Author: Sports News UK
Bully Ray was full of praise for this past week’s “WWE Raw” in Mexico, especially the match for the Intercontinental Championship between Chad Gable and home hero Dragon Lee. Gable and Lee put on an action-packed, fast-paced match on Monday night’s show, where the latter came close to dethroning the champion. Speaking on “Busted Open,” Ray applauded Lee’s performance in the match, stating how he has been at the top of his game in his last few matches in WWE. “In the past month, I’m going to call it four to six weeks, Dragon Lee…
Glentoran have identified Cliftonville manager Jim Magilton as their preferred candidate to take over from Declan Devine.Devine left the Oval club on Monday after two years in charge following a poor start to the season. Assistant managers Paddy McCourt and Tim McCann oversaw Tuesday night’s home defeat by Irish Premiership leaders Coleraine. Magilton has emerged at the front-runner with the Glens making a formal approach to speak with the Cliftonville boss, with the clubs set to meet in an Irish Premiership fixture at Solitude on Saturday. The 57-year-old former Northern Ireland international was appointed Cliftonville boss in 2023, succeeding Paddy…
Nyla Rose has found herself dealing with another transphobic fan, and this time she couldn’t help pointing out the contradiction. The person apparently wants her off their television, yet keeps going out of their way to find her online. Rose took to Instagram and called out a fan named @kfmg_bxicu, who she said had been repeatedly harassing her with transphobic remarks. The fan attacked Rose’s gender identity and appearance, writing: “THIS IS A FKN MENTALLY DERANGED MAN!” That wasn’t the only shot. The same fan also went after Rose’s weight while continuing to misgender her: “THIS IS EMBARASSING LOOK AT…
Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca says it is “quite poor” that the controversy surrounding Erling Haaland’s winner has overshadowed his side’s performance at Manchester United on Sunday. Haaland’s goal on the hour mark, which was awarded after the virtual assistant referee ruled in City’s favour, secured a 1-0 Premier League victory despite the visitors playing the majority of the derby at Old Trafford with 10 men following Phil Foden’s red card.The VAR decision was subsequently ruled to be incorrect by the referees’ body and the aftermath of City’s fourth successive league win has been dominated by the fall out from…
Formula 1 has increased the number of sprint races from six to 10 for the 2027 World Championship.Sprint events, which feature a shorter race on Saturday and an extra qualifying session on Friday, will be held for the first time in Bahrain, Australia, Japan, Monaco, and Abu Dhabi.The other sprints will be in Canada, Britain, Italy, Brazil, and Qatar, it was revealed as the calendar was formally announced.The maximum number of sprints previously in a season has been six.The 2027 season is scheduled to start in Bahrain on 12-14 March, followed by Saudi Arabia a week later, but both events…
La Catalina is back! The new AAA Reina de Reinas Champion made a shocking appearance on this week’s episode of NXT. On Sunday, during night two of AAA’s Triplemanía 34, La Catalina ended Flammer’s 1,128 day-reign as champion. The NXT Women’s Champion, Kelani Jordan was in the ring to address the NXT Universe this week. She stated that no viable challengers are going to step up to her and come after her title. La Catalina’s music hit. La Catalina and Jordan exchanged words as the NXT Women’s North American Champion Zaria appeared before Thea Hail joined them. Hail reminds everyone…
Newcastle Red BullsThe obvious destination were Pollock to move within the Prem.Backed by Austrian energy drink dynasty, Pollock would be a statement signing that fits their youth-orientated brand. The club had plenty of headroom on the pay roll, spending barely half of the salary cap’s upper limit in 2024-25 campaign.However, a revamp of the playing squad since then will have given them less ability to manoeuvre, and Prem Rugby rules on domestic moves prevent Pollock from being the club’s designated marquee player for his first two seasons elsewhere.Pollock would also have to weigh up whether swapping the Prem champions for…
Arsenal teenager Max Dowman shone with two goals in the 4-2 Carabao Cup win over Ipswich Town – but boss Mikel Arteta warned they cannot rush his development.The 16-year-old played 13 times last season, but has had to settle for a place on the bench so far this campaign – until now.He scored two lovely goals at Portman Road to stake his claim for more minutes in the Premier League.But Arteta warned: “He is 16 years old and we have to be really cautious. “We don’t want to stop him, we don’t want to put the brakes on him, we…
Netflix has quietly made an unexpected change for WWE fans, removing the custom Superstar profile icons that had become available on the streaming platform. The switch has left some longtime users wondering why their carefully chosen WWE avatars suddenly disappeared. The icons were introduced in early 2025 around the arrival of WWE Raw on Netflix in many markets. Fans could select profile images featuring WWE Superstars and legends, including John Cena, CM Punk, Rhea Ripley and Rey Mysterio. Netflix removes WWE profile icons without explanation Netflix has now replaced those custom WWE options with standard profile icons. Users who had…
Argentina have named Lionel Messi in their squad for a friendly against Benin in October in a match which is set to be the forward’s farewell to international football.Messi announced his retirement from Argentina duty in August in the wake of his country’s defeat by Spain in the 2026 World Cup final and after saying he was considering his future in football following the death of his father, Jorge.The 39-year-old, who captained Argentina when they won the 2022 World Cup, said the decision to stop playing for La Albiceleste hurt him “deeply” but that he had “given it my all”…