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Wwe/Getty Images Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are now officially known as Kofi and Austin Creed after making their AEW debuts at last weekend’s All In: London pay-per-view. As a tag team, they’ve also rebranded themselves into The New Level, with The New Day name in their rearview mirror. During an appearance with “The Ariel Helwani Show,” Kofi explained how a simple thought made from the treadmill eventually spawned their AEW team name and the theme song attached to it, “New Level” by A$AP Ferg and Future. “Austin had the…
Bradford coach Kurt Haggerty told BBC Radio Leeds:”I’m really pleased with how we defended. We conceded a couple of tries off kicks which in this weather is probably the only way you are going to break teams down, but we showed resilience defensively and still managed to score some pretty special tries.”We thought we should have got the game won over in Toulouse, so we carried the momentum over and kept our week really positive leading into this game.”Riley [Dean] and Chris Atkin have played some games back-to-back together now and it showed. Riley was really good tonight and Chris…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says he is “really keen” to host the proposed Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight at Wembley Stadium and has urged promoters to get in touch.BBC Sport understands Saudi organisers Sela have contacted the mayor’s office in recent weeks about bringing the long-awaited contest to the national stadium.However, with organisers and broadcaster Netflix understood to favour New York’s Madison Square Garden for a November bout, sources close to the discussions say talks over a London venue have not progressed, with no detailed talks over dates or timings.”A message to the promoters – we want to host it in…
Odyssey Jones isn’t ruling out AEW as he continues rebuilding his wrestling career following his WWE departure. More than two years after his run with WWE came to an end, Jones says he’s been a fan of what AEW is doing and believes having another major company around is good for everyone in wrestling. While speaking on the When Wrestling Was Real2Me podcast, Jones was directly asked whether he had considered joining AEW. He didn’t exactly campaign for a contract, but he certainly left the door open. “Um, maybe. I mean, I always was a fan of AEW from when…
Fifa has accused Uefa of a “smear campaign against it and its leadership” over president Gianni Infantino’s scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.Last week European football’s governing body filed legal papers in the US requesting disclosure of evidence and documents from Fifa as part of potential criminal claims in Switzerland.In a dramatic escalation of the controversy, Uefa accused Infantino of “criminal mismanagement” and “a fraudulently off-market price promoted by [him] for his own benefit” over the now-shelved Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme.However, world governing body Fifa has now responded with a court filing…
A report has emerged from Fightful Select on the possible future of Ivy Nile in WWE. Nile is on the Raw brand and is very rarely used on programming outside of taped matches for Main Event. Her last match on Raw was in March. Per the report, “Creative sources within WWE claim that there have been plans for Ivy Nile being developed for quite a while that would see a big change for her. In addition to Ivy Nile’s creative plans discussed, @FightfulSelect has also learned that her WWE contract is coming up this fall, with no word yet on…
St Helens centre and former England international Mark Percival will retire from rugby league at the end of the season.The 32-year-old has spent his entire career with Saints and during that time won five Super League titles, four League Leaders’ Shields, the Challenge Cup and the World Club Challenge.He has made a total of 273 appearances for the club since making his debut in 2013 and has missed much of this season through injury – but he has been named in Saints’ matchday squad, external to face Leigh Leopards this weekend.”This has not been an easy decision, and there’s a…
Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc have both won one race this season, with the Briton 59 points behind championship leader Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes.”To win this weekend, the whole collective has to come together. Everything has to flow from the beginning,” said Hamilton.”There is a first ahead of me, in the sense of if I was to win I go into new territory winning for the first time in Ferrari at Monza. It would be phenomenal. “The pressure’s high. You want to do it for the team. Many of them will come to this race. The tifosi come out in…
Former Premier League referee Mike Dean says he used set himself mini-challenges during matches “as a laugh”.Appearing on Jamie Vardy’s podcast, Dean said he would see how long he could go without blowing his whistle, or stay inside the centre circle.”We used to say ‘we’ll kick off now. Right, see how long we can go without blowing a whistle’,” Dean said.”I’ve done that a few times in the Premier League, before VAR obviously – went 20, 25 minutes without blowing a whistle.”I used to do another thing. I used to stand in the centre circle – see how long I…
With the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre at a standstill in the middle of a furious downpour and all eyes on the only two stadium courts under retractable roofs, there was nowhere for Katie Boulter to hide as her grand slam season came to a bitter end with an excruciating 6-1, 6-0 beating by the seventh seed, Karolina Muchova, in the second round of the US Open.Boulter and Muchova had initially been scheduled to compete on Court 17 after the men’s first round match between the rising star Rafael Jodar and Yunchaokete Bu, but as heavy…