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By Issy Ronald and Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — French diver Alexis Jandard suffered a mishap on Thursday when he fell off the diving board in front of President Emmanuel Macron during an Olympic pool inauguration. Preparing to dive off the three-meter (9.8-foot) springboard alongside two other divers, the 26-year-old lost his footing, landed on

By Jill Martin and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Oakland Athletics plan to play in the city of West Sacramento, California, starting in 2025 while the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise waits for a stadium to be built in Las Vegas, Nevada. The A’s made the announcement Thursday, saying the team will play home

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is in hospital after suffering a horror crash during stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday. His cycling team, Team Visma, said that Vingegaard suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs, a pulmonary contusion and pneumothorax, or collapsed

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A “clearly audible” racial slur was directed at the Utah women’s basketball team ahead of the NCAA tournament, police said on Wednesday. Utah was staying at a hotel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho ahead of their opening March Madness game when the incidents took place last month and left the

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark’s final game in an Iowa uniform will be with a national championship on the line. And it’s going to come against a team potentially on the verge of a dynasty. No. 1 Iowa narrowly advanced to the women’s NCAA tournament national championship game after surviving a scare

By Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees announced on Thursday that it will push back its MLB game on April 8 because of the solar eclipse taking place that day. The home game against the Miami Marlins was originally scheduled to start at 2.05 p.m. E.T. but now has

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — This was a late show and then some from Cole Palmer as the 21-year-old forward guided Chelsea to a dramatic 4-3 Premier League victory over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. With United holding a goal advantage heading into the 10th minute of additional time, Chelsea was awarded

By Thomas Schlachter and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The disgraced former head of Spanish soccer has denied he sexually assaulted a star player on the women’s national team with an unwanted kiss following their World Cup victory last year – suggesting he is only being questioned because he is a man. Speaking in a television interview aired on Wednesday,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods is on the player list for The Masters later this month, but according to a longtime friend of the 15-time major champion there are concerns regarding the physical challenge of navigating 72 holes over four days. Ever since his serious car crash in 2021 in which he

By Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — South Africa and Kaizer Chiefs soccer player Luke Fleurs has been killed in a carjacking incident in Johannesburg, the club announced in a statement on Thursday. “We are profoundly shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic and untimely passing of one of our players, Luke Fleurs,” Chiefs said. “We

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — If you were to think of the best ways to prepare for the Final Four, this certainly wouldn’t be it. The University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball team experienced a nightmare journey to the NCAA tournament semifinals in Glendale, Arizona, one that involved lengthy delays and mechanical problems with

By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A full five-on-five brawl erupted just two seconds after the opening puck drop between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Once the fights had broken up, eight players in total – four from each team – were ejected

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Lakers continued their late season charge towards the playoffs with a 125-120 away victory against the Washington Wizards behind a huge night from Anthony Davis. The Lakers big man put up 35 points, 18 rebounds, three blocks and two steals as the Lakers held off a

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — March Madness is a time for unheralded players to become national darlings with magical moments and lead surprising tournament runs. And no one better symbolizes college basketball’s allure than DJ Burns Jr. The six-foot-nine-inch, 275-pound center has led No. 11 NC State to the Final Four of the 2024

By Thomas Page and Sean Coppack, CNN (CNN) — “When you are in Jamestown,” says Abdul Wahid Omar, “you know you have to be a hard guy.” A poor neighborhood and children with boundless energy but few positive ways to channel it. Then along comes boxing, cracking open a door to a less perilous future

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Star wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been traded from the Buffalo Bills to the Houston Texans, the Bills announced on Wednesday. Buffalo receives a 2025 second-round draft pick in exchange for Diggs, while the 30-year-old heads to Texas along with a 2024 sixth-round pick (No. 189 overall) and a

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Iowa Hawkeyes superstar guard Caitlin Clark has been rewarded for her historic season by being named the winner of the Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Award for a second consecutive season. Clark led Division I in scoring with 32.0 points per game and in assists with 9.0

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — LSU basketball star Angel Reese has announced that she is leaving school for the WNBA. Reese posted the announcement Wednesday on Instagram, and her decision was also detailed in a story in Vogue. LSU lost to Iowa in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament Monday, a rematch of last year’s

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — An Irish basketball team says it won’t replay the final 0.3 seconds of a playoff quarterfinal after it ended in controversial fashion, despite being instructed to do so by Basketball Ireland. The Limerick Sport Eagles beat the Portlaoise Panthers 80-78 on March 23, but have yet to play their