Author: Sports News UK
KJ Orso just popped up at WWE’s Minnesota tryout, and his name was nowhere to be found when the company’s latest group of hopefuls first came to light. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp confirmed that Orso is in Minnesota and taking part in the tryout this week. There was no explanation for why his name was kept off the original list. Wrestling fans know Orso best from his time in AEW as Fuego Del Sol, the masked underdog who became a regular fixture on company programming before eventually heading for the exit. Since then, Orso has ditched the mask, changed…
Anscombe was limited to just five appearances for Bayonne in the Top 14 because of injury but believes he can make an impact in west Wales.”I still have a huge desire to compete and to contribute on the field and help the team win matches,” he said.”Competition brings the best out of players and that’s exactly what I want. “My goal is to help push standards, share some of my experience and continue challenging myself.”Anscombe started his career in his native New Zealand before moving to Cardiff in 2014. He made his Wales debut – qualifying through his Welsh mother…
Raquel Rodriguez has finally won singles gold on the main roster after four years. Rodriguez defeated Sol Ruca on the July 27 episode of Raw, ending Ruca’s reign at 57 days. The final moments of the match of course involved other members of the Judgment Day – Roxanne Perez and the Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan. Both women doing the most to help out Rodriguez until IYO SKY rushed down to the ring. Much like two week’s ago, SKY attempted to neutralize the Judgment Day’s interference. She was able to stop Morgan, but this allowed Perez to knock Ruca off…
“This is a four-year commitment that must take us from here to the next World Cup in 2030, with a European Championship along the way,” Malago said when he announced Maldini and Leonardo’s appointments.But that commitment lasted little more than a fortnight as the relationship turned fraught over a series of failed appointments.First Maldini and Leonardo approached former Manchester City manager Guardiola, promising him a big salary and freedom to mould the role and the workings of Italian football to his liking. After mulling the offer over, Guardiola declined, opting to continue with planned time away from football instead.Four-time Champions…
Brock Whiston was already Paralympic champion, world champion and world record holder before these Commonwealth Games.There were two things missing, however.First, a Commonwealth gold medal. Second, it had been 17 years since her father Gel was poolside to watch her race.”He doesn’t like swimming,” England’s Whiston, 29, told the BBC.”He finds it too hot – doesn’t like the smell of chlorine.”The last time Gel came to watch was when Whiston’s mother had cancer. She has since recovered.Since then he has been a big “sideline supporter” from home – Whiston says he worked “so hard to get me to where I…
An amateur cricket match has made global headlines after a fielder was accused of cheating by clicking his fingers to get a wicket.The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League has started an investigation into a second XI Division 2 game between Saltburn and Norton.A viral video on social media appears to show a Saltburn fielder clicking his fingers as the ball passes Noman Shabir’s bat before being caught by wicketkeeper Josh Bowes. Saltburn appeal and the umpire gives Shabir out.It has been suggested that the finger-clicking was designed to trick the umpire into thinking the batter edged the ball.Saltburn…
Oba Femi’s final appearance before his huge SummerSlam match with Brock Lesnar was full of tension. But it wasn’t just about his face-off with Lesnar; the opening segment of the July 27 episode of RAW had some technical issues too. Moreover, Femi even appeared to save one of the WWE extras after his move didn’t go as planned. The segment ended in chaos as Femi took out several security guards after exchanging words with Lesnar inside the Hell in a Cell. RAW opened with the Hell in a Cell hanging above the ring as Triple H and Adam Pearce hosted…
Champions Northampton will host Newcastle Red Bulls on the opening day of the 2026-27 Prem rugby season.Saints beat Exeter to lift the trophy for the second time in three seasons in June and start the new campaign at home on Friday, 25 September. The Chiefs are also at home for their first game, with Gloucester set to visit Sandy Park on the Saturday.Elsewhere across the opening weekend, Harlequins are at home to Bath on Friday, Sale host Bristol on Saturday evening and Leicester play Saracens in the only match on Sunday.The 2026-27 Prem final will be held on Saturday, 19…
Two centre-backs caught the eye of Liverpool’s scouting department at the U17 World Cup in Qatar last November.Within weeks, the club spent a combined £3.5m on the pair: Senegal’s Mor Talla Ndiaye and Austria’s Ifeanyi Ndukwe.Under Matt Newberry, Liverpool’s director of global talent, this was evidence of future planning in full flow.Yet surely no-one inside the club would have expected the teenage duo to be the centre-back pairing for most of Liverpool’s opening pre-season fixture.With Joe Gomez forced off by injury in the eighth minute against Sunderland, and neither Jeremy Jacquet or Giovanni Leoni fit to play still, Liverpool have…
The July 27 episode of WWE RAW went down at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. As the company’s flagship show returned to the same location where they made their Netflix debut, there were a lot of possibilities. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns are set to do battle at SummerSlam. This week on RAW, the two former Shield brothers had a face-to-face. The OTC made his way to the ring during the final segment of the night on Netflix. Fans paid respect to Roman Reigns as World Heavyweight Champion, but they were also ready to sing Seth Rollins’ song. Roman…