Author: Sports News UK
Kendal Grey will have a challenge on her hands next week as she faces Lola Vice in an Underground match. Grey may have taken the title from Vice, but Vice is at home in the Underground where she hasn’t lost one yet. The match will take place on next week’s NXT. There were many women who were in the locker room of this week’s NXT who are ready to step up to the NXT Women’s Champion. Kali Armstrong, Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, and Reina Volcan seem to want the gold regardless who is champion after next week. Dame mentions to…
Before the super-heavyweight bout Abdul told the BBC he wanted to become the new ‘King of Scotland’ – in reference to Amin declaring himself that name in 1976.After taking power in a coup in 1971, Amin ran a brutal regime during which an estimated half a million people were killed. He was also known as the Butcher of Uganda.Abdul, who never met his grandfather, was chasing Uganda’s first Commonwealth boxing medal since Auckland in 1990 – something which would have been guaranteed had he beaten Thomas.Instead, he was given warnings in the previous two rounds and was trailing on all…
Real Madrid confident in securing a deal for Manchester City’s Rodri, Inter Milan could rekindle move for Liverpool’s Curtis Jones and Aston Villa have bid for Palmeiras forward Allan rejected. Real Madrid are confident of signing 30-year-old Spain midfielder Rodri – who has one year left on his contract with Manchester City – for 40-50m euros (£34m-£43m) and a deal could be finalised after a meeting on Thursday. (AS – in Spanish), externalInter Milan could rekindle their efforts to sign England midfielder Curtis Jones, 25, from Liverpool. Meanwhile, the signing of England centre-back John Stones, 32, on a free transfer…
Northern Ireland’s Ellie McCartney has won a bronze medal in the women’s 200m breaststroke final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.McCartney, 21, finished third behind home favourite Abgharad Evans and Kaylene Corbett of South Africa.The 21-year-old had posted the sixth-fastest time in the semi-finals but put in a storming performance to take third in a time of 2:24.73.Her time was enough to win bronze ahead of Australia’s Ella Ramsay by 0.16 seconds.McCartney is Commonwealth Youth Games in 2023 and European Under-23 gold medallist last year, but her bronze in Glasgow is a first senior international medal for the Enniskillen swimmer.It…
Xavier Woods has dropped a teaser for his and Kofi Kingston’s wrestling returns. The New Day’s Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston mutually agreed to part ways with WWE in early May 2026. They chose to leave after the promotion reportedly offered them restructured contracts with a significant pay cut. Reports noted that they had to adhere to the standard 90-day non-compete period before they could sign with other promotions. They are soon to become free agents, possibly by the first week of August. Speculations about their future emerged soon after, with reports noting that AEW is already discussing creative plans…
The Hundred men’s competition, Sophia GardensWelsh Fire 122-7 (100 balls): Short 36 (26); Santner 3-35Trent Rockets 126-1 (72 balls): Duckett 52* (45), Allen 33 (19)Trent Rockets won by nine wicketsScorecard. TableBen Duckett struck an unbeaten half-century as Trent Rockets demolished Welsh Fire by nine wickets in Cardiff to make it two wins from three matches in this season’s Hundred.Chasing 123 on a tricky two-paced wicket at Sophia Gardens, the visitors made a solid start through Duckett before Finn Allen picked up the pace with a rapid 33 from 19 balls during a 75-run opening partnership. Allen eventually fell to Rachin…
CM Punk and Rey Mysterio are in the last stages of their respective legendary careers, and the two WWE greats want to face each other in the ring one last time. Punk and Mysterio had phenomenal matches and a great rivalry in the late 2000s, but more recently have teamed with each other, the last time coming in December last year. At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, both stars were asked if they would be interested in locking up one last time, with Mysterio joking that he has ring gear and can do it right…
The WRU says it will bring together the leadership of all the professional teams, and other stakeholders, after Wales’ Nations Championship matches in November.It intends to thrash out the finances of the regions’ proposals and assess the interests of the quartet in taking up the new licences.”This will allow an orderly implementation and avoid prolonged uncertainty for clubs, players, supporters, investors and sponsors,” said Marianne Okland, chair of Welsh rugby’s Professional Rugby Board, whose members met on Monday.”Assuming that Cardiff Rugby and Dragons RFC want to sign up to the proposed licensing terms, there is now certainty that they will…
England’s Olympic cycling silver medalist Matt Richardson has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with injury, denying the event one of its most intriguing subplots.Richardson, 27, controversially switched allegiance to England days after winning two silvers for Australia at the Paris Olympics in 2024.He has since described the Australia programme as “like high school” and the British “like Hogwarts”, praising the greater resources and financial support he has received.Former Australia team-mate Leigh Hoffman, meanwhile, said his compatriots “want me to smash him”.Richardson – who was born in Maidstone, Kent, but moved to Australia at the age of…
Ekaterina Alexandrova collapsed on the court before retiring from her match against Kristina Liutova at the Memphis Classic due to heat-related illness.Alexandrova, the tournament’s No 1 seed, was two points away from defeat to the 16-year-old Liutova, who was making her WTA debut. The temperature was around 97°F (36°C) in Tennessee as the two Russians played out a gruelling first-round match lasting more than three hours.With Liutova leading 7-6 (2), 4-6, 5-4, Alexandrova began to struggle on serve, and initially received a time violation. The world No 19 then fell to the ground during the next point, and received treatment…