La Liga preview: Can Barcelona challenge Real Madrid after post-Lionel Messi revamp?
By Matias Grez, CNN There has been one question that has left fans of European football scratching their heads this summer: just how is Barcelona…
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Deshaun Watson to start Cleveland Browns’ preseason opener despite facing suspension for sexual misconduct allegations
By Ben Morse, CNN Cleveland Browns fans will get their first opportunity to see Deshaun Watson in game action on Friday after it was announced he…
Continue ReadingTearful Serena Williams begins farewell tour as she loses at the Canadian Open
By Issy Ronald, CNN Carrying a bouquet of flowers and wiping a tear from her eye, Serena Williams waved to the raucous crowd on Wednesday a day after…
Continue ReadingShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs world-leading 100m time, her record sixth race under 10.7 seconds this season
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a blazing, world-leading 10.62 seconds in the women’s 100-meter final at the Monaco Diamond…
Continue ReadingLewis Hamilton says his ‘worst fears came alive’ after Abu Dhabi Grand Prix title race against Max Verstappen
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Lewis Hamilton says his “worst fears came alive” after his dramatic title race against Max Verstappen at the Abu…
Continue ReadingDistance runner Hellen Obiri is moving thousands of miles from her home in Kenya to pursue her marathon ambitions
By George Ramsay, CNN When Hellen Obiri moves 14,000 kilometers from Kenya to Colorado later this year, she already knows she’ll miss some of…
Continue Reading‘Really not a good day’: Naomi Osaka pulls out of Canadian Open with back injury
By Issy Ronald, CNN Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw from her opening match of the Canadian Open on Tuesday due to a back injury, further hampering…
Continue ReadingJudge hands PGA Tour win over LIV Golf as 3 players denied request to play in FedEx Cup Playoffs
By Steve Almasy and Jill Martin, CNN A US federal judge has ruled in favor of the PGA Tour, denying three LIV Golf players a temporary restraining…
Continue ReadingFormer NFL running back Marshawn Lynch arrested on suspicion of DUI in Las Vegas
By David Close, CNN Former NFL running back and Super Bowl winner Marshawn Lynch was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of driving under the influence,…
Continue ReadingNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says Deshaun Watson’s behavior was ‘egregious’ and ‘predatory’
By Kevin Dotson, CNN NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that the league feels Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson should face…
Continue ReadingToni Minichiello, former coach of Olympic gold medalist Jessica Ennis-Hill, handed lifetime ban by UK Athletics for alleged sexually inappropriate conduct
By Matt Foster, CNN Toni Minichiello, the athletics coach known for helping Jessica Ennis-Hill to gold at the 2012 London Olympics, was handed a…
Continue ReadingSerena Williams announces she will ‘evolve away from tennis’ after upcoming US Open
By Ben Morse, CNN Serena Williams has announced that she will “evolve away from tennis” after this year’s US Open to focus on…
Continue ReadingUS Open: Serena Williams’ last hurrah at home grand slam headlines fascinating two weeks of tennis
CNN By Matias Grez, CNN The curtain will soon come down on one of the greatest careers the world of sport has ever seen and Flushing Meadows, the…
Continue ReadingSerena Williams claims her first singles win in more than a year at the Canadian Open
By George Ramsay, CNN Serena Williams won her first singles match in 430 days on Monday as she defeated Spain’s Nuria Párrizas DÃaz 6-4 6-3…
Continue ReadingWNBA union president was stuck overnight at airport between games. She’s calling for league to allow charter flights for teams
By Jill Martin, CNN Unlike in the NBA, WNBA teams aren’t permitted to use charter planes for travel. And, much like other airline passengers…
Continue ReadingOklahoma Sooners assistant coach Cale Gundy resigns after reading aloud ‘shameful and hurtful’ word
By Wayne Sterling, CNN Oklahoma Sooners assistant football coach Cale Gundy has resigned from the Big 12 school after reading aloud a “shameful…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s Kim Joo-hyung, 20, soars to historic first PGA Tour win
By Jack Bantock, CNN South Korea’s Kim “Tom” Joo-Hyung became the second-youngest winner on the PGA Tour since the Second World War…
Continue ReadingPete Rose dismisses questions over statutory rape claims in return to Philadelphia: ‘It was 55 years ago, babe’
By Wayne Sterling, CNN Major League Baseball‘s all-time hits leader Pete Rose returned to the field in Philadelphia for the first time since…
Continue ReadingWomen’s British Open: Ashleigh Buhai rallies from late collapse to win first major title in playoff
By Jack Bantock, CNN Ashleigh Buhai bounced back from a final day slide to win the Women’s British Open on a four-hole playoff, clinching her…
Continue Reading‘Reinvented’ Nick Kyrgios makes history with singles and doubles wins at Citi Open
By Issy Ronald, CNN Nick Kyrgios backed up his appearance in the Wimbledon final by becoming the first person to win the Citi Open men’s…
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