Author: Sports News UK
After being taken to a decider against Miomir Kecmanovic in his opening match, Sinner has not dropped a set in his past four matches.However, not all of those victories have been straightforward as the scoreline suggests, and the top seed has yet to find his best form at SW19.That has yet to prove a major problem for the 24-year-old, who has upped his level when needed to claim the decisive breaks and get himself over the finish line.But, with world number 48 Nuno Borges being the highest-ranked opponent he has faced so far, it remains to be seen how he…
CM Punk made a surprising return on the July 6 episode of WWE RAW and walked out of Chicago as the new WWE Champion. In front of his hometown fans, Punk answered an open title opportunity and defeated Sami Zayn in the main event to win his eighth recognized WWE world title. The title match came together after Cody Rhodes, who was originally set to challenge Zayn, was ruled out following a backstage attack by Gunther earlier in the night. Later in the show, Pearce told Zayn that even though Rhodes could no longer compete, the fans in Chicago had…
Who the hell taught Arthur Fery when to know when he’s beaten? It’s easier to kick nicotine than it is to make this kid quit. He made it through to the fourth round by twice fighting his way back after trailing by a set and a break to defeat Zizou Bergs in a fifth‑set tie‑break, and now he’s gone on to the quarter‑finals by doing it all over again after being a set and a break down against Grigor Dimitrov.There are brick walls with more ive in them. Against Dimitrov the 23‑year‑old Fery, who has never made it past the…
Burnley are progressing in talks to appoint Genk head coach Nicky Hayen to fill their managerial vacancy.Hayen, 45, appears to have become Burnley’s number one target following the departure of Scott Parker by mutual consent in April.Sources have told BBC Sport that discussions are ongoing with Genk regarding the appointment of Hayen, but the deal has not yet been completed.Hayen previously worked at Welsh side Haverfordwest County between 2021-22 before a spell at Club Brugge that ended when he was sacked in December 2025.He joined Genk later that month, leading the side to a seventh-placed finish but missing out on…
Double Commonwealth Games gold medallist Olivia Breen has been named captain of Team Wales for Glasgow 2026.The 29-year-old will lead the team of 115 athletes out at what is her fourth Commonwealth Games.She won gold in the T38 100m in Birmingham 2022, having won a bronze medal in the same event as well as T38 long jump gold on the Gold Coast four years earlier. “It means so much,” said Breen. “I can’t wait to see Team Wales do everything to make everyone in Wales proud.”Wales is a big part of me and I was team captain for the athletics…
Morgan Lieberman/Getty Images For seven seasons, Dark Side of the Ring has told harrowing real life stories from the wrestling world. These stories are often told by the people who lived them or accounts given by those most closely connected to the stories. Dark Side of the Ring will kick off its new season on Tuesday, July 7 with a two-hour premiere about the history of TNA Wrestling. Next week, it’ll return to its hour-long format with the conclusion of TNA’s story. On an episode of “Talk Is Jericho”, the…
The most frequently mentioned word in Argentina right now is ‘bicampeonato’ (back-to-back World Cup championship).But the question everybody is thinking, and nobody wants to mention, is ‘what will we do when Messi retires’?Every new match the national team plays in the World Cup – such as the one against Egypt on Tuesday – is another step towards glory, a chance to achieve a feat only two other countries have managed (Italy in 1934 and 1938; Brazil in 1958 and 1962).Yet, each match also brings us closer to the retirement of Argentine football’s greatest icon: the national team captain, Messi.His goals…
The July 6 episode of WWE RAW was a fun episode, and it also included a big match for Sami Zayn, but it was an even bigger night for CM Punk. Zayn was the Undisputed WWE Champion, but it was anyone’s guess how it would turn out in the Second City. Sami Zayn shocked the world when he won the title at Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia. It didn’t take long for Cody Rhodes to get a rematch for his championship, and it all came down to RAW this week. Fans in Chicago packed the building for this match.…
McGregor and Holloway are both former champions in the UFC but took very different paths to get to that point.Ireland’s McGregor signed for the UFC in 2013 as a featherweight and became unified champion after winning seven successive fights.The 37-year-old went on to make history when he won the lightweight title three fights later – becoming the UFC’s first simultaneous double champion.McGregor has won 10 and lost four of his bouts in the UFC, with three of his past four trips to the octagon ending in defeat.Holloway lost on his debut in 2012 and took 17 fights to get his…
Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said his team felt a “sense of injustice” over United States striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban being suspended by Fifa shortly before their World Cup last-16 match.Balogun, 25, appeared certain to miss the tie in Seattle after being shown a straight red card for a foul on Bosnia-Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemovic in the previous round.But on Sunday Fifa suspended the automatic one-match ban for 12 months, leading to widespread criticism, with Uefa, Belgium and England boss Thomas Tuchel among those speaking out against the ruling.On Monday US President Donald Trump said he asked Fifa to review…