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By Homero De la Fuente and Charlie Webster, CNN (CNN) — Norwegian Viktor Hovland fended off a late surge by American Xander Schauffele to finish at 27 under par and win the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. With the victory, Hovland becomes the third-youngest FedEx Cup champion in history

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — A week after clinching Spain’s first Women’s World Cup, the country’s soccer federation is at war with the very players who brought home the trophy. The scandal began just moments after La Roja’s historic 1-0 victory against England, when the head of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales,

By Issy Ronald, Martin Goillandeau, Al Goodman and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The soccer world has rallied behind Jenni Hermoso, leaving Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales looking increasingly isolated as the pressure builds on him a week after his unwanted kiss on the Spain star at the Women’s World Cup final last Sunday. Andrés

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The woman most people consider the greatest gymnast of all time keeps adding to her amazing legacy. Simone Biles won a record eighth national all-around title with a strong performance Sunday at the US Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California. The 26-year-old Biles also became the oldest woman to

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — ‘Messi mania’ swept across New York on Saturday as Lionel Messi made his Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season debut for Inter Miami away against the New York Red Bulls. However, fans who attended the match had to wait until the 60th minute for the Argentine

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — With the final grand slam of the season nearly upon us, there are plenty of storylines for fans to get excited about. From a tennis great making a record-extending outing to plenty of home favorites to get behind, the 143rd US Open women’s draw promises to be an exciting

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The remainder of the Miami Dolphins NFL preseason game against the Jaguars in Jacksonville, Florida, was suspended Saturday after Miami rookie wide receiver Daewood Davis suffered an injury and was carted off the field. Davis was hit by a Jacksonville linebacker and could be seen lying motionless on the

By Aimee Lewis and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on Women’s World Cup Winner Jenni Hermoso has triggered a crisis in Spanish soccer, with world governing body FIFA suspending the president and Spain’s women’s coaches resigning en masse. FIFA said it was suspending Rubiales from “all football-related

By Jacob Lev and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Bronny James, the older son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and should fully recover from his cardiac arrest last month, his family said Friday. In July, the 18-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball practice at the

By Aimee Lewis, Alex Stambaugh, Al Goodman and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s football federation has threatened to take legal action against one of the country’s star players, Jennifer Hermoso, accusing her of lying about being kissed by federation president Luis Rubiales. Hermoso said Friday that at no point did she consent to a

By David Close, Patrick Sung and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Hermoso, Spain’s star player on the winning Women’s World Cup team, said Friday at no point did she consent to an unwanted kiss by the country’s soccer chief and she has refused to give in to “continuous pressure to make a statement” that