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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Alcaraz will play Novak Djokovic in this year’s Australian Open final after the pair navigated two epic semifinals in Melbourne on Friday. First, Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev in five sets – 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5 – after five hours and 27 minutes on court,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Now that the dust has settled on an Africa Cup of Nations final that will be remembered for years, African soccer’s governing body has handed out punishments for the chaos that ensued. Fan trouble, players refusing to compete, controversial refereeing decisions, and a missed penalty were all flashpoints in

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old boy has been confirmed as the holder of two snooker world records after showing a prodigious talent for the sport. At just 2 years, 261 days old, Jude Owens from Manchester, England, became the youngest person to make a snooker double pot, Guinness World Records (GWR) said

CNN, KHOU, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, @IRONHORSEAVIATOR, TIKTOK, @IronHorseAviator/TikTok By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old boy has been confirmed as the holder of two snooker world records after showing a prodigious talent for the sport. At just 2 years, 261 days old, Jude Owens from Manchester, England, became the youngest person to make a

CNN By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant – who became a larger-than-life figure both on and off the court – has left a lasting impact within the basketball community and beyond. “There are days I know it’s real, and then there are days where it feels like there are pieces of

By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant – who became a larger-than-life figure both on and off the court – has left a lasting impact within the basketball community and beyond. “There are days I know it’s real, and then there are days where it feels like there are pieces of him

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Duke quarterback Darian Mensah is free to go. The second-team All-ACC quarterback has reached a settlement with the university that will allow Mensah to transfer elsewhere, his representatives and Duke said in separate statements. Mensah, who led the Blue Devils to their first ACC championship since 1962, declared his

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Coco Gauff’s hopes of winning this year’s Australian Open came crashing down in just 59 minutes on Tuesday, as she was beaten in straight sets in the quarterfinals by Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina. The American had been playing so well in Melbourne that many tipped her to win her

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Coco Gauff’s hopes of winning this year’s Australian Open came crashing down in just 59 minutes on Tuesday, as she was beaten in straight sets in the quarterfinals by Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina. The American had been playing so well in Melbourne that many tipped her to win

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022, sliding in Turin, Vancouver, Sochi, PyeongChang and Beijing, the American would have made history by competing in a sixth. What

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN Silverstone, England (CNN) — A new era of Formula One is about to dawn. Not only is the sport ushering in its biggest shakeup of rules and regulations in decades, but this season, it’s also welcoming a brand-new proverbial kid onto the block: Cadillac F1 Team. Ten years since

By Jessie Yeung, Wayne Chang and John Mees, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — For 92 minutes on a clear Sunday morning in Taipei, thousands of spectators with jittery nerves stared upwards, while people across the world were glued to their screens, as famed climber Alex Honnold made a death-defying attempt to scale one of the

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Bobby Jones once called golf “assuredly a mystifying game” and time in and time again, it proves to be such that. On Friday, in just his 10th career PGA Tour start, a teenager mystifyingly flew up the leaderboard, finishing the second round of The American Express tied atop alongside