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By Jack Bantock. CNN Marc Overmars will leave his position as Ajax’s Director of Football Affairs after sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues, the Dutch football club announced on Sunday. The 48-year-old former Dutch international — who played for Ajax, Arsenal, and Barcelona, among others, during his playing career — had held the role since

By Joe Sutton, CNN New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested Sunday by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and charged with “battery resulting in substantial bodily harm,” a news release from the department said. The investigation began when officers were dispatched to a hospital Saturday around 5:50 p.m. “where a person was reporting a

By David Close, CNN The Miami Dolphins announced Sunday night the hiring of Mike McDaniel as the team’s head coach, replacing Brian Flores, who was fired after the regular season wrapped and later initiated a class-action lawsuit against the league alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices. McDaniel, 38, was most recently the offensive coordinator

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Senegal defeated Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations championship match on Sunday, winning the continental championship for the first time on penalty kicks at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Neither Senegal nor Egypt — which had previously won the Africa Cup of Nations seven times, the most in the tournament’s

By Ben Morse, CNN Harold Varner III drained a huge eagle putt on the 18th hole of the final round to snatch victory at the 2022 Saudi International on Sunday. A shot behind Bubba Watson and off the front edge of the 18th, Varner’s hopes had looked to have slipped away. Undeterred, the US golfer

By Jack Bantock, CNN Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wasn’t even born when New Zealand ended its 40-year wait for a Winter Olympics medal in 1992. On Sunday, she soared through the air at Beijing’s Genting Snow Park to claim her country’s first ever gold at a Winter Games. The 20-year-old put in a remarkable final run to

By Nectar Gan, CNN Making her Olympic debut for Team China, California-born figure skater Zhu Yi was eager to prove herself to the Chinese public. Instead, the 19-year-old is facing a firestorm on Chinese social media after she fell flat on the ice and finished last in the women’s short program team event Sunday. On

By Jack Bantock, CNN Move aside Joe Burrow, the true franchise star of the Cincinnati Bengals is rolling towards Super Bowl LVI — get ready for ‘The Cart.’ More commonly found in high-school classrooms, the Bengals’ three-tiered metal cart went viral in October after being wheeled out for media conferences. The contraption was initially used

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will review its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, calling the lack of Black head coaches “unacceptable,” in a leaguewide memo sent to club executives and presidents on Saturday. The commissioner’s memo comes amid ongoing criticism over the league’s lack of diversity in

By Wayne Sterling and John Sinnott, CNN US snowboarder Shaun White says a spate of injuries influenced his decision to retire after the Beijing Games, as the 35-year-old calls time on an illustrious career. “I was in Austria. The pipe wasn’t the best conditions. I had this ankle issue which prevented me from competing further

By Ben Church, CNN They say age is just a number and that’s certainly true when it comes to the Winter Olympics. Close to 3,000 athletes, young and old, have descended on China this year and CNN has taken a look at some of the youngest and oldest registered competitors taking part at Beijing 2022.

By Jacob Lev, CNN Hue Jackson, the former head coach of the Cleveland Browns, said Friday that he was not paid to lose games when he led the NFL team. “No, I was never offered money like Brian (Flores) had mentioned,” Jackson said. “I think this is a totally different situation but has some similarities.”