Author: Sports News UK
Arthur Fery said he won’t change a thing before the biggest match of his career on Wednesday, sticking strictly to the winning formula that has fuelled his fairytale Wimbledon run to the quarter-finals.“I’m just going to stick to what I’ve been doing, just keep believing in myself, not letting go of matches, and we’ll see where that takes me,” Fery said. “I’m not going to change anything now. It’s working, I feel good.”Two days after the greatest win of his career, a brilliant fighting performance to defeat the former world No 3 Grigor Dimitrov on Centre Court in a fifth-set tie-break,…
“Having seen how quickly they got into their game at the weekend [a 45-21 victory over England], we were building up to our match and we watched the first half, and they came out as if they’d been playing for the last few months.”They’re a team that knows their identity. I think everybody in world rugby knows their identity and they’re very good at what they do. It’s a great challenge, a great marker of where we are and where we need to go following this game.”Just as Scotland did in their impressive win in Cordoba, the Springboks ran in…
Since coming through his first-round match here in five sets, Jannik Sinner has prioritised efficiency. His 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 win against Jan-Lennard Struff was the defending champion’s fourth consecutive victory in straight sets, keeping his powder dry and any potential problems with the heat at bay, just over five weeks since his physical meltdown at Roland Garros.“Thanks for reminding me,” he told the on-court interviewer, with a chuckle, when asked if he was at all concerned about high temperatures at Wimbledon. “We worked a lot after Paris trying to understand what went wrong.” He will play Novak Djokovic in…
WWE Kendal Grey defeated Nattie in her first defense of the NXT Women’s Championship during “WWE NXT.” Nattie was accompanied by Karmen Petrovic and Nikkita Lyons at ringside, while the champion was supported by Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair. Nattie rushed Grey from the starting bell and looked to take the match onto the mat, getting the better of the champion to begin with. Grey defended well and took the fight back to the challenger, angering her as she sent her to the outside of the ring. Grey cinched in…
Would Messi have been lost to the World Cup forever had Argentina lost? He would be 43 – the oldest outfield player to play at a World Cup – if he carried on to the next, though the lure of games being played in his home country may have sustained him.Instead, Messi can look forward to a quarter-final here against either Switzerland or Colombia.Former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson, watching in Atlanta for BBC Radio 5 Live, said: “That was incredible. Spectacular. Argentina were down and out. They were out of the tournament at one point.”Egypt are so frustrated with the…
On Monday night The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s three-hour epic about one man’s heroic quest, had its world premiere in London. And 24 hours later at Wimbledon, 15,000 fans on Centre Court witnessed a tennis equivalent. A rugged hero: Novak Djokovic. A mighty quest: the hunt for a record-breaking 25th grand slam title. There was an injury scare. Multiple shifts in momentum. And numerous times where the Centre Court crowd stood up and started punching the air at what they were watching.It amounted to pure box office. And after five hours and 15 minutes of extraordinary tennis, it was Djokovic who was again…
An exhausted but delighted Djokovic said afterwards that he “won that match with a racquet and a lot of heart”.It is a sentiment that sums up the latter half of his career. Djokovic’s movement is still sublime, his shots still potent, but his body has not always held up.Against Auger-Aliassime, an innocuous slide to a backhand led to him tweaking his left calf and needing a medical timeout. His movement was hindered for the rest of the first set, particularly on serve, but he was helped on his way to taking the opener by a series of errors from the…
WWE looks like it is getting ready to add some new bodies, and two names already stand out. Fightful Select reports that WWE is likely bringing in new talent soon, including wrestlers and a referee. One of the biggest names expected is Hiromu Takahashi, who many in the company have believed was coming in for a while. That one is going to get attention fast. Hiromu is one of New Japan’s most explosive junior heavyweight stars, and if WWE really has him coming in, that gives the company a fresh international name who can bring a totally different energy to…
With 12 minutes of normal time remaining Egypt stood on the cusp of their greatest ever World Cup result.The Pharaohs led Argentina, the reigning world champions, 2-0 in Atlanta Stadium.A quarter-final spot – their first – beckoned for the football-mad African country. Then it went wrong. Horribly wrong.When Cristian Romero reduced the deficit in the 79th minute, it was a case of Egypt digging in. But they looked panic-stricken when captain Lionel Messi – who else? – made it 2-2 four minutes later.Enzo Fernandez then completed a remarkable turnaround with a header in the second minute of stoppage-time.Egypt were down…
A place in her first Wimbledon semi‑final within touching distance, Karolina Muchova walked up to the No 1 Court baseline charged with the task of closing out a near flawless performance. There was plenty of tension and uncertainty swirling through her mind, but Muchova managed to keep a clear head as she spectacularly ended her incredible day with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory against the 14th seed, Naomi Osaka.Muchova, the No 10 seed, had opened her final service game with an unreturned serve and she ended it with two aces to finish the match. Osaka did not stand a chance.This was a…