Author: Sports News UK
Fifa has announced American referee Ismail Elfath will take charge of England’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina.The 44-year-old officiated group games between Japan and the Netherlands and Uruguay versus Spain in the tournament, as well as Norway’s last-16 victory over five-time winners Brazil.He has issued six yellow cards and shown Uruguay midfielder Agustin Canobbio a straight red card for a high challenge on Spain defender Pau Cubarsi.After he was dismissed, Canobbio confronted the referee and grabbed his shirt.The game in Atlanta on Wednesday (20:00 BST) will be shown live on BBC One.Fellow Americans Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins will be…
It seems a long time ago now, but go back to the day that Liverpool sealed the Premier League title under Arne Slot in 2025 and there is a lovely clip of Alexis Mac Allister. As the final whistle goes and the players run on to the pitch to celebrate, Mac Allister sits alone on the bench and starts to cry., externalThat day, when the Argentina midfielder scored a goal the celebrations inside Anfield registered 1.74 on the Richter scale – just shy of the 2.0 needed for a minor earthquake. Mac Allister was undeniably a force that season and…
WWE Chad Gable outlasted six others in a gauntlet match during “WWE Raw” and will now challenge Penta for the Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam. Dominik Mysterio started the gauntlet opposite Joe Hendry, eliminating him with the help of JD McDonagh at ringside before locking up with Je’Von Evans. McDonagh’s distraction looked to have helped him beat Evans, but then Danhausen appeared and sought to curse Mysterio. The opposite corner sparked up, seemingly failing to curse Mysterio. But then as McDonagh chased Danhausen at the entrance ramp, Evans hit the OG Cutter on…
The battle for the drivers’ championship has tightened up as Formula 1 prepares for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.Kimi Antonelli’s lead over Mercedes team-mate George Russell has narrowed to 25 points with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton a further seven point back.Before the race at Spa-Francorchamps, BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions.I’m struggling to see how Max Verstappen could go to McLaren. They never have a number one driver and last year Max was laughing at McLaren’s decisions when trying to be fair to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, such as the swap in Monza for a slow…
WWE Monday Night RAW took place on July 13, 2026, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins came face-to-face for the official contract signing ahead of their World Heavyweight Championship match at SummerSlam. It marked another chapter in the long history between two former brothers turned bitter rivals. The road to SummerSlam picked up after Seth Rollins challenged Reigns on RAW. The Visionary took several shots at the champion’s limited schedule, claiming Reigns only showed up when the paycheck was big enough. The verbal exchange quickly reminded fans that there was far more at…
Murray said it was something he struggled with in the old three-game tours of New Zealand that would have preceded the inaugural Nations Championship this year.”When you’ve lost two matches, the last week is long. It’s hard and it builds pressure,” added Murray.”But on the flip side, when you are driving in on the bus to Eden Park in the evening and it’s all lit up with the floodlights, it’s special, cool and it ignites something exciting.”There’s nerves, but then there’s also, ‘jeez this is where it’s all at, this is the All Blacks away’.”Paul Marshall, who toured New Zealand…
A second women’s match has been made official for the July 18 Saturday Night’s Main Event. The very personal rivalry between former best friends and tag team partners Bayley and Lyra Valkyria will take it to the ring in a one-on-one bout. On the July 13 episode of Raw, Bayley called Valkyria down to the ring. Instead of the effervescent Valkyria we are used to, a disheveled version of the Bird Lady emerged. One that matched the look of her vignette a couple of weeks ago. At first, Valkyria didn’t seem to want to speak as Bayley had to force…
Lamine Yamal only turned 19 on Monday, but he is already the best young forward on the planet.A breakout 2023-24 season with Barcelona ended with him being included in Spain’s Euro 2024 squad, and like Mbappe in 2018, he shone in his first major tournament and inspired his team to glory.Last year he was the Ballon d’Or runner-up aged 18, but a hamstring injury sustained in April disrupted his preparations for the World Cup. With just one goal in five starts, he certainly has not sparkled like Mbappe, Messi or Jude Bellingham.”I ask him to be calm,” said manager Luis…
Manchester City top the Premier League workload chart with 5,027 World Cup minutes played by their squad.Rodri alone has played 537 minutes for Spain, centre-back Marc Guehi 483 and defender Nico O’Reilly 454 for England. Elliot Anderson, who is moving from Nottingham Forest to the Etihad, has added a further 533 minutes for the Three Lions. Right behind them are Arsenal, whose players have clocked 4,285 minutes – the second highest total in the league. William Saliba has played 450 minutes for France, with England trio Declan Rice (386), Noni Madueke (288) and Bukayo Saka (267) all over 250.Liverpool, Aston…
Roberts previously praised England fans in the US for their conduct and has called for that to be mirrored domestically when the side take on Argentina in a World Cup semi-final at the Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday (20:00), in a game that will be shown live across the BBC.Speaking about the issues in the UK, he said: “The vast majority of these incidents have been alcohol-related and along with the extended licensing hours, we have seen an increase in calls to premises with big screens that are attracting large numbers of fans.”This behaviour really is disappointing. Domestically this tournament is…