Author: Sports News UK
As so many of Newcastle’s games have been this season, it looked like one-way traffic from their opponents from kick-off.Making his first start at outside centre with Luke James unwell, Roebuck crossed with a minute on the clock, cutting inside from the left after a hand-off from Reed, with George Ford notching the extras.Newcastle’s Simon Benitez-Cruz saw a try chalked-off for a forward pass before Seb Kelly barged over for his first Prem try at the other end on six minutes after a slick break down the left from Reed was stopped just short of the line.The hosts got on…
Large gaps were visible around the arena during the undercard. The crowd gradually filled out as the evening progressed, although there were still plenty of empty seats by the time of the main event.But those in attendance made their voices heard when Azim – sporting a black fedora with white-trimmed brim – walked to the ring to Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It.’Azim made a sharp start and drew blood from Claggett’s nose with an uppercut in the opening minutes. Claggett, 36, brought vast experience. He had been stopped only once as a professional and went the distance with Teofimo Lopez in…
Oleksandra Oliynykova has called for Diana Shnaider to face sanctions for her participation in a Gazprom-funded exhibition in Russia and the Ukrainian criticised the sport’s “hypocritical” governing bodies after her 7-5, 6-1 defeat by her Russian opponent.“She doesn’t want to comment on the war, because if she says her opinion, it would be a very big scandal, but I showed you the proof,” Oliynykova said. “I want to stop the tour being so hypocritical by pretending they cannot do anything, because they have the mechanism.“You can be sanctioned if you are participating in a tournament organised by a betting company,…
The fixtures for the Super Rugby Pacific Qualifying Finals have been confirmed after the regular season concluded on Saturday. Two of the venues had already been decided prior to the weekend with the Hurricanes and Chiefs locked in at first and second respectively, but their opposition had not been decided. However, after the Reds overcame the Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika stunned the Brumbies the Australian outfit switched positions and therefore swapped opponents. The Canberra-based team will duly travel to New Zealand’s capital to take on the ‘Canes at Hnry Stadium and they will kick off the knockout stages on…
VALLADOLID — The Canadian women’s rugby sevens team advanced to the semifinals of an HSBC SVNS World Championship Series tournament with a 40-5 quarterfinal victory over Japan on Saturday.Canada takes on the United States and Australia faces New Zealand in Sunday’s semifinals with the medal games scheduled for later in the day.Canadian captain Olivia Apps, Asia Hogan-Rochester, Florence Symonds, Charity Williams, Savannah Bauder and Adia Pye scored tries for Canada in the quarterfinal victory over Japan. Apps contributed three conversions and Bauder two as Canada led 21-0 at halftime.Canada went undefeated in its pool with victories over host Spain, Great…
Head coach Luis Enrique follows in the footsteps of Bob Paisley, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane in becoming just the fifth manager to win three Champions League/European Cup titles.The Spaniard, who was unveiled as PSG boss in July 2023, also won the Champions League as a player with Barcelona in 2014-15.Remarkably, “he didn’t want to take the job when he was first asked”, journalist Guillem Balague told BBC Radio 5 Live. “[He said] ‘you are full of stars – I’m not interested’. He was promised [he could] change the culture and the question was different. It wasn’t how…
After their 44-21 triumph in their United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Cardiff at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town, here’s how the Stormers players performed on Saturday. Stormers player ratings v Cardiff 15 Damian Willemse: Showed some deft touches with ball in hand and delivered a superb offload to Zas, who crossed for a well-taken try in the first half. The double World Cup winner continued to ask questions of Cardiff‘s defence with his excellent skill-set as the match progressed and was a calming influence when Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was forced off due to injury in the second stanza. 8 14…
Ellery Hanley, Andy Gregory, Jason Robinson, Martin Offiah. The roll call of Wembley heroes for Wigan is almost endless and they now have another name to add to the list as they lifted the Challenge Cup once again.All eyes were firmly fixed on the Wigan bench when it was confirmed their maverick playmaker, Bevan French, was included six weeks ahead of schedule after a hamstring tear. It was all a distraction; by the time French arrived on the scene the final had been decided, in no small part due to the heroics of the man who replaced him.The 20-year-old Jack…
Raheem Sterling has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after he allegedly crashed his car into motorway barriers.The former England winger, who most recently played for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, is suspected of crashing his Lamborghini into barriers on the M3 in Hampshire on Thursday morning.The 31-year-old has been released on bail pending further enquiries.In a statement, Hampshire Police said: “Just before 9am on Thursday, we received reports that a Lamborghini was in collision with barriers on the M3 southbound, close to the Minley Interchange.”No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported.”The driver, a 31-year-old man, from…
TOKYO – Kobe Steelers put in a stellar second-half performance to overpower Tokyo Sungoliath 69-23 in the Japan Rugby League One playoff semifinals on Saturday, moving within a win of their first championship. The Steelers, the regular season leaders guided by Dave Rennie who is leaving at the end of the season to take over at the All Blacks, more than displayed their title credentials by amassing 11 tries to two at Tokyo’s Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. “I thought our boys were outstanding today,” Rennie said. “It was a real arm-wrestle first half but we’re really proud of their…