Author: sportsnewsuk

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Group 1, Old TraffordPakistan 126-6 (20 overs): Feroza 63* (52); Zwilling 2-19Netherlands 89 all out (17.5 overs): De Leede (41); Fatima 3-12, Ayesha 3-13Pakistan won by 37 runsScorecard; TablePakistan ended a disappointing T20 World Cup campaign in style, beating winless Netherlands by 37 runs.The Netherlands lost their last seven wickets for just 13 runs, having initially looked capable of chasing down 127 to win.Pakistan’s Gull Feroza (63*) and Ayesha Zafar (32) hit a 79-run stand off 61 balls for the second wicket. Five Pakistan batters made single-figure scores, with Iris Zwilling taking 2-19.Heather Siegers (24…

Morning everyone. Cape Verde are through the knock-out stage of the World Cup after a 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia, and they’ll face Argentina as a reward for their progress. Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes against Lionel Messi. He doesn’t get that kind of test in the League of Ireland, it’s fair to say, but what a story, and the Cape Verde flags are becoming more and more prominent in this part of Dublin. It’s great! In their two games they’ve kept two clean sheets, their 40 year old goalkeeper Vozinho is one of the stars of the tournament, and I suspect…

Agit Kabayel paid tribute to Oleksandr Usyk after the unified heavyweight champion vacated the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles, calling the Ukrainian a true champion while making it clear he is prepared to lead the division’s next generation. Click Here To Watch Ennis vs. Zayas LIVE! Rather than expressing frustration over a fight that will now never happen, the unbeaten German praised Usyk for stepping aside instead of delaying the heavyweight title picture. “A true champion is defined by his actions both inside and outside the ring,” said Kabayel on Instagram. Usyk has won everything there is to win, fighting…

Forwards coach Paul O’Connell has confirmed Ireland have no further injury concerns before next week’s Nations Championship opener against Australia in Sydney. Having missed out on reclaiming the Six Nations title in March, Ireland take on the Wallabies and Japan in Australia and New Zealand in Auckland on 4, 11 and 18 July. Head coach Andy Farrell’s preparations have been hit by injuries to key players including fly-half Jack Crowley, prop Andrew Porter and captain Caelan Doris. While Munster forward Tadhg Beirne and Ulster centre Stuart McCloskey have been struggling with injuries, O’Connell confirmed “everyone is fine”.”Everyone is training and…

Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte was stretchered off during Uruguay’s elimination from the World Cup on Friday evening and football injury analyst Physio Scout has provided a timeline on his recovery. Spain topped Group H after beating Uruguay 1-0 in a fiery encounter in Guadalajara. With Uruguay desperate to avoid a second-straight group-stage exit, Spain looked much more comfortable in the early stages, though neither side were able to quickly get off the mark. Football FanCast’s Verdict Credibility Physio Scout is a sports scientist and physio who boasts over 60,000 followers on social media. They share immediate analysis on injuries…

(Leigh Dawney / Queensberry) With Oleksandr Usyk announcing he is to relinquish his three (WBC, WBA, WBO) heavyweight titles it throws the division into flux. Those who have followed recent history will know it took 25 years, between Lennox Lewis beating Evander Holyfield in 1999 and Usyk outpointing Tyson Fury in 2024, to resolve the previous mess. Let’s hope it doesn’t take that long to sort out this time. The good news: A big reason for the 25-year wait was the Klitschko brothers essentially ruling the roost for more than a decade. As siblings, they were never going to fight each…

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei says his nation have been treated “unfairly” by the United States during the World Cup and called on Fifa to intervene in the future.Iran have been competing at the World Cup against the backdrop of the country’s conflict with the United States and Israel.Their World Cup training base was switched from Arizona to Tijuana in Mexico before the tournament began, and they faced travel restrictions throughout.For their first two matches in Los Angeles, Iran’s squad was only allowed to enter the United States the day before the match and had to leave again on the same…

Marcelo Bielsa sensationally claimed he is leaving “nothing” for Uruguay to build from, as their World Cup exit was confirmed. Uruguay went down to 10 men and lost 1-0 to Spain as they crashed out of Group H on Friday. La Celeste took just two points from their three games in North America, and are now on a seven-match winless run. The enigmatic and fiery Bielsa took charge of Uruguay in 2023, and was tasked with overseeing a rebuild as the likes of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani bowed out. However, Bielsa’s tenure now looks set to come to an…

While Scotland head coach Steve Clarke had given up hope of his team escaping out of their World Cup group, this particular bunch of Scottish natives clearly had not.The Scots, crippled by a deadly combo of profligacy and self destruction, needed snookers. In fact, they needed snookers while playing blind-folded and without a cue ball.Even John Higgins, the Wizard of Wishaw, would struggle to get them out of this jam.To progress, Clarke’s side need four fellow third-placed teams to finish on three points with a goal difference worse than -3, or with fewer points. Until Spain’s victory earlier in the…

Crocker and his team had hoped to have a first defence in his native Belfast, but with the IBF enforcing a mandatory defence and Australian promoter No Limit Boxing winning a subsequent purse bid by edging out Matchroom by $27,000 (£20,000), the challenger enjoyed home advantage.Conlan admits “it was always a tough ask going to Brisbane” but feels “if the fight was in Belfast, we would have won”.”We just got on with it,” he said.”Prior to it [travelling], it was annoying he had to go to Brisbane for his first defence but it was out of our control. All we…