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By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Russian athletes have competed under several different guises throughout the 128-year history of the Olympics, and they will be known by another new name at Paris 2024. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – supported by Belarus – in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that Russian and

By Reuters (Melbourne) — Australia have confirmed talismanic captain Sam Kerr will miss the women’s Olympic soccer at the Paris Games while recovering from a serious knee injury. The Chelsea striker suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury at a training camp in Morocco in January and her participation in Paris was highly doubtful. Football Australia (FA) ended

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Alise Willoughby won her third BMX racing world championship title on Saturday, securing qualification for her fourth Olympics in Paris later this year. The 33-year-old led from the start of the race in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and crossed the line ahead of Switzerland’s Zoe Claessens in second and

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — In the last 15 years, there has been no manager more influential than Pep Guardiola. First he moulded the great Barcelona team of the late noughties and early 2010s, a side spearheaded by Lionel Messi and which played the ‘tiki-taka’ style now familiar around the world. He had a

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Emma Raducanu has dropped out of this year’s French Open qualifying, opting instead to focus on building her fitness. The 21-year-old’s ranking was not high enough to earn direct entry to the tournament and she did not receive a wildcard, meaning she needed to go through the qualifiers. Despite

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Minnesota Timberwolves produced a historic 20-point comeback to eliminate the defending champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. Minnesota now advances to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 20 years, while the Nuggets become the fifth straight defending champion to

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — For the sixth time in her past seven starts, women’s world No. 1 Nelly Korda is raising a trophy, this time after outlasting Australia’s Hannah Green to win the Mizuho Americas Open by one stroke Sunday at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. Korda’s victory

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — American golfer Xander Schauffele won the 106th PGA Championship on Sunday, holding off compatriot Bryson DeChambeau in a nail-biting finale to clinch a long-awaited first major title. World No. 3 Schauffele was pushed to the final hole at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, but the 30-year-old held his nerve to

By Kevin Dotson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler finished strong Sunday at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, days after being arrested as he drove to the tournament’s second round. Scheffler shot a six-under par 66 to finish the tournament with a final score of 13-under

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The journey’s end was as expected for someone so revered. How could there not be tears for a man who traded on emotion and transformed Liverpool Football Club, bringing hope first then glory during his near nine-year stay? On a sun-soaked Sunday at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp managed Liverpool for

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Seventy-nine seconds. That’s how long Arsenal had hope for. In the end, the drama and tension of the final day of the Premier League season lasted little longer than a minute, as Phil Foden’s stunning early strike set Manchester City on course for a comfortable 3-1 win over West

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Once the immediate shock and joy at becoming the undisputed heavyweight world champion had subsided, Oleksandr Usyk’s thoughts turned to his late father who passed away in 2012. As the Ukrainian recalled the last time he dreamt about his father in the press conference after defeating Tyson Fury, his

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark had the best individual game of her fledgling WNBA career to date, registering 22 points, six rebounds and eight assists, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Indiana Fever from losing a third straight game. The Fever lost 91-80 to the New York Liberty on Saturday to

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Bayer Leverkusen completed the most dominant Bundesliga season in history with a 2-1 victory over Augsberg on Saturday, becoming the first champion to lift the trophy without suffering a defeat all campaign. So successful has the team been this season that it has earned the club a new and

By Reuters (CNN) — Oleksandr Usyk scored a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a thrilling contest at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the early hours of Sunday morning. Dwarfed by his enormous opponent, Usyk had to weather a storm in the middle of the fight but he

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — His face turned skyward and scrunched in agony, it was not the expected reaction of a man about to tie a fabled record, but that’s just how close Shane Lowry came to achieving the truly historic at the PGA Championship. The Irishman levelled the lowest score ever carded at

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — On any other afternoon at any other tournament, Adam Hadwin’s seventh hole would have served up the most surreal scenes of the day. During the second round of the PGA Championship though, it was just another hole. Having lost his club to the waters of Kentucky’s Valhalla Golf Club

By Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Global superstar Simone Biles came out on top at the Core Hydration Classic on Saturday winning the all-around gold and marking the perfect start to her season before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this summer. Biles’ overall score of 59.500 was nearly two full points better

By Ben Church and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Seize The Grey bested an eight-horse field to win the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at a muddy Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Entering the race at 9-1 odds, Seize The Grey ran ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan throughout the race. Mystik Dan finished second

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A former employee of the Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) in Georgia has pleaded guilty to stealing millions worth of Masters Tournament merchandise and memorabilia. Richard Globensky, 39, admitted in a federal court in Chicago that he repeatedly stole items while employed as a warehouse assistant by the club