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Ethan Nairne defeated his compatriot Benjamin Levy in an all-English men’s -73kg final to win judo gold at the Commonwealth Games, while Kelly Petersen-Pollard became the women’s -70kg champion.Nairne beat Scotland’s Daniel Pacitti, Wales’ Ben Moore and the Gambia’s Faye Njie on his way to the final at the SEC Centre.He had to be patient against Levy but a one-armed shoulder throw eventually clinched gold by Yuko.The 24-year-old was joined on the podium by Levy and Northern Ireland’s Josh Green, who claimed bronze with a golden score victory over Welshman Moore.It is a second Commonwealth Games medal for the Nairne…

SummerSlam night one is in the books for the Divas. First, to kick off the show, Liv Morgan finally defended the Women’s World Title since winning it at WrestleMania. She defeated IYO SKY who earned this match by becoming Queen of the Ring. The final moments of the match had SKY land double knees onto Morgan on the ring post. Hurting her knee in the process, SKY goes up top for an Over the Moonsault but Morgan gets her knees up. One ObLIVion by Morgan lands SKY on her feet, but Morgan lands a Codebreaker and a second ObLIVion to…

There was no communication, no confirmation. But then, the little and large duo reemerged. Down, but so far from out.”Adrenaline is a wonderful thing,” a battered, bruised, but buoyant Fachie said, speaking to BBC Sport Scotland about their “little slide”.”You don’t really feel a lot of pain at the time, but it created a lot of anger. I think Aaron casually walked me away before I said something I shouldn’t say, but we were so fired up to go and prove a point there.” “You can’t really describe it,” Pope agreed. “You’ve got one race to try and win, give…

England’s Jazmin Sawyers was finally able to put previous disappointments at major championships behind her by winning the women’s long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.The 32-year-old bounced back from serious injury to celebrate a gold medal on a night when there was a silver for England’s mixed 4x400m relay team and a bronze for pole vaulter Owen Heard.Sawyers finished just outside the medals in fourth place at the previous games in Birmingham four years ago, failed to qualify for the final of the 2023 World Championships and was then forced to miss the 2024 Olympics. She had to…

The quickest route for Infantino’s exit would be for the Swiss to resign, like his predecessor Sepp Blatter did in 2015. But Infantino still retains support and he could try to hold out until March, when he is up for re-election for a fourth and final term as president. What other avenues are open?The Fifa Council could try to force Infantino’s hand through an emergency meeting.Such a gathering would be triggered if 19 of the 37 Fifa Council members call for one.Uefa has nine members, AFC has seven, Concacaf five, Africa has six, Conmebol five and Oceania three. It is…

The Hundred men’s competition, Lord’sLondon Spirit 105 all out (92 balls): Bairstow 56 (43); Archer 4-9, Stoinis 3-17Southern Brave 111-5 (97 balls): Miller 39* (28); Willey 2-28Southern Brave won by five wicketsScorecard. TableJofra Archer took season-best figures of 4-9 as Southern Brave beat London Spirit in a low-scoring encounter at Lord’s.The England fast bowler took three wickets in his final set as Spirit were bowled out for 105 inside 92 balls.Spirit reached 44-1 after being put into bat, with opener Jonny Bairstow, who hit 56 from 43 balls, alongside James Rew, whose 11 was the home side’s joint second-highest score.A…

Rob Kim/Getty Images WWE star Trick Williams has had a meteoric rise on the main roster following his call-up from “WWE NXT” to “WWE SmackDown” just seven months ago. Before his professional wrestling career got underway in 2018, Williams played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and even took part in Philadelphia Eagles mini-camp on a tryout basis He recently sat down on “4th And South w/ Jarvis Landry & Leonard Fournette,” and spoke about how his football career compares to professional wrestling. He said walking to the ring…

Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes held on to a select group over a punchy climb before bolting in the final metres to take the Tour de France Femmes opening stage and first yellow jersey.Last year’s green jersey winner was favourite to win the 85.5-mile out-and-back route from Swiss city Lausanne but was put under serious pressure on a 1.5-mile 4.1% climb just before the finish line.The 27-year-old Team SD Worx-Protime rider held on to a group of about 20 riders and sprinted away with 200 metres left to win by a bike’s length from Mauritius’ Kim le Court-Pienaar and Dutch 2023…

Cardiff City completed their pre-season preparations with a convincing 4-1 friendly win against Italian giants AS Roma at Cardiff City Stadium.Goals from Yousef Salech, Ollie Tanner and a brace from Cian Ashford proved enough to give the Bluebirds victory against the three-time Serie A winners.Goalkeeper Nathan Trott, their only summer signing so far after his loan was made permanent in May, also saved a penalty from Paulo Dybala after a stuttering run up during a fine first half in which the home side raced into a 3-0 lead.The Argentine striker made amends with a goal 12 minutes after the interval…

iPhone App Android App Send News Tip Leave Comment FollowUs To Stay Connected With Our Updates Thunder Rosa just added another championship to her résumé, and she had to end a 511-day reign to get it done. Rosa captured the Mexican National Women’s Championship at CMLL Viernes Espectacular on July 31, defeating India Sioux in the title match. The finish came when Rosa connected with the Fire Thunder Driver and put Sioux away for the victory, giving the AEW star her first championship in CMLL. Rosa earned the opportunity less than two weeks earlier by surviving an elimination match at…