Author: Sports News UK
She finds a first serve on match point and the contact is perfect: 117mph, punched hard down the centre line, and from the moment her hand receives the message from her strings, she must know this is it. Of course the ball may come back, and indeed the ball does come back, but only barely. And in those few seconds as it arcs over the net, springs back up off the grass and hangs there like a beautiful sweet fruit, Coco Gauff has a Wimbledon final in her grasp.The afternoon has been hot: viciously hot, sadistically hot, the sort of…
Fourth T20 international, BristolIndia 158-7 (20 overs): Shreyas 80 (49); Archer 2-20England 159-1 (13.5 overs): Brook 79* (35), Salt 59* (42); Arshdeep 1-41England won by nine wickets, lead five-match series 3-0ScorecardEngland sealed their first-ever T20 series victory over India as their opponents suffered a record fifth straight defeat in completed 20-over matches.Set 159 to win, Phil Salt and captain Harry Brook put on an unbroken second-wicket partnership of 144 as England cruised to their target in 13.5 overs in the fourth T20 at Bristol.Brook powered 79 from 35 deliveries, while Salt hit 59 from 42 despite not scoring off his…
Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed how the Reds laid on a private jet and food for Kylian Mbappe and his family in an attempt to sign the France striker before he opted to join Paris St-Germain in 2017.The German said it was the “most expensive non-transfer” the club had invested in, as they courted the then-Monaco forward, now aged 27.Speaking before France beat Morocco to reach the World Cup semi-finals, Klopp – who is working for Magenta TV as a pundit at the tournament – said the Real Madrid man had been wanted by Liverpool.He went on to…
Tennis fans gathered on Wimbledon’s famous grass mound spent much of Thursday speculating how Henman Hill – more recently known as Murray Mound – might be renamed if the newest British star, Arthur Fery, continues his meteoric rise.As Fery-mania builds in SW19 and across the UK in advance of Fery’s hotly anticipated semi-final match against the German No 2 seed, Alexander Zverev, on Friday, they have eschewed suggestions such as Fery Field to alight on one name: Arthur’s Seat.“There’s literally nothing that begins with ‘f’,” lamented Natalie Humphreys, who had travelled from Glasgow to attend the championships. “But could we…
AEW Season seven of “Dark Side of the Ring” kicked off this week with the first two parts of the special covering the history of Jeff Jarrett and the promotion he co-founded in 2002, TNA Wrestling. One of the things tying both together was Jeff’s father and fellow co-founder Jerry Jarrett; as pointed out on the “My World” podcast, though, the relationship between Jeff and Jerry wasn’t always peaceful. Still, Jeff has discovered that telling the story about it has been beneficial to his personal self-healing journey. “[Chris Jericho and…
Norway striker Erling Haaland says all the pressure is on England leading into their World Cup quarter-final meeting on Saturday – and with a smile, called on the media to put as much pressure on Thomas Tuchel’s side as possible.Norway had not competed at a World Cup since 1998, but have reached the final eight for the first time after finishing second in Group I before beating Ivory Coast and Brazil in the knockout stage.England have reached at least the quarter-finals in the past three men’s World Cups, but have not made the final since winning the competition in 1966.When…
Novak Djokovic has conducted about as many press conferences in his career as any other tennis player in history. He knows the deal: after a victory, particularly a big one, he will usually be asked by a journalist to preview his next match. He is always ready with a long, expansive response summarising his opponent and his anticipation for the next encounter. He has mastered the art of doing so while keeping his cards close to his chest and not giving away a single important detail.And so, as the clock ticked into the early hours of Wednesday morning in the aftermath…
WWE’s Knicks crossover is not cooling off after all. If anything, the company is trying to bring the NBA Champions straight into Madison Square Garden. According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, WWE has invited several members of the 2026 NBA Champion New York Knicks to Saturday Night’s Main Event on July 18. Multiple Knicks players are expected to be there, which makes sense after WWE already leaned into Danhausen’s whole “uncursed the Knicks” story for the MSG show. The bigger wrinkle is Jalen Brunson. WrestleVotes noted that WWE had previously looked into Brunson having a role at Saturday Night’s…
York Knights secured a third consecutive Super League victory for the first time in their history – as Hull FC’s poor away form continued. Mark Applegarth’s side came back from 16-8 down at half-time to clinch their sixth win of the campaign and leapfrog Hull, who have won just once away from home this season. Tries from David Nofoaluma, Jon Bennison, Denive Balmforth and Nikau Williams, boosted by two kicks from Bennison’s boot, enabled York to inflict further misery on the Black and Whites, who went ahead after three tries in 12 minutes, from Aidan Sezer, Tom Briscoe and Joe…
Linda Noskova arrived at Wimbledon as one of the most dangerous young talents yet to make a grand slam breakthrough but the Czech completed that journey on Thursday, producing a clinical display to defeat Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4 and reach the first major final of her career.“I don’t know how I feel,” said Noskova. “It was a great match. I stayed calm the whole time, which was the main goal. But I always realise any success or a good tournament after it’s done. Right now, I am focusing on the final.”The 21-year-old did not waver under the pressure of…