TRIES BY LUCAS AMOROSINO and Jeronimo De La Fuente made the difference for battling Argentina as they resisted a second-half fightback to beat Italy 20-18 and claim their fifth consecutive win over the Azzurri on Friday. In a match moved forward a day because of fears over predicted storms in the flood-hit city of Genoa, […]
Tottenham’s Champions League qualification hopes hang in the balance after they were denied a last-gasp win over Sporting Lisbon by VAR. Spurs, who had laboured against their Portuguese opponents, thought they had won it – and booked their place in the knockout stages – with the last kick of the game as Harry Kane swept […]
NEW ZEALAND HAVE named Beauden Barrett at out-half in the team to play Wales this morning, with Richie McCaw back in his favoured openside position for his 100th Test as All Blacks captain. McCaw, who played blindside last week. Source: David Davies After an experimental young side struggled to a 24-16 win over Scotland last […]
It is being reported that Man Utd have “lived to regret” not signing Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Moises Caicedo during the summer transfer window. Erik ten Hag was backed during the summer as United splashed out around £216m on new players. They eventually managed to strengthen where they needed to as significant fees went […]
BLACKROCK’S STRADBROOK PITCHES had been invaded by Wallabies as the Australian international side trained there ahead of their test against Ireland. Yesterday, however, it was back to business as usual, as Blackrock hosted Dublin rivals Railway Union in a feisty encounter. The two sides sat at second and third place respectively going into this penultimateround […]
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says next month’s World Cup finals are not yet on his radar despite his timely return to form. Rashford, who has not appeared for England since missing a spot kick in the penalty shoot-out defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, notched his 100th goal for Manchester United on […]
NY Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. conjured one of those iconic sports moments last Sunday, expertly captured by Julio Cortez Source: Julio Cortez/AP/Press Association Images Katie Taylor was the centre of attention in Dublin Airport after she won her fifth world championship earlier this week Source: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy Kobe Bryant inched his way to […]
Happy birthday to Taryn Terrell!! (photo credit: Lee South/Impact Wrestling) 1876 – James Owens defeats James McLaughlin, to win the American Collar-and-Elbow Championship. 1949 – Leroy McGuirk defeats Billy Goelz ,to unify the National Wrestling Association and National Wrestling Alliance Junior Heavyweight Championships. 1960 – Pancho Villa defeats Lee Fields, to win the NWA Gulf […]
1. Six-Woman Tag Team Match Mary Apache, Sadie Gibbs, and Natsumi defeated Hanan, Hina, and Rina 2. Queen’s Quest UK (Bea Priestley and “Megaton Barbie” Viper) defeated Hana Kimura and Bobbi Tyler 3. Six-Woman Tag Team Match Tam Nakano, Saki Kashima, and Alex Gracia defeated Queen’s Quest (Momo Watanabe, Konami, and AZM) 4. Eight-Woman Tag […]
Man Utd midfielder Donny van de Beek says he feels “great” after recovering from his latest injury setback. After two difficult seasons at Old Trafford, Van de Beek would have been happy to see his former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag walk through the door. He is yet to start a match for the Red […]