola has favoured short-term deals throughout his coaching career at Cypriot side AEK Larnaca, Spanish teams Mirandes and Rayo Vallecano, and Bournemouth.A formal announcement confirming Iraola’s appointment is expected this week.The 43-year-old Spaniard is keen to bring Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper, his assistants at Bournemouth, to…
Former WWE star Killer Kross never thought he would leave WWE. For years, the former star known as Karrion Kross believed that if he worked hard and gave his best every week, he would spend his entire career with the company. But after two runs in WWE, a release, a surprise return, and ultimately deciding not to renew his contract in 2025, things turned out very differently. Speaking on the Off the Ropes podcast, Kross looked back on his WWE journey. He admitted that he always saw himself staying with WWE for a long time. Killer Kross thought he would…
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images The war between the El Grande Americanos is officially over after the original iteration unmasked himself as Chad Gable at last weekend’s AAA Noche de los Grandes event in Monterrey, Mexico. Amongst many fans, the Mask vs. Mask match preceding it has been perceived as a work of great art. For WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray, the artfulness extends well beyond that. “The beauty of the simplicity of things,” Ray said on “Busted Open Radio.” “We love one guy, we hate the other. Now, if there’s one thing that I can say…
Charlotte Edwards says there was never any doubt around Heather Knight’s place in England’s World Cup side as the former captain returned to form in a series-clinching win in the third T20 against India.Knight, 35, made a magnificent unbeaten 70 as England emphatically chased 181 to win the series 2-1, after she had endured a lean start to the summer. In the five preceding T20s against New Zealand and India, Knight’s strike-rate had been the main cause for concern as she made scores of 19 (17), 25 (23), 18 (22), 21 (24) and 18 (14). But under pressure in the…
WWE’s merger with UFC may have created TKO Group Holdings, but the legal fallout from that deal is now carrying a massive potential price tag. A shareholder lawsuit tied to the merger is heading toward trial, and the damages being sought could come close to $1 billion if the plaintiffs win in court. The case centers on claims that Vince McMahon pushed the Endeavor deal while protecting his own power instead of securing the best possible outcome for WWE shareholders. According to Brandon Thurston of POST Wrestling, attorneys representing a class of WWE shareholders are seeking damages in a massive…
Liv Morgan won the Women’s World Title at WrestleMania this year after earning the spot against Stephanie Vaquer by winning the Royal Rumble. Since her win at WrestleMania on April 18, Morgan has not defended the title and she has only had one match, on April 20 against Sol Ruca. Morgan has been on TV since, but is utilized as the manager of Judgment Day while she was left off of the Clash in Italy premium live event. They had her appear on the pre show and also the post show where she learned she was part of the Queen…
“Ultimately, we have to let the people who are in charge of these situations – the governing bodies who decide these things – decide.”We, as players, have been put in a situation where it’s the Israel game at a neutral venue and that’s all we can do. “Is it the best circumstances surrounding it? Of course not, because we are aware of everything else that’s going on and we feel for that as humans.”However, right now we have to adapt to the situation and play football. That’s our role and that’s all we can do.”Grimshaw has been recalled to the…
The delayed offside flag could almost become a thing of the past after Fifa unveiled new technology to be used at the 2026 World Cup.Fifa will introduce advanced semi-automated offside for video assistant referees (VAR) which should make decisions faster and mean an assistant can raise the flag rather than wait for a move to play out.A real-time audio alert will be sent to the assistant if a player is more than 10cm offside. Previous versions of the technology tested at the Club World Cup and the Intercontinental Cup only notified the officials if a player was greater than 50cm…
The world’s leading players told Wimbledon officials that they expect a substantial increase in prize money at this year’s championships at a meeting at Roland Garros on Monday.The All England Club is due to confirm details of this year’s prize fund at a press conference on 11 June, with the players calling for a bigger rise than the 7% increase last year as part of their push for the grand slam events to match the 22% of tournament revenue paid by the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women’s Tennis Association.Many top players, including the world No 1s, Jannik…