Author: Sports News UK
Sweden’s Lucas Bergvall is facing an uncertain future at Tottenham with the midfielder keen for a new challenge.The 20-year-old is exploring his options after playing limited minutes at the end of last season under Roberto de Zerbi, often not in his preferred position as a ‘number six’.Spurs are also understood to be targeting an additional midfielder and have made an offer of about £80m for Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali, which was rejected.Bergvall’s representatives are believed to have held talks with Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea.However, Chelsea are no longer interested after briefly exploring a move in January.Bergvall is currently at…
Jack Draper believes his “very special” relationship with Andy Murray and the faith the Scot has in him will help him to find a way through the toughest period of his career as he returns to the circuit at Eastbourne after an injury-ravaged 11 months.Draper is due to compete for the first time in two and a half months at the Eastbourne International on Monday after being sidelined for the vast majority of the past year due to chronic arm and knee injuries. As he tries to be ready for Wimbledon, which begins next a week on Monday, this will…
Tadej Pogacar and Marlen Reusser secured the Tour de Suisse titles as each won the final stage of their respective races on Sunday.World champion Pogacar was competing in the men’s race for the first time and led Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz by more than four minutes heading into the fifth and final stage. The Slovenian battled it out with Lenny Martinez at the end of a brutal 151km mountainous route and caught the French climber 800 metres from the line to claim his third stage win of the week.”We tried but he was just too strong in the end,” said Martinez.…
Serena Williams will make a stunning return to singles competition at Wimbledon after being announced as the tournament’s final wildcard on Sunday.Wimbledon will mark Williams’s first singles appearance in nearly four years after retiring from the sport at the 2022 US Open and it marks a dramatic escalation in her comeback.Williams, a 23-time grand slam singles champion and seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, resumed her doubles career at the beginning of the grass court season this month following months of speculation. The 44-year-old had already received a wildcard into the ladies’ doubles draw at Wimbledon alongside her 46-year-old sister, Venus.However, she…
WWE has trademarked three names plus a “Vanta The Unknown” moniker. Vanta Vanta The Unknown Kylee Quinn Milosh Jovic The following description was included with all four trademarks: “Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information; fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in…
Draper will have to fight his way back up the rankings, having fallen out of the top 100 during his lay-off.He is in the main draw for Wimbledon, which begins a week after Eastbourne on Monday, 29 June, but will be hoping to get plenty of match practice on the grass courts this week.”I don’t know how these competitions [Eastbourne and Wimbledon] are going to go in terms of my wins and losses,” Draper said.”I want this period to be past me now, of dipping in and out of the tour and coming back for one or two weeks.”I feel…
Frances Tiafoe beat fellow American Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4 to win the Halle Open on Sunday, sealing the biggest title of his career and becoming the first American since 1993 to lift the ATP 500 grass-court trophy.Tiafoe set the tone early, breaking serve in the opening set and remaining composed on his own delivery to keep Fritz from settling. He carried that momentum into the second set, again striking early and dictating from the baseline to wrap up the win and snap a seven-match losing streak against Fritz since his first victory in 2016.“I don’t even know what clip I…
Fifa issued a short statement on Monday to confirm an investigation had been carried out and the official would face no action.Evans went on to explain that video evidence from the VAR room proved he had made involuntary movements.”Images taken later during the match showed that I repeated this movement many times while holding a pen between my fingers,” he said.”Officiating at the World Cup is the biggest honour of my career and I look forward to supporting my colleagues for the rest of the tournament.”Before World Cup matches, Fifa had been briefly focusing on the officials as part of…
Four years ago, any effort to watch a game together was met with the same stubborn toddler resistance as suggesting a midday nap. Suddenly, here we are, knee-deep in Panini swapsies, reeling off an all-star French attack, pointing out the flags and badges of all 48 nations. Shiny Brazil!Of course, the medium through which he is engaging with this World Cup is different from our childhood experiences, which in turn are different to our parents’. “Grandad saw Pele at Goodison Park?” Poignant for Grandad because he’s an Evertonian, impressive for the little one because his favourite YouTuber – Chuffsters -…
Tonight’s episode of AEW Collision is here, and features a big show, with a couple of big matches taking place. This includes a semifinal bout in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament, a qualifying match for Survival of the Fittest, a face-to-face between Jericho and Tommaso Ciampa, and much more. AEW Collision Card Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Semifinal: Athena vs. Maya World The Elite vs. The Lethal Twist Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Adam Priest Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Mina Shirakawa vs. Kris Statlander Dante Martin vs. Místico Jericho and Tommaso Ciampa go face-to-face Pac in action The…