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By Jacob Lev and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles kicked off her quest for a record 8th US title with a remarkable performance at Friday night’s competition at the US Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California. The four-time Olympic gold medalist ends the opening day of competition in first place with a score

By Patrick Sung and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales has refused to resign from his position as Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president following a week of fierce criticism after video showed him placing an unwanted kiss on a star player of Spain’s winning Women’s World Cup team. Rubiales was

By Ben Morse and David Close, CNN (CNN) — Vanessa Bryant, the late Kobe Bryant’s wife, announced the date on Thursday when the Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue honoring the former NBA superstar. Bryant revealed that the team with which her husband played his entire career will first display the statue on February

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Several athletes – including American star Noah Lyles – were caught up in a crash between two buggies at the World Athletics Championships, causing Jamaican sprinter Andrew Hudson to get glass in his eye. Footage of the incident ahead of the athletes’ 200-meter semifinal shows the buggies colliding at

By Charlie Webster, CNN (CNN) — When Merle Liivand first started swimming with a monofin to help with her breaststroke practice, she never could have imagined it would one day lead her to becoming a Guinness World record holder – and an eco-friendly ‘mermaid.’ The monofin the 32-year-old frequently wears binds her feet together to

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Magnus Carlsen defeated Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak to become Chess World Cup champion on Thursday. After the two had drawn the opening two games of the final, Carlsen won the first of two tiebreak games before drawing the second frame to clinch his first World Cup title. The

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The road to a marriage proposal can be a long and winding one. For two Slovakian athletes, the journey was exactly 35 kilometers long. Both Dominik Černý and Hana Burzalova were in Budapest, Hungary, competing for their country in the race walking events for men and women at the

CNN By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa told ESPN NFL analyst Ryan Clark on Wednesday that “respect is everything” after he made unflattering comments about the 25-year-old’s offseason workout routine. Clark, a 13-year NFL veteran, joked earlier this week on an episode of “NFL Live” that Tagovailoa looked like he had skipped

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch again in the 2023 MLB season after suffering a tear to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian confirmed. The 2021 American League MVP started the first game of the Angels’ doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa told ESPN NFL analyst Ryan Clark on Wednesday that “respect is everything” after he made unflattering comments about the 25-year-old’s offseason workout routine. Clark, a 13-year NFL veteran, joked earlier this week on an episode of “NFL Live” that Tagovailoa looked like he had skipped the

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Karsten Warholm once again dominated the hurdles track – not only regaining his hard earned title of world champion, but becoming the first athlete to ever win three 400m hurdles crowns. The frontrunner in this event since his world championship title in 2017, the Norwegian suffered an injury-plagued, disappointing 2022.

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — In a heartwarming moment, Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy agreed to share the pole vault gold medal at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. After a grueling competition in Budapest, Hungary, both Moon and Kennedy successfully made it over the bar at 4.90m in the final but failed on

By Tara Subramaniam, David Close and Florencia Trucco, CNN (CNN) — Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, after video showed him placing an unwanted kiss on a star player of Spain’s winning World Cup team. “The events may constitute violations of

By Jacob Lev and Travis Caldwell, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami just keep finding ways to win. Days after Messi and his club won the Leagues Cup – the international tournament between clubs in Major League Soccer and Liga MX – Inter Miami defeated FC Cincinnati in a penalty kick shootout to

By Matias Grez and Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — US women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe has spoken out and strongly criticized the behavior of Luis Rubiales following Spain’s World Cup victory on Sunday. Rubiales, the president of the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF), was seen giving Spain star Jennifer Hermoso an unwanted kiss on the lips

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Gambling in the crowds on the PGA Tour? You bet there is, according to Jon Rahm. An incident involving Max Homa at the BMW Championship on Saturday has sparked a conversation around spectators making wagers within earshot of the golfers they’re staking on. Homa was on the backswing of