Author: Sports News UK
As Grigor Dimitrov battled to another significant victory on his return to Wimbledon, 12 months on from his devastating injury-enforced exit, he began to feel an ominous sense of deja vu.Almost a year to the day that Dimitrov left Centre Court in tears after being denied the chance to complete a spectacular victory over world number one Jannik Sinner, the roof began to close on Court One.Before a 10-minute break to close the Centre Court roof in 2025, the Bulgarian, once nicknamed ‘baby Fed’ because of the similarity of his game to the great Roger Federer, had been playing some…
Jc Olivera/Getty Images To the surprise of many fans, Sami Zayn walked out of Night of Champions as the brand new Undisputed WWE Champion. According to a new report, that same feeling extended to figures inside multiple departments of WWE as well. WrestleVotes on Fightful Select reports that WWE kept knowledge of Zayn’s planned title win on a tight leash internally, so much so that only those that “need[ed] to know” were made aware of it ahead of time. One employee told the outlet that this approach has caused a…
Arthur Fery grew up just a short walk away from Wimbledon but there is much more to his story than simply the confines of SW19.The British men’s number three was born near Paris to his French parents before the family moved to Wimbledon when he was still in nappies.After coming through the Lawn Tennis Association system, the 23-year-old then moved to Stanford University in California to study for a degree in science, technology and society – and sharpen his game in a tennis scholarship.Now Fery is back on his doorstep and enjoying the biggest success of his career.The world number…
Manchester United want Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba, Arsenal are keen on Aston Villa favourite Ezri Konsa and Bruno Guimaraes, and is Mason Greenwood heading to Madrid?After missing out on Mateus Fernandes, Manchester United are ready to make a bid for Brighton’s 22-year-old Cameroon midfielder Carlos Baleba. (Give Me Sport), externalArsenal remain determined to sign Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 28, and are preparing a bid believing that a £60m package is still possible for the Brazilian. (Sun), externalWith Argentina forward Julian Alvarez wanted by Barcelona, Atletico Madrid have identified former Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood, 24, who is now at Marseille,…
It has been 43 years and four weeks since a French man won a grand slam. The odds that it’s about to be 43 years and five just got a whole lot shorter. Their last contender, Arthur Rinderknech, plays Novak Djokovic in the third round on Friday, but their great hope heading into the championships, Arthur Fils, lost to Matteo Berrettini on Centre Court, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, in a performance that included a couple of flare-ups with the umpire and his own coaches, a lot of hot exclamations, exultations and exhalations – and an array of absolutely staggering shots.They…
The Vision may not be totally dead, but WWE apparently has some figuring out to do before anyone calls it alive again. According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, there is now a split opinion inside WWE about what should happen to The Vision after the group finished its story with Seth Rollins. Some people believe the faction can keep going, but only if WWE reimagines it with changes to the lineup. Others are ready to move on. After months of injuries, title losses, and the group slowly falling apart on TV, there is a feeling that The Vision may…
Vitor Pereira has left Nottingham Forest with the club poised to appoint former Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner as his successor. BBC Sport understands a deal to appoint the 51-year-old is virtually done with just the formalities left to complete.Contact with Glasner, who left the role as Palace manager at the end of last season, was first initiated earlier this summer.The Austrian, who led Palace to the Europa Conference League title last season following their FA Cup success in 2025, will become Forest’s fifth manager in fewer than 12 months.The club confirmed Pereira’s departure on Thursday evening, with staff members…
Ask almost anyone on the women’s tour who has the best backhand and most will say Amanda Anisimova. Ask them who the best server is and the American is not usually top of the list. On Thursday, though, she did her best impression of Serena Williams as she hit 20 aces to scrape past Sofia Kenin and claim a place in the third round.With every win, Anisimova erases some of the memory of last year’s final, when she was beaten 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek. But for a while early in the third set, when she trailed the former Australian…
Hamilton said: “If you look at the speed traces, we start losing deployment going into Copse. Normally the engine is screaming going into there and you are holding on for dear life. This year most likely we will be downshifting from seventh to sixth to keep the revs higher. It will be a long straight from Nine (Copse) and (to) 10 (Maggotts) with no deployment.”Maggots and Becketts will not feel the same, because you have to lift and coast through there for a period of time.”So it’s a completely different track. Maybe we will still get to enjoy it where…
Alex de Minaur was not at his best against French veteran Adrian Mannarino as Wimbledon’s fourth day opened with the sun out and mercury rising, but he was good enough.The Australian No 1 saw off his potentially troublesome left-handed opponent 6-3 6-2 6-2 in one hour 49 minutes on Thursday.De Minaur won the first two sets in 38 minutes each, breaking twice in the first set and thrice in the second.His own serve was occasionally malfunctioning, being broken in each, with the second delivery especially vulnerable.In the third, there was no such blemish, though he had to survive a lengthy…