Author: Sports News UK
Draper will have to fight his way back up the rankings, having fallen out of the top 100 during his lay-off.He is in the main draw for Wimbledon, which begins a week after Eastbourne on Monday, 29 June, but will be hoping to get plenty of match practice on the grass courts this week.”I don’t know how these competitions [Eastbourne and Wimbledon] are going to go in terms of my wins and losses,” Draper said.”I want this period to be past me now, of dipping in and out of the tour and coming back for one or two weeks.”I feel…
Frances Tiafoe beat fellow American Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4 to win the Halle Open on Sunday, sealing the biggest title of his career and becoming the first American since 1993 to lift the ATP 500 grass-court trophy.Tiafoe set the tone early, breaking serve in the opening set and remaining composed on his own delivery to keep Fritz from settling. He carried that momentum into the second set, again striking early and dictating from the baseline to wrap up the win and snap a seven-match losing streak against Fritz since his first victory in 2016.“I don’t even know what clip I…
Fifa issued a short statement on Monday to confirm an investigation had been carried out and the official would face no action.Evans went on to explain that video evidence from the VAR room proved he had made involuntary movements.”Images taken later during the match showed that I repeated this movement many times while holding a pen between my fingers,” he said.”Officiating at the World Cup is the biggest honour of my career and I look forward to supporting my colleagues for the rest of the tournament.”Before World Cup matches, Fifa had been briefly focusing on the officials as part of…
Four years ago, any effort to watch a game together was met with the same stubborn toddler resistance as suggesting a midday nap. Suddenly, here we are, knee-deep in Panini swapsies, reeling off an all-star French attack, pointing out the flags and badges of all 48 nations. Shiny Brazil!Of course, the medium through which he is engaging with this World Cup is different from our childhood experiences, which in turn are different to our parents’. “Grandad saw Pele at Goodison Park?” Poignant for Grandad because he’s an Evertonian, impressive for the little one because his favourite YouTuber – Chuffsters -…
Tonight’s episode of AEW Collision is here, and features a big show, with a couple of big matches taking place. This includes a semifinal bout in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament, a qualifying match for Survival of the Fittest, a face-to-face between Jericho and Tommaso Ciampa, and much more. AEW Collision Card Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Semifinal: Athena vs. Maya World The Elite vs. The Lethal Twist Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Adam Priest Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Mina Shirakawa vs. Kris Statlander Dante Martin vs. Místico Jericho and Tommaso Ciampa go face-to-face Pac in action The…
England head coach Brendon McCullum says he can work with Ben Stokes when the captain returns for the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.Stokes and pace bowler Gus Atkinson were made unavailable for the huge second-Test defeat pending an investigation into an incident in a London nightclub.Following a 4-1 Ashes series defeat that was dogged by off-field problems, both Stokes and McCullum denied their relationship had deteriorated in Australia.Then, following England’s win in the first Test since the Ashes – against New Zealand at Lord’s – Stokes broke the team’s midnight curfew in celebrating the victory.The results of…
AEW Former AEW Women’s World Champion and TBS Champion Kris Statlander has done almost everything there is to do in AEW, including wrestling in some of the most violent matches in the history of its women’s division. And she’s decided to commemorate one of those matches with a unique tattoo. Speaking with “Daily Star,” Statlander revealed that she had recently gotten a tattoo on her back, in honor of a moment from the first ever Women’s Blood & Guts match last fall. “My scars that I got from taking…the bed…
Two nations, four points, one crazy World Cup day.There may be about 5,000 miles between the Netherlands and their former colony Curacao but the World Cup meant members of the Dutch royal family managed to see both sides play on Saturday.King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Princess Ariane of the Netherlands were in Houston for a noon kick-off and saw the Dutch side power to an impressive 5-1 win over Sweden.A mere 800-mile trip north to Kansas City later and the royals were able to see Curacao claim their first ever World Cup point against Ecuador.All but one of the Curacao…
Fin Smith was only 12 years old at the time, but he will remember the thunderous viral hit put in by Saints legend Courtney Lawes on France fly-half Jules Plisson back in 2015., externalOn an adjacent patch of Twickenham pitch, Smith got a taste of something similar, being levelled by a flying Ethan Roots 25 minutes into the game., externalNo matter.Smith dusted himself down, got back to his feet and was undeterred in playing physical and flat to the line.He weighs in at less than 14 stone, but his appetite for the physical stuff is Jonny Wilkinson-esque at times.Six minutes…
Across his 72 caps, the Napoli hero has amassed 15 goals and two assists, but these figures do his contribution a disservice.He has been the man for the big occasion in so many matches. His first goal was a winner back in 2021 against Israel, it was his brace that famously downed Spain at Hampden, then of course we had that night against the Danes.Now at the World Cup, the expectation for him to turn matches – along with Tartan Army hero John McGinn – is immense.Against Haiti, where McTominay came within a post of a stunning goal, the BBC…