Author: Sports News UK
Manchester City will “try to find the new Rodri” after the Spain captain left the club earlier this week to join La Liga champions Barcelona, says manager Enzo Maresca.Rodri became one of the best midfielders in the world during his seven seasons at the Etihad Stadium, winning the 2024 Ballon d’Or award as well as four Premier League titles and scoring the only goal in the 2023 Champions League final.The 30-year-old led his country to a World Cup triumph during the summer and has signed a four-year contract at the Nou Camp after Barca agreed to pay a fee in…
BMW Championship – third-round leaderboard-17 W Clark (US); -12 R McIlroy (NI), P Cantlay (US); -11 C Gotterup (US), G Woodland (US); -10 C Morikawa (US); -9 S J Im (Kor); -8 M McNealy (US), R Hisatsune (Jpn), E Cole (US), JJ Spaun (US)Selected others: -5 R MacIntyre (Sco); -4 A Rai (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -1 J Rose (Eng), A Fitzpatrick (Eng); +2 T Fleetwood (Eng)Full leaderboardRory McIlroy struck a five-under 65 to move to joint-second on day three at the BMW Championship.The Northern Irishman improved from a day two round of 69 that cost him his first-day lead,…
In the middle of a tense, erratic start to a rain-delayed semi-final day in Cincinnati, Arthur Fils found himself locked in defence and miles behind the baseline on his serve at 3-3. He scurried from sideline to sideline, lunging toward the ball at full stretch, seemingly with no real chance of turning things around. As Flavio Cobolli swept to the net with the intention of finishing Fils off, however, the Italian soon learned that his opponent had another gear to reach. From far wide of the court, Fils pulverised a forehand passing shot winner beyond his astounded opponent, drawing a…
The infamous “Montreal Screwjob” paved the way for WWE’s “Mr. McMahon” character and swung open the doors for the Attitude Era, but it also resulted in deep animosity between Vince McMahon and the Hart family. Despite the years-long hatred between the parties, McMahon would still go on to sign Natalya, who would become the longest-tenured female wrestler in WWE. During a recent episode of “Busted Open Radio,” she looked back at her early days in the promotion, when the resentment between McMahon and Bret Hart was still red-hot. “For me, it was very hard to get my job in the WWE,” she claimed. “People…
Promoter Eddie Hearn said “no-one can pull out” of the proposed fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.Fury claimed on Friday that the fight was unlikely to happen, but Hearn, who represents Joshua, stated the fight will go ahead.”We’ve signed the contract, we’re waiting for a date. You saw Tyson Fury shouting and screaming … there’s nothing to shout and scream about, the fight’s done,” Hearn told DAZN.”The fight’s signed. No-one can pull out of the fight. You can’t just pull out of a contract.”There’s no suggestion that the fight’s not happening, no-one can stop this fight from happening. The…
Hull interim head coach Andy Last told Sky Sports:”It was a nail-biting game, it went right down to the wire. I’m just really proud for the playing group.”I spoke all week about showing our personality and our performance when it gets tough and to make sure you answer those questions with your effort and your actions.”To go down like we did in the second half and then find the extra gear when we needed it, with that composed play by Jake Arthur at the end, was great.”Jake’s been outstanding and to come up with a big moment like that shows…
Paul London still has absolutely no love for Triple H. Nearly two decades after his WWE run, London called him one of the most insecure people he’s ever encountered and a “snake” while revisiting an angle he considers one of his biggest regrets with the company. While speaking to Rewind Recap Relive and Vaughn Vertigo, London was asked about the segment where he and Brian Kendrick came to Triple H’s rescue, only to get Pedigreed by him afterwards. Before even getting into what happened that day, London made his feelings about Triple H very clear. “Hunter’s like one of the…
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, The OurCoop County Ground, Derby (day three)Durham 283 & 295-6 dec: McKinney 140, Stokes 66*Derbyshire 156: Potts 5-46 & 84: Stokes 5-17Durham (20 pts) beat Derbyshire (3 pts) by 338 runsMatch scorecardAn innings of the highest class from Ben McKinney, backed up by former England Test captain Ben Stokes with bat and ball, swept promotion favourites Durham to a crushing 338-run victory over Derbyshire in the County Championship.McKinney showed why he is marked out as a future England Test player with 140 from 162 balls on the third day of the Division Two encounter at…
Athena main events ROH’s Death Before Dishonor and continues to be champion for 1,350 days. She defended the gold against STARDOM’s Hazuki. This was her 38th title defense since she won the belt at the end of 2022. The match went 30 minutes between Athena and Hazuki. Hazuki basically had to battle three-on-one as Billie Starkz and Diamante attempted to do damage when the referee and Athena were knocked out. After Athena won the match, she and Hazuki showed mutual respect for one another. Elsewhere on the show, Deonna Purrazzo retained her ROH Women’s Pure Title against Steph De Lander.…
Betfred Super LeagueSt Helens (30) 36Tries: Welsby, Wright, Douglas, Humphrey, Sailor, Macdonald Goals: Hastings 5 SailorCastleford (0) 12Tries: Senior, Laulu-Togaga’e Goals: McNamara 2St Helens beat Castleford Tigers to maintain their faint Super League play-off hopes – despite captain Jackson Hastings’ needless red card.He was sent off for punching Tyler Dupree and will now be suspended as Saints finished with 10 players with Alex Walmsley and Chris Matagi also shown yellow cards.St Helens marked Kevin Walters’ appointment as their head coach for next season by scoring through Jack Welsby, Shane Wright, Jacob Douglas, Tom Humphreys, Harry Robertson and Nene Macdonald.Louis Senior…