Author: Sports News UK
Wimbledon’s bottom half of the women’s draw was blown wide open on Saturday as the defending champion, Iga Swiatek, and the world No 2, Elena Rybakina, crashed out in third-round upsets.Swiatek’s title defence came to an end at the hands of the rising Filipina star Alexandra Eala, who undid the Pole in straight sets 7-6 (9), 6-2 while the Belgian 25th seed Elise Mertens dismantled Rybakina on a dramatic day at SW19.For a player carrying the hopes of an entire nation, Eala looked remarkably unburdened on Centre Court against the reigning Wimbledon champion. The 21-year-old produced the finest performance of…
Stevie Richards is not buying Triple H’s whole “just have fun” message to WWE fans, because as far as he’s concerned, WWE can’t charge serious money and then tell people not to take the product seriously. Triple H recently spoke with Stephen A. Smith and said fans sometimes lose perspective when it comes to WWE. His point was that wrestling is supposed to be entertainment and a place where people can shut out the world for a few hours. “The other aspect of that is I think that people lose perspective of sometimes is, we’re just fun, man. We’re fun…
Galway: Darach Fahy; Joshua Ryan (0-1), Cillian Trayers, Darren Morrissey (0-1); Padraic Mannion (0-1), Daithí Burke, Ronan Glennon (0-3); Tiernan Killeen (0-1), Gavin Lee (0-2); Tom Monaghan (0-3), Cathal Mannion (0-3, 1f), Darragh Neary (1-0); Conor Whelan (0-3), Jason Rabbitte (0-3), Aaron Niland (0-3, 3f)Subs: Conor Cooney (1-1) for A Niland (47), Cian Daniels for J Ryan (56), John Fleming (0-1) for T Killeen (62), Brian Concannon for G Lee (67), Seán Linnane for D Neary (70+1).Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Damien Cahalane, Seán O’Donoghue; Eoin Downey, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O’Mahony, Tommy O’Connell; Darragh Fitzgibbon (0-2), Shane Barrett…
Serena Williams will not compete alongside Venus Williams in the doubles after she was forced to withdraw from their first-round match due to the knee injury sustained in her singles return at Wimbledon.Williams had been in a race to be fit to face Camila Osorio and Solana Sierra on Saturday afternoon. But she has not recovered from twisting her knee in the first set of her opening-round singles match against Maya Joint, which she lost 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3.In a statement on social media, Williams said: “I’m heartbroken to have to withdraw from doubles. Coming back to compete again has…
Full-back George Furbank has been ruled out of England’s Nations Championship opener against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday with appendicitis.Furbank, 29, had been preparing for his first England game in nearly two years before falling ill on Friday evening.Marcus Smith has replaced him at 15, with Henry Slade stepping up to the bench.Steve Borthwick’s side face the world champion Springboks at 16:40 BST at the iconic Ellis park in Johannesburg.Furbank’s inclusion had been one of the main talking points from Thursday’s team announcement.”George Furbank has had so many little setbacks that would really test anybody’s character and resolve and…
Friday Night SmackDown aired a pre-recorded episode this week from inside the Jim Whelan Broadwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first following Night of Champions as we now begin the road to Saturday Night’s Main Event on July 18th, and SummerSlam the weekend of August 1st and 2nd. Cathy Kelley stood backstage interviewing Charlotte Flair and asked The Queen why she interfered against Jade Cargill during her Women’s United States Championship match with title holder Tiffany Stratton at Night of Champions last Saturday. Flair said that Jade got what she deserved; Jade ruined her opportunity at winning the…
Behind them, Norris drove an excellent race to blast up from sixth on the grid to third on the first lap, and briefly got past Antonelli for second before the Italian retook the position.There were a few hectic laps as Norris, Russell and Verstappen swapped places before Norris managed to consolidate third place and move clear of the the battle behind him.”It was a very good race,” the world champion said. “I’m very, very happy, good start, good first lap, not the pace to go with these guys but had a good battle with George. Pleasantly surprised.”I was fighting the…
Only 16 teams are left in the 2026 World Cup, but who will make it to the final at MetLife Stadium near New York City on 19 July?BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton did pretty well with his predictions for the last 32, but Paraguay’s win over Germany caught him out, as well as most of you.From more than 60,000 user predictions for that game, only 2% of you went for a Paraguay win.You did pretty well otherwise, however – Morocco’s win over the Netherlands was the only other result you got wrong.Chris was right with 13/16 predictions while AI…
The German football association is seeking talks with Jurgen Klopp about becoming the men’s national team coach after Julian Nagelsmann resigned.Nagelsmann requested to be relieved of his duties on Thursday following the team’s early exit from the World Cup.The German FA (DFB) has now granted that request and immediately terminated its contractual relationship with the 38-year-old former Bayern Munich boss.In a statement, the DFB said it “will now seek talks with Jurgen Klopp”, adding: “He has already signalled his general willingness to take on the position.”Germany bowed out of the World Cup on Monday when the four-time winners were beaten…
Sami Zayn’s celebration as the new WWE Undisputed Champion on the July 3 episode of WWE SmackDown didn’t last long, and fans immediately shared their opinions online. After Cody Rhodes earned the title shot once again by defeating Jey Uso to become the new No. 1 contender, many fans felt like it was being unfair to the newly crowned champion. Zayn came out to a huge ovation with the WWE Championship. Speaking to the crowd, he looked back on the long journey that finally led him to the top. Zayn admitted that many of the same fans cheering him now…