Author: Sports News UK
It has been quite a rise.But Manzambi’s thirst to get better quickly caught the eye at Freiburg as he rose through the ranks following his move from Swiss side Servette in 2023.After one particularly draining training session with the reserves went on far longer than planned, Manzambi even asked the then Freiburg II manager Benedetto Muzzicato if he could go over the game plan again because it “didn’t feel right”.”He wants to improve every single day,” Muzzicato said. “If anything, you have to slow him down rather than motivate him.”This mentality has been a constant throughout his burgeoning career and…
An Irishman and a Frenchman are sitting in an Irish pub in Lille on a wet Saturday afternoon. It’s not the start of a joke, but it’s a story of connection, community and discovering a new sport.It is well known that Gaelic games have expanded far beyond its Irish roots with teams as far as London, the USA, Africa and Australia.But it is in mainland Europe where it is really starting to grow. Originally from Dublin, Dara Turnbull has been involved with GAA as long as he can remember.So when he ended up settling in Lille in northern France in…
A week ago, very few people knew who Arthur Fery was. But he has been propelled into the limelight as the last man standing after a disastrous start to Wimbledon for British players.Fery, who is ranked No 114 in the world, defied expectations on Monday night when he triumphed on Centre Court over one of the top players for most of the past decade, the former world No 3 Grigor Dimitrov.The 23-year-old told reporters after the match that he was feeling an “unbelievable amount of emotion”.Fery has become the first wildcard – someone ranked too low to receive an automatic…
Sides from Europe have really built up a head of steam as this World Cup has gone on, but there were some eyebrows raised at their initial slow start as seven of the first 10 European sides to play their first group stage games failed to win.The heat in North America had been a talking point before the tournament got under way with a number of sides – including England – basing themselves in hot areas to acclimatise ahead of their opening fixtures.But few managers pointed their finger at the conditions for their slow starts.After Belgium kicked off with a…
AEW has hit a setback in its ongoing legal battle with former wrestler Ryan Nemeth. A federal judge rejected the company’s request to keep his wrestling contracts completely secret. The decision comes as AEW continues trying to move Nemeth’s lawsuit into private arbitration in Florida. While the company can still ask to hide certain confidential details, it cannot keep the contracts entirely out of public record. Judge rejects AEW’s request to fully seal the contracts Nemeth originally sued AEW, Tony Khan, and CM Punk in February 2025. His lawsuit includes claims of assault, breach of contract, breach of good faith,…
Arthur Fery said he won’t change a thing before the biggest match of his career on Wednesday, sticking strictly to the winning formula that has fuelled his fairytale Wimbledon run to the quarter-finals.“I’m just going to stick to what I’ve been doing, just keep believing in myself, not letting go of matches, and we’ll see where that takes me,” Fery said. “I’m not going to change anything now. It’s working, I feel good.”Two days after the greatest win of his career, a brilliant fighting performance to defeat the former world No 3 Grigor Dimitrov on Centre Court in a fifth-set tie-break,…
“Having seen how quickly they got into their game at the weekend [a 45-21 victory over England], we were building up to our match and we watched the first half, and they came out as if they’d been playing for the last few months.”They’re a team that knows their identity. I think everybody in world rugby knows their identity and they’re very good at what they do. It’s a great challenge, a great marker of where we are and where we need to go following this game.”Just as Scotland did in their impressive win in Cordoba, the Springboks ran in…
Since coming through his first-round match here in five sets, Jannik Sinner has prioritised efficiency. His 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 win against Jan-Lennard Struff was the defending champion’s fourth consecutive victory in straight sets, keeping his powder dry and any potential problems with the heat at bay, just over five weeks since his physical meltdown at Roland Garros.“Thanks for reminding me,” he told the on-court interviewer, with a chuckle, when asked if he was at all concerned about high temperatures at Wimbledon. “We worked a lot after Paris trying to understand what went wrong.” He will play Novak Djokovic in…
WWE Kendal Grey defeated Nattie in her first defense of the NXT Women’s Championship during “WWE NXT.” Nattie was accompanied by Karmen Petrovic and Nikkita Lyons at ringside, while the champion was supported by Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair. Nattie rushed Grey from the starting bell and looked to take the match onto the mat, getting the better of the champion to begin with. Grey defended well and took the fight back to the challenger, angering her as she sent her to the outside of the ring. Grey cinched in…
Would Messi have been lost to the World Cup forever had Argentina lost? He would be 43 – the oldest outfield player to play at a World Cup – if he carried on to the next, though the lure of games being played in his home country may have sustained him.Instead, Messi can look forward to a quarter-final here against either Switzerland or Colombia.Former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson, watching in Atlanta for BBC Radio 5 Live, said: “That was incredible. Spectacular. Argentina were down and out. They were out of the tournament at one point.”Egypt are so frustrated with the…