Author: Sports News UK
Sixteen of the 48 teams are heading home, but which of the sides left standing will survive all the way to the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium near New York City on 19 July?The hopes of another 16 nations will bite the dust after the first knockout round, which includes England against DR Congo and holders Argentina against surprise package Cape Verde.It was a different team who caused the biggest shock in the final set of group games, however.While BBC Sport’s football expert Chris Sutton and AI still went for Cape Verde to lose against Saudi Arabia – from…
Yan Diomande snubs Liverpool for Paris St-Germain, Ruben Amorim wants Mason Mount at AC Milan, Nottingham Forest eye Curtis Jones, Aston Villa battle Leeds for Zion Suzuki and Jeremy Monga in Arsenal’s sights.Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande has chosen Paris St-Germain as his next destination if the 19-year-old leaves RB Leipzig this summer despite reported interest from Liverpool and Real Madrid. (Athletic – subscription required, external)Manchester United’s English midfielder Mason Mount, 27, has been offered to AC Milan for a potential reunion with former United manager Ruben Amorim. (MilanPress – in Italian), externalHowever, there has been no contact between the…
Last night in a new episode of AAA the double champion Lola Vice had a new title defense, same contender as the previous week but different title, defending her NXT Women’s Championship against La Hiedra. but first we got a recap of last week surprising return from Los Perros del Mal, the iconic faction was rebooted and improved with new faces including NXT’s Karmen Pretovic. With this being the first time that the NXT Women’s title was being defended in AAA, La Hiedra was set on winning at any cost. The champion came out representing Cuba and NXT to a…
Austria boss Ralf Rangnick said it was “mad” to suggest there was any agreement in place to engineer a scripted draw.He insisted the unpredictable final 15 minutes of the game in Kansas City clearly showed neither side was looking to repeat the ‘Disgrace of Gijon’.”In this match, when you have a 3-3, nobody can assume that it was an agreement, especially after what we saw during the last 90 seconds,” said Rangnick.”If, with three minutes to play, somebody had said this would happen, you would have told them they were mad.”I’ve been a coach for about 40 years and I…
Three matches. Two teams. One historic weekend.On Friday, Ireland’s men made history as they defeated Twenty20 world champions India for the time time in Belfast.Then, 24 hours later, Ireland claimed a first win in the Women’s T20 World Cup when they defeated the West Indies by six wickets.Back at Stormont, Ireland weren’t done there, either, as the men inflicted a first T20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic second win by one run on Sunday.While there have been some momentous individual wins in Irish cricket over the years, has there ever been a better weekend – and…
Emma Raducanu says she will do everything she can to be ready to compete in her first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday as she continues to nurse a right-foot injury at the end of a nightmarish week of preparation.Raducanu, the 30th seed, is scheduled to face Antonia Ruzic at 1pm on No 1 Court. Speaking in her rescheduled pre-tournament press conference on Sunday afternoon, Raducanu said: “I’m going to do everything with my team in terms of treatment, and that’s the current plan. That’s the plan right now, to play.”This has been another bruising week for the 23-year-old, who said she has been…
Will Ospreay reacts to the backlash over his infamous comments about his wife on AEW Dynamite. Former International Champion Will Ospreay married fellow AEW star Alex Windsor earlier this month. Following their wedding, Ospreay appeared on the June 17 episode of Dynamite, where he spoke about celebrating his marriage to Windsor during an in-ring segment with Tony Schiavone. However, his choice of words attracted some online criticism. Ospreay said, “I got a good wife, man. So here’s what I did to treat her, I took her upstairs, I smashed the life out of her, bruv. I said, ‘Babe, clean yourself…
Russell’s victory was founded on what happened at the end of that qualifying session. In fact, the destinies of the three drivers who ultimately contested victory were effectively decided as they intertwined at Turn Nine in the dying seconds of the final session on Saturday.Max Verstappen crashed, because of an aerodynamic problem at the rear of his car, Red Bull said.Antonelli mis-read the light boards beside the track and thought he had to back out of his lap for a double yellow flag.Russell read them right, and lifted only as much as he needed to. That, combined with the quality…
There were many times in the past year when just watching tennis was painful for Jack Draper. Twelve months ago, the Briton was riding high, ranked a career-high No 4, having won his first Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells.The subsequent year has been the most difficult of his career, with an arm injury – a bruised humerus – causing him to pull out of last year’s US Open and miss this year’s Australian Open, while a knee injury in the spring forced him out of the French Open. He only returned last week in Eastbourne, reaching the semi-finals.“It wasn’t…
Second T20 international, StormontIreland 154-8 (20 overs): H Tector 53 (47), Calitz 37 (23); P Yadav 3-22India 153-9 (20 overs): Tilak 55 (46), Harshit 21 (10); Hollard 3-26, Moondra 3-32Ireland win by one runScorecardIreland’s historic weekend continued as they inflict a first Twenty20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic one-run victory at Stormont. After a first-ever win over India by 34 runs on Friday, Ireland stunned the world champions for a second time as Jai Moondra and Matthew Hollard starred with three wickets each.A late charge from India left the visitors requiring eight off the final two…