Author: Sports News UK
“With the amount he’s won, he would be fully entitled to be apprehensive but he jumped in straight at the deep end,” Pope said. “On several occasions, we’ve almost binned it, and he just goes, ‘Yeah, it’s all right. Bad things happen’.”He’s obviously a good bike rider, but he’s just a far better bloke. He’s juggling his family, a full-time job, and he’s still coming in every Wednesday – not overly happy necessarily all the time, but always giving me everything he can. So, in return, it’s easy to put in the work for him.”Pope’s other responsibility on Thursday was…
For the first time, Jimmy openly admitted that he’s thought about having his own run as a world champion. The difference is, unlike a lot of wrestlers, he isn’t interested in politicking for the spot. If it happens, he’ll run with it. If it doesn’t, he says he’s still walking away proud of everything he’s already accomplished. Speaking with Sports Illustrated, Jimmy was asked whether seeing Jey Uso capture the World Heavyweight Championship—and Sami Zayn win a world title as well—made him start thinking about what a singles championship run might look like for himself. The answer came without any…
The Hundred women’s competition, Utilita BowlSouthern Brave 140-3 (100 balls): Bouchier 45 (31); Filer 1-22Birmingham Phoenix 116-5 (100 balls): Perrin 52 (43); Molineux 2-24Southern Brave won by 24 runsScorecard. TableSouthern Brave continued their unbeaten run with an 24-run win over Birmingham Phoenix at the Utilita Bowl.The Hundred leaders completed their fourth consecutive victory as bottom side Phoenix failed to chase a target of 141, finishing on 116-5.Brave openers Maia Bouchier (45) and Lizelle Lee (43) shared a 68-run partnership after their side was put into bat.Laura Wolvaardt made an uncustomarily slow 11 from 15 deliveries before being stumped off Alana…
The July 29 episode of EVOLVE had an eight woman tag team match to main event the show. On one side we had Gianna Capri, Sloane Jacobs, PN Vasa, and the Evolve Women’s Champion Nikkita Lyons. They took on the team of Thea Hail, Wren Sinclair, Skylar Rae, and Zena Sterling. Sterling was a last minute replacement for Women’s ID Champion Laynie Luck. Luck was attacked last week after she failed to defeat Lyons so she wasn’t medically cleared. The final moments left Lyons and Hail in the ring. Sinclair took out Jacobs on the outside and the two battled…
Take a step back and, whether we like it or not, we can all see what is happening with all the ins and outs at Newcastle. Whatever statements come out of the club, it is clear the landscape has changed.It is a changing football club – in terms of its owners’ aims and ambitions and their transfer strategy, which all seem massively different to the way they were even three years ago.Back then the sky seemed to be the limit, and the talk was about competing with the very best.Now, the approach seems to be to sell their best players…
Scottish Para-athlete Melanie Woods faces losing her Commonwealth Games women’s 1500m T54 gold medal – and her Games record – after it was decided to stage the race again following an appeal.Woods, 31, set a new mark in streaking to victory in her home city on Wednesday, but the event at Scotstoun was marred by a first-lap crash.Canada’s Nandini Sharma crossed the line in second place behind Woods, but was disqualified at the time for her role in the incident. The Canadians‘ appeal against that decision failed and, after further protests by Australia and Mauritius, the Para-athletics authorities – rather…
Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has been appointed as England Test coach, with Joe Root returning as captain. Fleming, 53, has never previously worked as head coach of a national team but he led Chennai Super Kings to a record five Indian Premier League titles during his 17-year tenure as head coach. Previous Test coach Brendon McCullum was fired earlier this month following a string of poor results and several off-field incidents, but remains in charge of England’s white-ball sides.Root, 35, whose first spell as Test captain was between 2017 and 2022, captained England to a record 27 Test…
For 30 years, The Undertaker and Vince McMahon worked side by side. Their dynamic built one of the most successful partnerships in wrestling history. But even though they had a strong relationship, The Undertaker recently revealed there was only one time when McMahon admitted he had made the wrong creative call. Speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, The Undertaker looked back at a disagreement they had while planning the Punjabi Prison Match at WWE The Great American Bash 2006. McMahon won the argument at the time. However, after the match, he admitted that The Undertaker’s idea would have played…
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe is set to leave the club with immediate effect, sources have told BBC Sport.Howe came under pressure last season as Newcastle finished 12th in the Premier League after losing 17 of their 38 games.The 48-year-old’s final match in charge was a 4-1 defeat by Bristol City in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday.Well-placed sources have indicated a measure of surprise from Howe at the club’s transfer business so far this summer, though he was aware of the necessity for the club to sell players.Earlier this year, Howe decided to remain at St James’ Park regardless of the…
How do you replace the irreplaceable?Manchester City are often title favourites having won six of the past nine Premier League trophies, but they start this new season without their greatest ever manager, Pep Guardiola.The 55-year-old led City to 17 major trophies in 10 years, but left at the end of last season and has since been replaced by his former assistant Enzo Maresca.Maresca has been out of work since stepping down as Chelsea boss in January. The Blues also have a new gaffer. They replaced Maresca with Liam Rosenior in January but he was let go before the end of…