Author: Sports News UK
However, perhaps above all, Ferguson would return home a leader having captained Bologna since 2023.His uncle Barry was a legendary captain at Ibrox, winning multiple domestic honours and also managing the team on an interim basis last year. Dad Derek played for Rangers between 1983 and 1990.Fans of the club have long lamented a lack of leadership within their squad, and with former long-term captain James Tavernier gone and goalkeeper Jack Butland departing, experience has left the squad.The arrival of Lawrence Shankland should help fill that void, and Ferguson would too. The Scotland duo, plus McCrorie, also fit into McInnes’…
Jannik Sinner is not making it easy for himself this year. Matches he would have expected to sprint through here have become mini-marathons and there is the small matter of another heatwave arriving in London this weekend, which, as we saw in Paris, is his kryptonite.More worrying, as Sinner admitted after reaching the last 32 with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over the world No 48, Nuno Borges, his game is still falling short. The forensic analysis started when the Italian was asked whether his forehand was as good as it could be.“No, it’s not,” came the reply.…
How a team defends is not done in isolation. In possession, tactics affect how well a team defends too.With England having longer spells of possession in the second half, they were able to minimise the impact of DR Congo’s build-up play.This will be a more difficult ask, playing in what is an away game against Mexico.But, more measured possession in a similar fashion to how DR Congo started the game against England might be a tactic Tuchel’s side could look to borrow for their next match.On the ball, England struggled at times to put together free-flowing attacks against DR Congo’s…
There was once a time, not so long ago, when matches between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas occurred on the most significant occasions this sport has to offer. Djokovic was Tsitsipas’s opponent in both of the Greek player’s grand slam finals at the 2021 French Open and then the 2023 Australian Open. In Paris, Tsitsipas led Djokovic by two sets.Back then, even if he never managed to beat Djokovic in a big final, Tsitsipas was surely convinced that he would at least be around long enough to soar when age finally caught up with the Serb. Instead, it is Tsitsipas…
Chris Jericho explains why he delivered a short promo in his AEW return. After nearly a year away from AEW television, Chris Jericho returned to Dynamite with a simply four-word statement for fans: “Winnipeg… AEW…I’m home.” During an interview with Close Up with Renee Paquette, Jericho revealed that his brevity was intentional in order to build further intrigue around his reappearance. “It was something that I had learned in in WWE where sometimes you don’t have to say a lot. And that’s why my promo was like two words,” Jericho said. “It’s a Pat Patterson thing. Why throw everything out…
England’s players will not have enough time to adapt to the challenges of playing at high altitude before they take on Mexico in their World Cup last-16 game, says head coach Thomas Tuchel.Harry Kane’s double against DR Congo booked England’s trip to Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium – which is around 7,200ft above sea level – on Monday, 6 July at 01:00 BST, in a match you can follow live across BBC TV, radio and online.At that altitude, the Earth’s barometric pressure is lower, making the air thinner and meaning less oxygen is taken into the bloodstream with each breath, which…
Four women in the post-1968 Open era have won singles titles on the slow red clay of Roland Garros and Wimbledon’s lightning-fast grass before their 20th birthdays. As Mirra Andreeva, the 19-year-old winner of last month’s French Open, walked on to Centre Court here on Wednesday to face Barbora Krejcikova – already a winner of both European grand slams – she had fair hopes of joining Maureen Connolly, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf on that list.Andreeva left with those hopes extinguished after a hard-fought three-set success for Krejcikova – the 2024 champion here – 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, but…
A 19-year-old woman is among three people to have died from suffocation during World Cup celebrations in Mexico City on Tuesday.A 48-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man also died after crowds descended on the city following the country’s 2-0 victory over Ecuador, the capital’s health authority said on Wednesday.City authorities later reported that a 30-year-old man also died in an epileptic crisis.More than one million people took to the streets, mainly around the Angel of Independence monument in downtown, to mark the country’s first World Cup knockout win since 1986, the city government said.City Mayor Clara Brugada expressed her “most…
Etsuo Hara/Getty Images It’s safe to say that the relationship between AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling star Yota Tsuji has been a tad frosty, with the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion’s lack of participation at Forbidden Door, and even calling for other New Japan stars to boycott the event. But after AEW owner Tony Khan responded to Tsuji’s comments with positive words about him at the post-Forbidden Door media scrum, a potential thaw may be forming. In an interview with Tokyo Spots, as transcribed by Fightful, Tsuji was asked about…
“Pssst!” The security staff at Wimbledon don’t do a lot of talking. The job of guarding Centre Court seems to be only a little less serious than standing sentry on Whitehall. But this guard, standing to attention outside the media centre in his blue peaked cap and freshly pressed jacket, has something to say to his colleague three feet away. “Pssst!” he whispers from out the side of his mouth. “Rashford’s starting.” His colleague shifted his eyes right while keeping his head straight ahead. “Rashford? Not Gordon?”Wimbledon is about the one corner of England that isn’t showing the game. You’re…