Sports

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are not eligible to play in the WNBA, sources around the league told CNN on Monday. ESPN was first to report on the news. Both men announced last month that they now identify as women and said they planned to

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — The principal owner of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers was arrested on Sunday and accused of “engaging in prostitution” in Ohio, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Jed York, who’s been with the team for nearly 20 years, became the chief executive officer in 2010. According to the

By Ben Church, Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — In recent weeks, it might have felt inevitable that Gianni Infantino would be forced to resign as FIFA president. The walls were closing in on him, and the rising tide of criticism following his failed attempt to rush through his controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal seemed

By Emile Nuh, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Watch CNN Original Series “Decades in Sports” on the CNN app. Across six episodes, the series explores the defining moments, athletes and cultural shifts that shaped sports over the past six decades, from the television revolution and Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, right up to the

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the US Open with a knee injury, the world No. 1 announced on Friday. “Even though I have been working hard with my team and my medical staff, we have now had to make the difficult decision that I will not be able to

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Yan Diomandé is set to have an incredibly bright future. At just 19, the attacker has signed for arguably the world’s biggest soccer team in Real Madrid and will begin his debut season for Los Blancos as they face Espanyol on Saturday. The Spanish giant signed the Ivory Coast