Author: Sports News UK
Bella Mir has missed out on a UFC contract after suffering one of the biggest shocks in MMA history by losing to Alex Apodaca.Highly-rated prospect Mir, who is the daughter of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank, went into the contest as an overwhelming favourite but was on the losing end of a unanimous decision.All three judges on Dana White’s Contender Series – a show where winners of fights are often rewarded with UFC contracts – scored the contest 29-28 in American Apodaca’s favour.Mir, 23, has said she wants to win a UFC championship, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu title, a Zuffa Boxing…
It was McGregor who opened the scoring on the night, a deflected shot and a 4-0 lead on aggregate. LASK had started well but that goal looked to all the world like a kick to their solar plexus. They had chances in Glasgow and they had chances in the opening minutes in Linz – and they were 4-0 down! How many punches can one team take before they lose their fight? Many, as it turned out.Celtic were obliging, of course. Painfully so. We trumpeted their classy goals and their adventurous play a week ago and wrongly assumed that they had…
Chris Jericho went after the role of Jinx in “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” didn’t get it and still managed to force his way into the show. The producers liked his audition enough to create a new scene and write Jericho into the series as himself. Jericho revealed the wild casting detour during an interview with The Wrestling Classic. He originally wanted to play Jinx, but losing the role didn’t end the conversation. “Yeah, it was great. I actually auditioned for the role of Jinx and, obviously, I didn’t get it. But with the audition, they really liked what I did,…
Britons Harriet Dart and Fran Jones both made winning starts to their bids to reach the US Open singles main draw.Dart, who has twice reached the US Open second round, came through 6-0 6-7 (1-7) 6-1 against Jordyn Hazelitt in the first round of qualifying in New York.She will face another American 16-year-old, Kristina Penickova, next.Jones, who qualified for the US Open for the first time last year, will face Germany’s Mona Barthel after winning 6-3 6-4 against Italy’s Nuria Brancaccio.But Jodie Burrage lost to Spain’s Guiomar Maristany 7-6 (7-1) 6-4, while Henry Searle was beaten 6-1 6-2 by American…
Kali Armstrong has made the upcoming title unification between the NXT Women’s North American Title and the WWE Women’s Speed Title now a Triple Threat at Heatwave. Armstrong faced the current NXT Women’s North American Champion, Zaria, on the Aug. 25 episode of NXT. By defeating her, Armstrong won her spot in the match. The third party being the Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair. Armstrong won the match by countering an F-5 by Zaria into a pin. Elsewhere on this week’s NXT, a summit took place between all the champions and challengers for this weekend. The NXT Women’s Champion Kendal…
Enjoy it – and do what Serena Williams tells you to.That was how Carlos Alcaraz settled back into competitive action at the US Open, partnering the American great as she returned to her home slam after a four-year absence.The tournament’s revamped mixed doubles format has attracted criticism for favouring the allure of the sport’s top singles stars at the expense of established doubles players.But the crowds turned out and produced a terrific atmosphere for the tournament’s headline act, with about 15,000 people packed inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.All four doubles specialist pairings lost to a team of singles players on Tuesday,…
In the open air of the Raiffeisen Arena, with bedlam all around, there was nowhere to hide for Celtic or Martin O’Neill.The Scottish champions had endured one of the darkest nights in their European history. After going out to Kairat Almaty on penalties last year at this stage of the Champions League play-offs, that is saying something.Four goals up on aggregate against LASK, O’Neill’s Celtic somehow conspired to implode in a second half with little sign of a response on the way to a 5-4 aggregate loss following extra time.There was no hiding place, and the Celtic manager was frank…
Serena Williams’ US Open return lasted two matches and one afternoon Tuesday as she and Carlos Alcaraz followed a first-round win with a quarter-final defeat by Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli in the headline attraction of the reimagined mixed doubles competition.Back inside Arthur Ashe Stadium 1,453 days after the defeat by Ajla Tomljanovic that had appeared to end her career, Williams emerged from the tunnel at half past three to the roars of more than 10,000 spectators. As the 44-year-old American and Alcaraz warmed up in matching purple-and-black Nike kits, public-address announcer Andy Taylor rattled off her accolades one by…
St Helens legend Jonny Lomax has announced he is to retire at the end of the Super League season.The 35-year-old, who has not featured since fracturing his jaw in the defeat by Warrington Wolves in June, has made 388 appearances for Saints, winning five Grand Finals, one Challenge Cup and a World Club Challenge.He won four caps for Great Britain and 11 for England, including a World Cup final appearance against Australia in 2017.”Over the last 20 years, I have been able to live out a boyhood dream. Achieving far more than I could ever have imagined. Representing and captaining…
Aston Villa make a move for Jean-Philippe Mateta and Nicolas Jackson, Manchester United eye a promising defender, and Manchester City aren’t ready to give up on signing Enzo Fernandez.Aston Villa have made an offer for Crystal Palace and France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, 29, though it falls well below the London club’s valuation. (The Athletic – subscription required), externalVilla are also on the verge of agreeing a €70m (£59.8m) deal to sign Chelsea and Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 25. (Foot Mercato – in French), externalManchester United are considering making contact with VfB Stuttgart over a potential move for 20-year-old German defender…