Paralympic swimmer Nicole Turner calls time on decorated career
Paralympic silver medallist Nicole Turner has announced her retirement.
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Newcastle’s new signing Wissa to miss Wolves match
NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s new recruit Yoane Wissa will have to wait for his debut after an injury suffered on international duty ruled him out of Saturday’s Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday. Wissa was signed for a fee of 55 million pounds ($74.43 million), following a protracted transfer saga in which his previous club Brentford repeatedly rejected bids from Newcastle for the forward, leading to a stand-off. The 29-year-old played in a pair of World Cup qualifiers for DR Congo this month, scoring against South Sudan and Senegal before suffering a knee injury. Asked if he would be fit to face Wolves in the home fixture, Howe told reporters: “Unfortunately not, no. He won’t make this game, I saw him for the first time yesterday. “He’s feeling the effects of the injury he sustained just before he came off. So we are going to have to see how he is... I think he will go away for tests and maybe see a specialist to see. Unfortunately I can’t give you that update.”
Man Utd probe mystery of missing boots
MANCHESTER: Manchester United have launched an investigation into how players’ boots were lost on the way to their Women’s Champions League qualifier in Norway, forcing them to scramble for new ones. The Red Devils had to buy a number of replacement boots and shin pads from a local shop hours before the first leg of their tie at SK Brann on Thursday, which they lost 1-0. Shop owner Andre Gullord told the BBC that the club had spent several thousand pounds. “We are a big store but they were very lucky we had enough boots in stock that were the right size,” Gullord said. “They paid between £200 ($270) and £230 for each pair and £30 for the shin guards. “We have had the odd player come in because they have left their boots behind but never the entire team.” Midfielder Lisa Naalsund, who is from Bergen, where SK Brann are based, told Norwegian TV that she had asked her mother to bring some boots to the stadium for her. “A bag containing some of our players’ boots went missing during the journey to Bergen,” said a United spokesman. “We are investigating how this happened.
‘This time, I win’: Paul Hughes promises to topple Usman Nurmagomedov in title rematch
DUBAI: Over the past couple of years, Irish mixed martial arts star Paul “Big News” Hughes has been on a generational run.
Canelo vs Crawford will be ‘biggest fight in history of boxing’: Alalshikh
LAS VEGAS: Super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and three-time champion in lower weight divisions Terence “Bud” Crawford, appeared on stage together at a press conference on Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, attended by Arab News.
‘A great honor’: Paralympic champion Al-Qurashi represents Saudi from Paris Olympics to Venice red carpet
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Paralympian Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi, a gold medalist last year in Paris, has become a symbol of the Kingdom’s growing global stature in sports and culture.
Boxing chief denies injury rumors ahead of Canelo-Crawford showdown
LAS VEGAS: The president of the Saudi Boxing Federation has denied injury rumors ahead of Saturday’s face-off between Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and American Terence Crawford.
Buoyant Róisín Ní Riain building on positive Paris
With 2024 drawing to a close, swimmer Róisín Ní Riain is finally able to take stock of an incredible 12 months.