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Xavier Woods has dropped a teaser for his and Kofi Kingston’s wrestling returns. The New Day’s Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston mutually agreed to part ways with WWE in early May 2026. They chose to leave after the promotion reportedly offered them restructured contracts with a significant pay cut. Reports noted that they had to adhere to the standard 90-day non-compete period before they could sign with other promotions. They are soon to become free agents, possibly by the first week of August. Speculations about their future emerged soon after, with reports noting that AEW is already discussing creative plans…
The Hundred men’s competition, Sophia GardensWelsh Fire 122-7 (100 balls): Short 36 (26); Santner 3-35Trent Rockets 126-1 (72 balls): Duckett 52* (45), Allen 33 (19)Trent Rockets won by nine wicketsScorecard. TableBen Duckett struck an unbeaten half-century as Trent Rockets demolished Welsh Fire by nine wickets in Cardiff to make it two wins from three matches in this season’s Hundred.Chasing 123 on a tricky two-paced wicket at Sophia Gardens, the visitors made a solid start through Duckett before Finn Allen picked up the pace with a rapid 33 from 19 balls during a 75-run opening partnership. Allen eventually fell to Rachin…
CM Punk and Rey Mysterio are in the last stages of their respective legendary careers, and the two WWE greats want to face each other in the ring one last time. Punk and Mysterio had phenomenal matches and a great rivalry in the late 2000s, but more recently have teamed with each other, the last time coming in December last year. At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, both stars were asked if they would be interested in locking up one last time, with Mysterio joking that he has ring gear and can do it right…
The WRU says it will bring together the leadership of all the professional teams, and other stakeholders, after Wales’ Nations Championship matches in November.It intends to thrash out the finances of the regions’ proposals and assess the interests of the quartet in taking up the new licences.”This will allow an orderly implementation and avoid prolonged uncertainty for clubs, players, supporters, investors and sponsors,” said Marianne Okland, chair of Welsh rugby’s Professional Rugby Board, whose members met on Monday.”Assuming that Cardiff Rugby and Dragons RFC want to sign up to the proposed licensing terms, there is now certainty that they will…
England’s Olympic cycling silver medalist Matt Richardson has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with injury, denying the event one of its most intriguing subplots.Richardson, 27, controversially switched allegiance to England days after winning two silvers for Australia at the Paris Olympics in 2024.He has since described the Australia programme as “like high school” and the British “like Hogwarts”, praising the greater resources and financial support he has received.Former Australia team-mate Leigh Hoffman, meanwhile, said his compatriots “want me to smash him”.Richardson – who was born in Maidstone, Kent, but moved to Australia at the age of…
Ekaterina Alexandrova collapsed on the court before retiring from her match against Kristina Liutova at the Memphis Classic due to heat-related illness.Alexandrova, the tournament’s No 1 seed, was two points away from defeat to the 16-year-old Liutova, who was making her WTA debut. The temperature was around 97°F (36°C) in Tennessee as the two Russians played out a gruelling first-round match lasting more than three hours.With Liutova leading 7-6 (2), 4-6, 5-4, Alexandrova began to struggle on serve, and initially received a time violation. The world No 19 then fell to the ground during the next point, and received treatment…
Grayson Waller took a cheap shot at Cruz Montana’s TNA career, and Montana came right back at him. After Waller compared being TNA World Champion to being the best basketball player at a local YMCA, Montana told him to learn who he is before running his mouth. Waller made the comment during his wild promo on the July 28 episode of NXT. He later attacked Montana and NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo, turning the issue into a full-blown fight. Speaking on Busted Open, Montana admitted that he understands why Waller is angry. He just does not accept Waller taking shots at…
Having led Europe to a comfortable win at Rome’s Marco Simone Golf Club in 2023, captain Donald stayed in post to guide them to a stunning victory on US soil at Bethpage Black, in New York, in 2025.At Adare Manor, he could become the first captain to win three in a row and will be only the fourth captain to lead at three straight Ryder Cups after Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and Bernard Gallacher.He says Harrington will form a key part of his backroom staff in his quest to make history.”I’ve been around Padraig in many Ryder Cup team rooms,…
Liv Morgan has reached 100 days as Women’s World Champion, and do you know how? Without defending the title once since she won it at WrestleMania. That’s right, another top talent of WWE, not actively having title matches. And instead of WWE being “creative” and finding her some competition after she defeated Stephanie Vaquer for the title at WrestleMania, she was placed in the Queen of the Ring tournament. A tournament in which she lost in the finals to IYO SKY. Don’t worry though, Morgan will finally defend her title this weekend at SummerSlam against SKY…who has already defeated her.…
In the meantime, she is in Glasgow for the next few days to revel in an event which looked like it might not happened at all not all that long ago.And she says that what the city has done in the 18 months since agreeing to take on the Games when the Australian state of Victoria withdrew has set a template for future multi-sport events.”It’s not the big shiny games that we’ve had in previous years, but it’s been done on tight timeframes so I think they’ve done well to pull it together,” McColgan said.”Glasgow has stepped up. And I…