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By Issy Ronald, CNN Romeo Beckham, son of former England captain and soccer icon David Beckham, has joined Premier League Brentford’s B team for the rest of the season on a loan deal from MLS NEXT Pro club Inter Miami CF II. The 20-year-old midfielder will join his new teammates in Brentford’s reserve team, playing

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Less than a week after a Denver Nuggets game was delayed because of a crooked rim, a Nuggets game was put on hold again because the same rim was bent. On Sunday, officials worked frantically to level one of the rims, which appeared to have been bent out of line by

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN The NFL family has waited on tenterhooks this past week on the health of Damar Hamlin as he continues to recover in hospital, but this weekend the show goes on and the final game week of the regular season still holds plenty of thrilling football. Hamlin collapsed during the first quarter

By Issy Ronald, CNN Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an injury she sustained at the ASB Classic in New Zealand, tournament organizers announced via Twitter on Saturday. The American was awarded a main-draw wild card for what would have been her 22nd appearance at the Australian Open, 25 years after

By Ben Morse, CNN The NFL has experienced nothing quite like the last few days. After Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital, Cincinnati Bengals fans embraced their Buffalo Bills counterparts in the Paycor Stadium, men and women broke into tears, while others prayed. Hour-by-hour, day-by-day, the emotion and concern

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Jacob Lev and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Just days after his stunning on-field cardiac arrest, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said on Instagram he was thankful for the love he’s received and asked for continued prayers for a “long road” ahead. “When you put real love out into the world it comes back

By Coy Wire, CNN Here are five things to watch as the NFL enters the final weekend of the regular season. Do It For Damar The massive groundswell of support for Damar Hamlin will rise even higher when the final regular season games get underway. There may be some uncertainty, doubts, and fears about players

By Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, who retired from professional tennis last year after winning the Australian Open, has announced on Instagram she is pregnant. “2023 set to be the best year yet. We are so excited for our new adventure,” she wrote on Friday, posting a picture of her dog

By George Ramsay, CNN Jack Grealish says moving to Manchester City has been “so much more difficult” than he anticipated after he had a hand in the team’s crucial 1-0 win against Chelsea. Grealish broke the British transfer record when he joined City from Aston Villa for a reported fee of £100 million ($138 million)

By Jacob Lev and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Just seconds after Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field from cardiac arrest on Monday, medical personnel swarmed onto the field in an immediate response that has been widely credited for the player’s steps toward recovery. But one Bills team member in particular — assistant athletic

By Ben Morse, CNN Italy football great Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 after what he described as his “journey” with an “unwelcome travel companion” — pancreatic cancer. Vialli announced in December that he was stepping away from his role with the Italian national federation for health reasons after consultation with his oncologists. Vialli had

By Matias Grez, CNN Jessica Pegula, the daughter of Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula, secured her first career victory over a world No. 1 on Friday, beating Poland’s Iga Świątek 6-2 6-2 in the opening match of the United Cup semifinal in Sydney. The 28-year-old American lost all four of her matches against Świątek last

Story by Reuters Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practising tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said. Support staff on jet-skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the beach, but all attempts to revive him failed. Freire was one of

By Jill Martin, Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s breathing tube was removed overnight and he’s spoken to his teammates via video, the Bills said Friday morning, four days after the 24-year-old’s in-game cardiac arrest stunned millions who watched the emergency play out live. “Love you boys,” Hamlin, still in