Author: Sports News UK
The first leg of Larne’s Europa League qualifier at Inver Park with FC Iberia 1999 on Tuesday could be delayed by 24 hours.The Georgian team could not land in Northern Ireland on Monday due to paperwork issues with their chartered flight. FC Iberia 1999’s players and staff are not expected to arrive for the game until Tuesday afternoon, with kick-off scheduled in Larne at 20:00 BST.The game could be delayed as Uefa regulations state that teams must not arrive in a country for a match less than 24 hours before kick-off.The Georgian team could request for the game to be…
Chelsea Green dedicated her WWE SummerSlam victory to Michael Hayes, who didn’t view her as a top star. Chelsea Green won the first world title of her WWE career when she became the Interim Women’s Champion on Night Two of SummerSlam. She defeated Tiffany Stratton, Charlotte Flair, Jade Cargill, and Lash Legend in a massive five-woman ladder match for the win. Following the event, Chelsea Green appeared on the SummerSlam post-show to address her big victory. Green admitted that she went into the match as the underdog, going against an ex-WNBA player (Lash Legend), an ex-gymnast (Tiffany Stratton), Jade Cargill,…
Alexandra Eala dismantled top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-4 6-0 after the weather-hit DC Open final in Washington resumed on Monday, completing a remarkable comeback to become the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA Tour-level singles title.The 21-year-old resumed play on Monday trailing by a set but leading 2-1 in the second after Sunday’s final started nearly three hours late and was later suspended overnight because of persistent rain.“I feel so much love. My first chance at a title knowing it won’t be the last and already having achieved this milestone for my career,” Eala said on…
Emma Raducanu will miss the US Open as she continues her recovery from a stress fracture.The British number one suffered the injury to her right lower leg during the grass-court season and made a late decision to pull out of Wimbledon.The 2021 US Open champion will now sit out this year’s event at Flushing Meadows, which begins on 23 August.The decision was made after the 23-year-old’s latest consultations with her medical team. She had only recently stepped back on court wearing a protective boot.Last summer Raducanu won her first matches at the US Open since she became a surprise champion…
AEW/Ricky Havlik AEW Redemption 2026 is now firmly in the rear-view mirror as all eyes are now set on Wembley Stadium and AEW All In London 2026 on August 30, which is on course to being one of the biggest shows in the company’s short history. It was the first Redemption event to ever be held by AEW, and due to a combination of other events being better received, the placement of the show, and the card itself, it seems that the show suffered when it came to its pay-per-view…
Newly promoted Women’s Super League club Crystal Palace have signed Tottenham defender Molly Bartrip for an undisclosed fee.The 30-year-old joins on a three-year deal and reunites with ex-Spurs captain Bethany England as one of Palace’s summer arrivals. Bartrip spent five years at Tottenham, making over 100 appearances, and was named vice-captain in 2023.She played in every game during the 2024–25 season and signed a three-year contract extension off the back of it.The defender, who represented England’s youth teams, was also part of the Tottenham squad who reached the Women’s FA Cup final for the first time in 2024.It has been…
Mauricio Pochettino has agreed a deal to continue as the manager of the United States men’s team until 2030.The former Tottenham and Chelsea boss, who has been in the post since September 2024, led co-hosts US to the last 16 of the 2026 World Cup before they were beaten by Belgium.US Soccer said, external the new agreement included the role of Pochettino and his coaching staff having a greater remit – in which they would also “advise and support US Soccer on the broader development of the full national team pathway, youth soccer, coaching education, professional league collaboration and other…
Triple H says nobody gets handed a main-event spot in WWE. Eric Bischoff agrees with almost all of that—except for one part he says simply doesn’t make sense. After Triple H argued that wrestlers shouldn’t expect a main-event push simply because it’s “their turn,” Bischoff responded on 83 Weeks and said asking someone to be more popular than Cody Rhodes before taking Cody’s spot is an impossible standard. According to Bischoff, that’s simply not how wrestling works. “When he says, ‘Oh, you want Cody’s spot. Are you more over than Cody?’ Of course not. Nobody is. Nobody that’s working for…
Chelsea Green may be a hot mess, but she is also the new Interim WWE Women’s Champion. This marks Green’s first top world women’s WWE title in her career. She is a former (and inaugural) WWE Women’s United States Champion and former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion. At SummerSlam on Sunday, Green climbed the ladder to grab the title as she defeated four other women (Charlotte Flair, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, and Lash Legend). The final moments of the match had Green going up to the top of the ladder after knocking Stratton off the ladder into the other three…
“I approached Scottish Rugby and asked for a release from my contract under compassionate grounds. “Effectively, the stress and the strain on my family, who are back in Australia away from me, proved too much to continue to go on and to do this role the way it should be.”With the time back home in Australia over the summer, it was able to give me a lot more insight into the sacrifices that they’re making, on top of those that I make as well.”We also had a change in circumstances where, unfortunately, my wife’s parents are unwell, so that means…