Author: Sports News UK

WWE NXT Superstar Kendal Grey will remain on the sidelines for the next several weeks as she continues to recover from vertigo and other issues. Grey’s condition was discussed during the September 1 episode of NXT, where WWE confirmed that she had been experiencing vertigo. She was not diagnosed with a concussion, but the situation has prevented the former NXT Women’s Champion from competing. The issue appears to have originated during Grey’s Underground match with Lola Vice earlier this year. Vice caught Grey off the apron during the August 4 episode of NXT, sending her crashing into the steel steps.…

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Manchester City have completed their squad overhaul – including a fully revamped midfield – to the tune of £458m, a new Premier League record for a summer window.But that eyewatering sum does not tell the full story.New Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca received the full backing of director of football Hugo Viana in his first transfer window in charge after replacing Pep Guardiola. Indeed, City’s record transfer fee was twice broken this summer.A joint-British record £125m was spent on Maresca’s former Chelsea skipper Enzo Fernandez after £116m was committed on Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest. Morocco international Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18,…

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Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall says she is “lucky and blessed to be alive” after being involved in a car crash.The 27-year-old American was on her way to training last week when she was involved in a “very scary” head-on collision, leaving her with a “severe” concussion. While not ruling herself out of this month’s inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest, the reigning world champion says she has been unable to train since the accident.”Luckily I walked away without any major injuries,” Davis-Woodhall wrote on social media.”At this point I’m working with my team and doctors to get…

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Etsuo Hara/Getty Images Over the last decade, only Roman Reigns can argue to being as dominant a champion as Athena has been, holding the ROH Women’s World Championship for nearly four years while setting all sorts of records along the way. And it’s the drive that led Athena to becoming the “Forever Champion” that makes her want even more, this time in AEW. In an interview with “The Dallas Morning News” to promote AEW’s upcoming “Dynamite” episode in the area, Athena revealed that she wants to conquer AEW as she…

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The International Equestrian Federation has lifted its ban on Russian athletes and officials after four and a half years.Riders, horses and officials from Russia and Belarus have been prohibited from representing their countries under their national flags at FEI events since March 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The international governing body will also allow events to be held in Russia as part of regulations that will come into effect on 5 October.The move means participants from Russia and Belarus will no longer be required to compete as Neutral Individual Athletes.The FEI’s decision comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced…

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Kelani Jordan’s NXT Women’s Championship win got plenty of people talking, and apparently that didn’t stop once she went backstage. Jordan has now revealed what she heard from the WWE locker room after leaving Heatwave with the title. While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Jordan was asked what kind of reaction she received after defeating Kendal Grey for the NXT Women’s Championship. She admitted that even some people she doesn’t necessarily consider supporters had something to say about her accomplishment. “To my face, everyone has said that I’ve earned it. Even the people who may not be my biggest fans,…

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Red Bull will be without Isack Hadjar for a second consecutive race, with the Frenchman set to miss this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix as he continues to recover from a wrist injury he sustained during the summer.Hadjar, 21, missed last month’s Dutch Grand Prix and will once again be replaced by New Zealander Liam Lawson in Monza.Lawson, who normally races for Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, will compete alongside Max Verstappen this weekend – after finishing seventh last time.Lawson’s spot at Racing Bulls will once again be filled by reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda.Hadjar is understood to have broken his…

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The summer transfer window is closed but there are still a host of talented players without a club and therefore available to sign for free.BBC Sport takes a look at some of the biggest stars who are currently out of contract and up for grabs.Paul Pogba, 33 (Last club: Monaco)Former Manchester United midfielder Pogba has played very little football since his 18 month doping ban ended in March 2025. The Frenchman made just six appearances for Monaco after joining them last summer and, after a series of injuries, the French club terminated his contract last month – one year before…

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Kelani Jordan walked into the Sept. 1 episode of NXT as the new NXT Women’s Champion. She defeated Kendal Grey on Sunday at Heatwave. Kelani took to the mic to remind everyone that not only is she the only woman to have held the NXT Women’s North American Title, the TNA Knockouts World Title, and now the NXT Women’s Title…but she won all three titles with just one shot. She was interrupted by Jaida Parker. Parker says she is now focused on the NXT Women’s Title and reminds Jordan that she has already beaten her. Parker gets a title match…

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Hampshire have decided that New Zealand all-rounder Scott Kuggeleijn will not represent the club having “listened to feedback from staff and supporters”. On Tuesday the Rose and Crown named him in their squad for a County Championship match against Warwickshire without announcing his signing on their social channels. The signing received criticism on social media and less than an hour before the start of play on Wednesday the county said that Kuggeleijn would not play any role in their final four games.Kuggeleijn, 34, faced a rape charge in 2015 and after a re-trial due to a hung jury he was…

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