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“If I didn’t get the money I thought I deserved, I’d be off,” says Zeph Thomas, as he attempts to explain a career path that has spanned an extraordinary 39 moves in 18 years.The Bradford-born winger, 36, is one of football’s ultimate journeymen. Rossington Main (five spells), Mickleover Sports (four spells), Frickley Athletic (three spells), Garden City Broncbusters (United States), Montegnee (Belgium), Thunder Bay Chill (Canada). Thomas’ list of former clubs goes on and on.Cowdenbeath, Boston United, Harrogate Town, Scarborough Athletic, Stafford Rangers, Leek Town.There’s more. Lots more.Ilkeston Town, Matlock Town, Goole, Glossop North End, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Brighouse Town…
The Undertaker and Steve Austin were two of the biggest stars of WWE’s Attitude Era. The two legends wrestled each other several times, but Taker recently revealed that he actually preferred facing Austin at WWE house shows rather than on TV or PPV. Speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, Taker explained why he enjoyed those live-event matches so much. House shows gave wrestlers more freedom to try different things without the pressure of TV production, time limits and strict plans. The Undertaker compares wrestling Steve Austin at house shows and WWE pay-per-views According to The Undertaker, house shows allowed…
Carrick has confirmed Marcus Rashford will rejoin the Manchester United squad for their trip to the Republic of Ireland.Rashford, England team-mate Kobbie Mainoo and Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez are the final three players to return for United after the World Cup.Although it was not expected Rashford would return to the club when he joined Barcelona on loan in July 2025, the La Liga champions failed to trigger a £26m option to buy the 28-year-old at the end of the season.Despite interest elsewhere, there has been no deal, meaning Rashford will return to United for the first time since January 2025,…
WWE/Getty Images Earlier this year, WWE star Chelsea Green went public with the fact that she’d been diagnosed with a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia. Sitting down with TMZ, Green detailed a decade-long ordeal before she was finally able to diagnose and treat the condition. “I’ve had this … for the better part of my life,” she said. “I started trying to get answers on it in 2018, when I first got started in NXT. I carried around a heart monitor. I had it go off numerous times but we…
Ulster second row Fiona Tuite said her side “need to execute more” after their narrow 15-10 defeat against Connacht in the first round of their Interprovincial Championship.The two sides were level after a tight first half, but a dominant second period from the Westerners helped them to victory.Despite the home defeat, Tuite believes there were positives to take for her side.”That was one of the feistiest Ulster performances we’ve had, particularly in opening games. Usually we leave it until the final, but that was incredible,” she told BBC Sport NI.”Connacht were brilliant. Their backs throw the ball so well and…
Getting back to basics seems key for last seasons’ League Cup winners, according to manager Craig McLeish. That and using the negative feeling that play-off last season brought as motivation.”I’m still using that as fuel,” he told BBC Scotland. “I don’t want to be involved in that. “We’ve got a massive journey ahead of us and we have to keep building. Six points out of six is a great start.”It helps with the belief in each other. I’ve said to the boys I have confidence in them. “Last season, we had two horrendous play-off games – even the emotion about…
Bret Hart didn’t waste any time killing the superstar treatment when he arrived in WCW. Perry Saturn revealed that WCW gave Hart his own private locker room after signing him away from WWE, but The Hitman immediately rejected it. Saturn said Hart saw the setup, ripped the sign down and went straight to Eric Bischoff to make sure it didn’t happen again. The story came up while Saturn was discussing how Hulk Hogan had his own locker room in WCW. Saturn said that kind of separation wasn’t normal in wrestling at the time and created distance between Hogan and the…
Demi Vollering raced clear to win stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes and snatch the leader’s yellow jersey with just one stage remaining.The race lead has changed hands for the second day running, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney having won on Mont Ventoux to replace Marlen Reusser at the top of the general classification.That gave the Polish Canyon-SRAM rider a 15-second lead over Vollering heading into Saturday’s penultimate stage, a mostly flat 171.9km ride from Sisteron to Nice.It was the longest stage of this year’s race and looked set to suit the sprinters, but they were dropped on the Cote…
Chelsea Green is the Interim WWE Women’s Champion as she defeated four other women in a ladder match this past weekend at SummerSlam. It was a long awaited win for Green who has never held the top title in WWE before. She is a former two-time and inaugural Women’s U.S. Champion and a former Women’s Tag Team Champion. On the Aug. 7 episode of SmackDown, Green is going to have a celebration. The celebration will likely include the current Women’s U.S. Champion Tiffany Stratton. Stratton also participated in the ladder match last weekend and it was Green who dumped her…
Arsenal have signed Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United for £75m.The former Newcastle captain made it clear he wanted to join the Premier League champions earlier this summer. The 28-year-old Brazil midfielder, who has signed a four-year deal with the option of a further 12 months, called the move one of the “toughest decisions” of his life.”This move is very tough because Newcastle means so much to me,” he added. “But I wanted to experience something new in my life. I feel ready for a new challenge for myself and my family.”Newcastle said they wished Guimaraes and his family well.Guimaraes left…