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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Standing on the edge of a platform with the water rippling below, 100-year-old Taghi Askari prepared to dive like he had done so many times before. The Iranian won a silver and bronze medal at the first-ever Asian Games in 1951 and Askari has never lost his passion for

By Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — China’s 19-year-old swimming phenom, Pan Zhanle, recorded the fastest 100 meters in history on Sunday as he smashed the men’s freestyle world record and established himself as the pacesetter ahead of the forthcoming Paris Olympics. Pan set the stunning 46.80 seconds 100 meter freestyle swim in the leadoff leg

By Larry Madowo and Heather Chen, CNN Nairobi (CNN) — Current marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a road accident Sunday night outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, Kenyan police confirmed. The 24-year-old Kenyan athlete, who was driving a Toyota Premio, and his coach died at the scene

By Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — The Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday became the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls in 19 years, downing the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in Las Vegas. Led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs have won Super Bowls in three of the past five

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Jude Bellingham’s debut season at Real Madrid has exceeded all expectations so far, fueling his team’s La Liga title charge. And against Girona on Saturday, the 20-year-old scored another two goals to seal Real Madrid’s decisive 4-0 victory over its unlikely title challenger and go five points clear at

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is renowned for being one of soccer’s most unpredictable and exciting international tournaments, but few could have predicted at the end of the group stage that Ivory Coast and Nigeria would be the two teams contesting this year’s final. Both teams have endured

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The term ‘greatest of all time’ is bandied about a lot in sport these days. The phrase is used extensively online and in everyday life now to refer to an individual who has achieved a level of greatness in their field that comes around once in a generation. The

By Matias Grez and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN (CNN) — Goalkeeper Lars Jansen scored an incredible long-range goal from inside his own half to help his Noordwijk team to a 3-1 victory over Amsterdamsche FC in the Dutch third division – and, remarkably, didn’t even realize he’d scored. With the score tied at 1-1, Jansen came