Sports

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy has suggested that the PGA Tour could scale back the number of tournaments it stages each year in order to combat “fatigue” among golf’s fanbase. Speaking ahead of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which tees off on Thursday, McIlroy reflected on the state of golf and how

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler says his “stupid” Christmas day injury won’t impact his first competitive tournament of the year at this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The American capped off his impressive 2024 with an unfortunate injury sustained while cooking Christmas dinner, forcing him to delay the start

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — A large brawl which appeared to involve at least a dozen fans broke out at a men’s college basketball game between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Saint Louis University (SLU) on Tuesday, causing the game to be halted for a number of minutes. With Saint Louis leading 69-63 and

By Amy Woodyatt and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — Six German endurance track cyclists have been seriously injured after an 89-year-old drove a car head-on into the group. The group of athletes, including 2024 track world championship medalists Benjamin Boos and Bruno Kessler, set off on a training ride from a hotel in Palma on

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The newly formed Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL) had its best match so far on Monday with Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Links claiming a 4-3 overtime victory against fellow co-founder Rory McIlroy’s Boston Common. After an impressive 31-foot birdie putt from Boston’s Adam Scott leveled the score at 3-3 on Hole

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Timberwolves star Rudy Gobert narrowly avoided being hit by what appeared to be a falling piece of equipment from the jumbotron at the Target Center during a game against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. Gobert was walking to the bench at the end of the first quarter when

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Neymar and Al-Hilal have come to an agreement to terminate the player’s contract by mutual consent, the club announced on Monday. The 32-year-old joined the Saudi club in a high-profile move in August 2023 for a reported €90 million ($98.5M), but injuries have limited him to just seven appearances

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — “Women have the strength of ten men, no doubt about it,” South Carolina’s four-time national coach of the year Dawn Staley said of her counterpart’s remarkable feat Monday night in Knoxville, Tennessee. University of Tennessee women’s basketball head coach Kim Caldwell returned to the sidelines one week after giving

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The drama in South Beach continues as All-Star forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended by the Miami Heat for the third time this month, the team announced Monday. Butler will miss at least five games without pay for “a continued pattern of disregard of team rules, engaging in conduct

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 2 Alexander Zverev was forced to address previous domestic abuse allegations made against him after he was heckled by a member of the crowd after the Australian Open final on Sunday. As Zverev went to address the Rod Laver Arena after being comfortably beaten by Jannik Sinner,

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has reasons to be cheerful: his team scrapped to a 1-0 win against Fulham on Sunday, and on Monday, he celebrates his 40th birthday. But that hasn’t stopped the Portuguese manager from being ruthless towards some of his players. That was quite clear when

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team (USWNT) defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first ever million-dollar player, joining English champion Chelsea from San Diego Wave FC. The 24-year-old signed for the Blues for about £900,000 ($1.1 million) on a four-and-a-half-year deal, according to the BBC. The previous record transfer fee

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The PGMOL, the body that oversees officiating in English soccer, says it is “appalled” by the “threats and abuse” aimed at referee Michael Oliver after his controversial decision to show a red card to an Arsenal player on Saturday. Oliver and the wider officiating team in charge of the