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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s rare in sport that an athlete leaves behind a legacy such as the one Megan Rapinoe has cultivated over her remarkable international career. Two World Cup titles and an Olympic gold medal would be enough for many, but the 38-year-old has never just been satisfied with sporting achievements.

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner, said she is most proud of her team’s advocacy work off the field, as she reflected on her career ahead of her final match on Sunday. The 38-year-old, who will finish her 17-year international

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — The destiny of the Solheim Cup hangs in the balance after Team Europe fought back to level the scores 8-8 ahead of the final day at Finca Cortesín, Spain. Team USA went into Saturday with a 5-3 lead, after whitewashing its counterparts in the first session on Friday, but

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — After just over a year since his emotional retirement from professional tennis, Roger Federer says he is living a “beautiful, intense life.” The 20-time grand slam champion was speaking at this year’s Laver Cup in Vancouver, Canada, on Friday, where he opened up about the past 12 months. While

By Kevin Dotson and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Spain won its first match since scandal engulfed its soccer federation following its triumphant campaign at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, beating Sweden 3-2 in dramatic fashion on Friday. The victory comes after a tumultuous month following former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales’

By Matias Grez and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — England and Arsenal star Leah Williamson says a fallout like the one Spain is experiencing between its soccer federation and players was “inevitable.” The players have been at loggerheads with the Spanish federation (RFEF) ever since former president Luis Rubiales, who resigned from his post earlier

By Patrick Snell and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou came away from his first meeting with a 10-year-old Coco Gauff convinced that she was destined for greatness. “I felt that she was someone so driven, so much confidence in her ability and that wanted it so much that I

By Jake Kwon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s leader Xi Jinping is to declare the Asian Games open at a lotus-shaped mega stadium in Hangzhou on Saturday. The stadium, dubbed “the Big Lotus” for the shape of its roof, consists of 28 large and 27 smaller petal-shaped structures. The stadium can hold 80,000 people,

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. etched his name into MLB history Friday night when he hit his 40th home run of the season and became the fifth member to join baseball’s exclusive 40-40 Club. With his first inning blast off Washington Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin, Acuña becomes just

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled athlete who won bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually abused by a chiropractor who was working with the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. Chiropractor Jonathan Wilhelm, as well as the United States Olympic and

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Emily Pedersen made a stunning hole-in-one for Team Europe on a thrilling opening day of the Solheim Cup, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Team USA taking a 5-3 lead going into day two. The USA swept its opponent in the morning foursomes, which sees players of each pair

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Suzuka Circuit was a hive of activity on Thursday as the Formula One four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel got to work on his latest environmental project ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. Vettel, who retired from F1 at the end of last season, helped set up

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Second-year quarterback Brock Purdy continues to defy his draft position as he helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to its 13th NFL regular season win in a row with victory against the New York Giants on Thursday. Purdy, who was drafted with the final pick of the 2022 draft,

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Maddy Cusack, a midfielder in English soccer’s second division, died on Wednesday, according to her team Sheffield United. She was 27. The club said in a press release it was “devastated to report the sad news” of Cusack’s passing. A tribute was held for her before Sheffield United men’s Premier League

By Jack Hillcox, CNN (CNN) — “We always had it in our history, in our DNA, to fight,” Levan Maisashvili, head coach of Georgia’s rugby union team, says as he reflects on the proud, defiant nature of his small country. Maisashvili knows all about battling against the odds. In 2021, he was given a 1%

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the Spanish national soccer team’s first match since winning the Women’s World Cup last month and the fallout from ex-soccer boss Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on La Roja player Jennifer Hermoso, star players Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes spoke out on “systemic discrimination” within the country’s federation.

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — There’s one small corner of the world that Michael Jordan cherishes more than any other — his own personal haven of sporting bliss. But it’s not in Chicago. In fact, there isn’t a basketball court or hoop in sight. Even as he was staking his claim in the 1990s

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, the former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman and medical doctor, announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday. “I’ve had the chance to play in the NFL for 9 years and even today, I sometimes can’t believe I was able to experience this adventure,” the 32-year-old wrote

By Matt Foster and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers football player, Greg Brooks Jr., underwent surgery on Friday to remove a “large brain tumor,” according to a statement released Wednesday by his family and reported by CNN affiliate WAFB. “Greg Jr. was diagnosed last week with a large brain tumor

By Amy Woodyatt and Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — As the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) prepares to take on South Africa at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, the team is also gearing up to say goodbye to one of its most integral members of the last few years, soccer great Julie Ertz. The game, which