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By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Philadelphia Eagles avenged their Super Bowl LVII defeat on Monday night as they defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 21-17, on the road at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri. While February’s championship game was a free-scoring offensive masterclass from both sides, Monday’s matchup was not the prettiest. The two teams

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Watch out baseball fans; Japan’s next big star looks to be on the move. Pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto is set to make a high-profile switch to Major League Baseball (MLB) during the offseason, after he was posted as a free agent by Japan’s Orix Buffaloes on Monday. The 25-year-old

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s high-tech indoor golf venture, the TGL, has been delayed by a year after the inflatable dome of its custom-built Florida venue deflated, organizers announced Monday. The televised league featuring many of the PGA Tour’s top players had been set to tee off on January

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watched on in Rogers Arena as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks on Monday. The Duke of Sussex also dropped the ceremonial puck ahead of the game, fist-bumping captains Quinn Hughes and Tomáš Hertl at center ice. “I actually had to tell

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The US Men’s National Team suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago in the second leg of its CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal, but survived the upset to reach the semifinals 4-2 on aggregate. Fulham defender Antonee Robinson got the US men off to a flying start with

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Erin Matson became the youngest college head coach to win a national championship, according to the NCAA.com, after the 23-year-old guided the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC) to the field hockey title on Sunday. In what one US newspaper touted as “arguably the greatest story in

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods is set for his first competitive appearance in seven months at the Hero World Challenge later this month. The 47-year-old has not played a tournament since his early withdrawal from The Masters in April but will tee off as tournament host at the unofficial PGA Tour event

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — This is where the contenders begin to be sorted from the pretenders. With the halfway point of the 2023 NFL regular season in the rear-view mirror, certain teams are emerging as locks for the playoffs, others are part of the chasing pack while some squads are already looking forward

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — After a bumpy start to the weekend, the Las Vegas Grand Prix eventually lived up to much of the pre-race hype. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, already crowned Formula One world champion, claimed his 18th victory of a remarkable season, but this race was a far cry from the dull,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Mohamed Salah was escorted off the pitch by men in military uniforms at the end of Egypt’s World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone after pitch invaders targeted the Liverpool star on Sunday. In the 89th minute of the match, with Egypt 2-0 up, footage on social media shows stewards

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic won an outright record seventh title at the ATP Finals on Sunday, defeating Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-3 in Turin, Italy. The victory capped off a stunning year for Djokovic, adding to the grand slam titles he won at the Australian, French and US Opens. The 36-year-old now

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Losing a golf club in a tree? Unlikely. Losing two? Inconceivable. Losing three? All in a day’s work for Joost Luiten. The Dutch golfer had already been enduring a Sunday to forget at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai when his drive from the ninth tee went

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — It was a night that will live long in the memory for France fans as Les Bleus thrashed 10-man Gibraltar by an astonishing 14-0 in their European Championship qualifying match, with Kylian Mbappé scoring a hat trick. This was the world’s No. 2-ranked team playing against a country ranked

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — You would be forgiven for referring to the 2023 NBA rookie cohort as the “Victor Wembanyama draft class.” After all, the 7-foot-4-inches teenager is the most hyped prospect since LeBron James. He is a walking cheat code who is unlike anything basketball has ever seen before, with 2014 MVP

By Hannah Brewitt, CNN (CNN) — Week 11 of the NFL season kicked off with the Baltimore Ravens’ dominant Thursday Night Football victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. The divisional win kept the Ravens atop the AFC North, but the bigger storyline of the day was the devastating injury to Bengals’ quarterback Joe Burrow.  On Sunday,

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — After spending much of the build-up to the Las Vegas Grand Prix making it clear he was unenthused by the event, Max Verstappen decided it was time for a little less conversation and a little more action on Saturday as he did what he does best – winning Formula

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders left the game injured during his team’s 56-14 blowout loss against Washington State on Friday, capping a dire night for the Buffaloes that ended any hopes of playing in a bowl game this season. Sanders, the son of head coach Deion Sanders, was sacked four

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Australia won a record-extending sixth men’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday, defying the odds and a partisan home crowd in Ahmedabad, to defeat host nation India by six wickets. India fell just short of fulfilling its country’s expectations after it had dominated much of this tournament, cruising to 10 consecutive wins and

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — When Drake released his new song “Wick Man” on Friday, eagle-eyed fans noticed a familiar name on the credit list, which prompted wild speculation on social media as to who exactly had helped the Canadian rapper pen his latest hit. Named as a co-writer was ‘K. De Bruyne,’ which

By Aimee Lewis and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Finally, James Harden experienced that winning feeling as an LA Clipper – and he did so in style, beating the clock with a three pointer in a nail-biting win over the Houston Rockets in the NBA’s In-Season tournament. Harden, traded from the Philadelphia 76ers