Author: Sports News UK
Cruz Hewitt has vowed to blossom again at Wimbledon as he brushed off the heartbreak of just failing to follow in the celebrated footsteps of his father, 24 years after Lleyton won the men’s title.With his dad watching on and cajoling him from the players’ box on No 1 Court, the 17-year-old Sydney prospect Hewitt fell agonisingly short in the boys’ final on Sunday after he had led 4-2 in the final set against talented young American prospect Jordan Lee.Hewitt had looked on the verge of becoming Australia’s first winner of the junior men’s tournament for 15 years since Luke…
Hola a todxs and welcome to the CMLL Weekly Review! This week Persephone returned to CMLL after traveling around the USA with AEW. The CMLL World Women’s Champion has been feuding with Tessa Blanchard as of late and after a heated exchange, Blanchard challenged Persephone to a one on one title match. This week Persephone was on CMLL Informa and it was officially announced that on July 31st she will put her title on the line at the Leyenda de Plata event! Things escalated between Garra Nerga and Reyna Isis during this week tag team match. which saw Olympia, Zeuxis…
Captain Harry Kane has predicted England “have another level we can reach” as they bid to win the World Cup for the first time since 1966.The Three Lions needed extra time before beating Norway 2-1 on Saturday, with a semi-final on Wednesday in Atlanta against Argentina (20:00 BST, live on BBC One and iPlayer) to come.After the quarter-final, boss Thomas Tuchel said he was unhappy with England’s performance, saying the team “got lucky”, were “sloppy”, made “a lot of technical mistakes” and were “not fast enough, not repetitive enough”.Kane, 32, has scored six goals in this tournament and is England’s…
Jannik Sinner described his triumph at Wimbledon as particularly special considering his painful defeat at the French Open, after he recovered from a difficult first set to secure his second Wimbledon title with an impressive 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 win against the second seed Alexander Zverev.Sinner, the world No 1, successfully defended his Wimbledon title to clinch his fifth grand slam singles title and 30th championship overall. Last month, he was heavily favoured to win his first French Open but he lost in the second round against Juan Manuel Cerúndolo after leading by two sets and 5-1. He…
Arsenal want to sign Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez, Aston Villa hijack Newcastle’s move for Johan Manzambi, and Pep Guardiola is on the shortlist to become Italy managerArsenal are attempting to sign Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 22, before pre-season begins. (Independent), externalAston Villa are finalising a move for Freiburg and Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi, 20, who was on course to join Newcastle. (Athletic – requires subscription) , externalManchester City’s former Spanish boss Pep Guardiola, 57, is on the shortlist to become the new Italy manager after Paulo Maldini was appointed as the country’s technical head. (Gazzetta dello Sport…
Jannik Sinner took slightly more time to prepare for his serve as he trailed 15-30 and 1-2 in the fourth set of his second Wimbledon final. In a serve-dominant match that had produced just one break for over three hours, this was a pivotal moment in the contest, but the gusty wind was completely out of control. The wind had only slightly settled down when Sinner stepped up to the baseline, but he still offered a decisive response under immense pressure: service winner, service winner, service winner. Hold.Sinner delivered this supreme level of serving for the entirety of a bruising…
Seeking a first T20 Blast crown, Yorkshire raced out of the blocks against Nottinghamshire at a sweltering Headingley as Lyth and Will Luxton (38) shared an 89-run opening stand inside the opening eight overs.Jonny Bairstow (32) and Logan van Beek (28) helped to set the already-qualified visitors a target of 194.Root’s two wickets, along with Andrew Tye (3-18) and Hassan Ali (2-30) helped reduce Notts to 107-7 but some late hitting from Dillon Pennington (37) threatened to derail the Yorkshire victory charge before he became Tye’s second victim.At Old Trafford, Lancashire made hard work of overhauling Durham’s 141 all out…
CM Punk didn’t waste much time stirring the pot after arriving on SmackDown as Undisputed WWE Champion. During the July 10 episode, the newly crowned champion had a blunt message for Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae, urging the longtime duo to move on from their recent backstage storyline and get back inside the ring. While the exchange was brief, Punk’s comments may have hinted at a major change for two of SmackDown’s most accomplished in-ring performers. CM Punk tells Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae to return to wrestling on SmackDown The confrontation unfolded during a backstage interview with Cathy Kelley.…
You describe the 5ft 9in Arthur Fery as of “diminutive stature” (Report, 8 July). At 5ft 7in, Lionel Messi is even smaller than Fery, but I have never heard commentators describe him as diminutive. Closer to home, the previous Wimbledon winners Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver were of a similar height. Diminutive? You cannot be serious.Derek Carline (5ft 4in)Chorlton, Manchester After Donald Trump’s interference in sendings-off in the World Cup (Trump confirms he asked Infantino for review of Folarin Balogun red card, 6 July), perhaps it’s time to have an orange card for those who are sent off but have…
Evian Championship – round four-19 H Ryu (Kor)*, B Henderson (Can)* Ryu wins after after first hole of sudden-death play-offSelected others; -18 A Iwai (Jpn); -15 J-H Im (Kor), M Yamashita (Jpn), M Saigo (Jpn); -13 L Ko (NZ), A Nordqvist (Swe); -11 M Stark (Swe), J Thitikul (Tha); -8 C Hull (Eng), L Woad (Eng) Full leaderboardSouth Korea’s Haeran Ryu says it felt like she was in an “unreal dream” as she claimed her second major title in the space of two weeks by defeating Brooke Henderson in a play-off at the Evian Championship. Having made history with an…