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The former Dakota Kai admits that she understands why people have said it. During Charlie a.k.a. Dakota Kai’s collective time as a WWE talent, she went down with an injury several times. She tore her ACL twice, tore her meniscus, and had a concussion. As Charlie was being interviewed by D.S. Shin of Ring The Belle, she addressed the notion that she’s injury-prone. “Oh yeah, I do get that a lot. I understand it though because I did have a bout of injuries and things like that so it was just bad luck on my end, and it’s one of…
Trailfinders booked their place in the Premiership Women’s Rugby play-offs by ending three-time defending champions Gloucester-Hartpury’s 14-game unbeaten run. England international Meg Jones inspired the hosts, who claimed a statement 41-39 victory against the league leaders as PWR resumed after a two-month break during which the Red Roses secured their eighth successive Women’s Six Nations title. The result moved Trailfinders into the fourth and final play-off spot with one round of the regular season remaining – level on 46 points with third-placed Exeter Chiefs. Despite the defeat, Gloucester-Hartpury remain top of the table with 72 points followed by Saracens with…
Fonseca has long been touted as the next big thing, first garnering attention when he followed in the footsteps of Sinner and Alcaraz to win the 2024 ATP Next Gen finals – the end-of-season showpiece for players under the age of 21 – before bursting into the spotlight with his victory over Rublev in Melbourne barely a month later.He clinched his maiden ATP title on the clay courts of Buenos Aires in February 2025 before reaching the third round on his French Open debut, where he lost to Britain’s Jack Draper. And wherever he went, a carnival of Brazilian flags…
Iga Swiatek has called for the French Open to make changes to the layout of their courts after multiple players were forced to withdraw this week having been injured when tripping over obstacles at the back of the Roland Garros courts.On Friday, the Turkish player Zeynep Sonmez had been chasing down a lob when she ran into one of the Lacoste advertising boards placed at the back of the court and fell to the floor. After a medical time out, Sonmez, alongside her partner, Tatjana Maria, was forced to retire from her second-round doubles match against Dayana Yastremska and Anhelina…
Alex de Minaur was blown out of the French Open just when opportunity had knocked deafeningly for all the would-be contenders.With Jannik Sinner’s sensational exit having made everyone believe their chance could be at hand, de Minaur’s enduring dream was this time dynamited by young Czech powerhouse Jakub Mensik 0-6 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the third round.Mensik, who had collapsed on court and had to be ferried to the medical centre in a wheelchair after his four-hour 41-minute epic win over Mariano Navone on Wednesday, was outrageously good, and rebounded from a horror opening set to utterly dominate.The continuing hot,…
On another sweltering afternoon in Paris, Djokovic began in cruise control, breaking his young opponent in the opening game of the match and twice more across the opening two sets as he built a 2-0 lead. Although Djokovic was broken himself in the eighth game of the first set, he responded in style with a hold to love while in the second, he soared to his crowd-pleasing best, pointing to the sky and gesturing for Court Philippe-Chatrier to raise the noise after belying his age to chase down a drop-shot before stretching for a forehand winner. As in his second-round…
French Open organisers have said a “significant sanction” will be imposed on Adolfo Daniel Vallejo after the Paraguayan player said his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman. Vallejo sparked controversy by saying his the Brazilian Ana Carvalho was unable to keep home supporters in check as he tumbled to defeat at Roland Garros, and can now expect a fine.Vallejo was facing the French teenager Moïse Kouamé on Thursday in what turned out to be one of the matches of the tournament so far. Kouamé, 17, was roared on by compatriots on Court Suzanne Lenglen, eventually winning…
When Mike Brown played for Harlequins, he described the fixture against Saracens as our “biggest grudge match”. He circled it in the diary. It fired him up like no other. On Saturday, the clubs meet at the StoneX. You would not know it from Brown’s calendar. “They’re playing when?” England’s most-capped full-back asked. “This weekend, is it?” Of all the signs of decline at Quins, few should worry supporters of the club more than Brown’s disengagement. During 17 years at the Stoop, nobody cared more for the club. He wore the quarters on his front and back, and his heart…
The teams for the United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-finals are set as the knockout stages kick off at Scotstoun Stadium. Glasgow Warriors host Connacht Rugby on Friday evening before the action continues on Saturday at Loftus Versfeld with the Bulls hosting Munster Rugby. A few hours later, the Stormers and Cardiff Rugby lock horns at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town, with the action concluding at the Aviva Stadium as defending champions Leinster go toe-to-toe with the Lions, who make their quarter-finals debut. Without further ado, here is everything you need to know for the URC quarter-finals. Glasgow Warriors v…
Mercedes have pulled out of talks to buy a minority shareholding in the Alpine team because they felt it was overpriced.The German car company and its F1 boss Toto Wolff had agreed in principle with Alpine owners Renault to buy the 24% stake in their team that is owned by investment group Otro Capital.But Otro was demanding a price Mercedes considered to be above market value and the deal has collapsed.Insiders have told BBC Sport Otro wanted $720m (£536m) for its shareholding, a figure that values the team at $3bn (£2.2bn).Otro paid 200m euros (£171m) for its stake in June…