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When anyone of a certain age says they play bowls, they face a barrage of questions. At the crux of most of them is, ‘why?’Then throw in the comments about it being a boring, old man’s game. The record has never changed. Until the DJ at the SEC has their way…McGrouther has been asked time and time again. Her answers, though, may be a little surprising.Usually parents or grandparents can be pointed to, but the Fife native didn’t have anyone hauling her along to her local club. She, quite literally, went along herself.After being introduced to the game aged 10…

Liv Morgan pushes back. Liv Morgan is in her third reign as WWE Women’s World Champion. She won the title at WrestleMania 42 by defeating Stephanie Vaquer with an assist from Judgment Day. The title win was in April, but Morgan has yet to defend the belt. She reached 100 days as champion, and she brought it up during a video being recorded by C.J. Perry (Lana). Morgan said the following: “My 100th day as champion. Zero days defending. Because I’m that iconic, you don’t need to defend sh*t.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by…

The Hundred women’s competition, HeadingleySunrisers Leeds 142-4 (100 balls): Sutherland 35 (24); Villiers 1-6Manchester Super Giants 147-6 (96 balls): Mandhana 88* (50); Baker 1-9Manchester Super Giants won by four wicketsScorecard. TableSmriti Mandhana made a masterful unbeaten 88 off 50 balls as she guided Manchester Super Giants to a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Leeds which maintained their unbeaten start to The Hundred.The India opener’s sixth half-century in the history of the tournament was her top score and included seven fours and four sixes.Mandhana’s unflappable temperament at Headingley was the key as as the stylish left-hander skilfully paced a chase of 143…

It has been quite a week for Evans and Welsh gymnastics in general with drama, disappointment and delight in equal measures.She was part of the Wales women’s team that just missed out on a medal in the team event. The quintet had been part of the second rotation and led the competition before the final four teams performed.The television cameras kept panning to the Wales team in the crowd, who could only sit and wait to see if they had won a medal, before they were denied a bronze by England.Then Evans, alongside Emily Roper, went for individual all-around glory.…

However Shanahan’s decision paid off in the pool, and she was seen fighting back tears after securing silver on Friday night.Having been inspired by seeing Hannah Miley in action at the 2014 Games, Shanahan told BBC Scotland News she hoped future generations might have be likewise inspired by watching her in the pool this time around.”I’ve always said that if I can inspire the next generation of athletes coming through, then my job has been done,” she explained.”I know after 2014 watching Hannah I felt inspired, and it would be nice to think that maybe there’s some younger girls watching…

Booker T believes WWE made the right call by giving Baron Corbin a big opportunity as soon as he made his return. Instead of slowly rebuilding the former United States Champion, WWE put him straight into a US Championship match against Trick Williams at SummerSlam. Booker feels the move is good for both stars. Speaking on the latest episode of his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker believes Corbin’s attitude and professionalism helped him earn another chance in WWE. He liked that the company gave Corbin a meaningful role right away. Baron Corbin just made his WWE return last week, and…

First Test, Tarouba (day four of five)West Indies 311 (Hope 92; Ali 4-50) & 181 (Joseph 38; Abbas 5-22)Pakistan 282 (Masood 109; Greaves 5-27) & 120 (Azam 58*; Seales 5-20)West Indies won by 90 runs; lead series 1-0ScorecardJayden Seales claimed 5-20 as the West Indies pace attack ruthlessly crushed Pakistan to clinch a 90-run victory just after tea on day four of the first Test.Set 211 for victory, Pakistan were reduced to 71-9 in their second innings on a deteriorating pitch and had looked on course to be bowled out for their lowest total in Tests against the hosts.However, a…

Grant Lamos Iv/Getty Images With the Janel Grant lawsuit now going to arbitration and out of the public eye, former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is seemingly in the clear of most of his legal issues. And though the accusations of sex trafficking and abuse remain over his head, some are wondering if the road is now clear for McMahon to return to the public eye, and maybe even find himself in a role back with WWE. It’s something that WWE Hall of Famer JBL would like to see, though he’s…

Clegg added: “My coach said something a bit silly earlier, which was that [footballer] Lionel Messi only shows up for the World Cup, and he meant that my experience allows me to step up for these big moments when all season I’ve been swimming a bit crap.”He will hopefully agree that I’ve done that tonight.”And how. Clegg attacked the second 50m of the race with relish and pulled away from his rivals to post a time of 24.73 seconds, half a second quicker than he has gone all year.It also upgraded the silver he won in Birmingham over the distance…

Motherwell’s players have been told to “go home and eat some barbed wire” as manager Alfred Johansson prepares for a demanding decider away to HB Torshavn on Thursday (18:00 BST). The Fir Park side fly to the Faroe Islands carrying a 2-0 lead from a commanding Conference League second qualifying round first-leg victory last week. Johansson’s team dominated the ball and the statistics but, against a team who have not lost at home in European competitions for five years, the Swede is preaching caution as he eyes a place in the third round.”We’re going to try have a good performance,”…