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By David Close, CNN The Boston Celtics great and Hall of Famer Sam Jones has passed away at the age of 88, according to the Celtics and his son. Jones died on Thursday night, according to his son Aubre, who said his father’s health had been failing and he was admitted to a hospital in

By Homero de La Fuente and Jacob Lev, CNN No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia will meet in the College Football Playoff championship game after the two Southeastern Conference teams easily won their semifinal contests Friday. The semifinals kicked off with reigning champion Alabama dominating Cincinnati 27-6 in the Cotton Bowl. Then Georgia bounced

By Jack Bantock, CNN Not for the first time a statue of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is getting people talking — this time in India. Unveiled in Goa, the statue of the Portuguese star was commissioned to inspire young people’s love of football, according to a state minister. “For the love of football and at

By Jack Bantock, CNN Typically, the New Year is welcomed with the promise of hope and change, yet the Premier League title race looks set to run an increasingly familiar course — Manchester City winning at a canter. One game past the halfway mark, Pep Guardiola’s side command an eight and nine point lead over

By Teele Rebane and Wayne Chang, CNN China has banned footballers from getting tattoos and ordered those with existing ones to remove or cover them up to set a “good example for society,” according to a directive issued by the General Administration of Sport of China (GAS). The directive — titled “Suggestions for strengthening the

By Jack Bantock, CNN Jürgen Klopp was left bewildered by his side’s poor performance as Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes were dealt a bitter blow by a 1-0 defeat at Leicester on Tuesday night. Ademola Lookman’s second-half strike proved enough to secure victory for the Foxes who — having shipped four goals inside 25 minutes

By David Close and Steve Almasy, CNN Hall of Famer John Madden, whose Oakland Raiders teams never had a losing season and a beloved football analyst for three decades, has died, the NFL said Tuesday night. Madden, 85, passed away unexpectedly in the morning, according to the league. “On behalf of the entire NFL family,

By Eoin McSweeney and Becky Anderson, CNN Kylian Mbappé isn’t leaving Paris Saint-Germain — for now. The 2018 FIFA World Cup winner told Connect the World’s Becky Anderson in Dubai on Monday that he is “100%” sure he will finish the season with his current team “I will give everything I have to win the

By John Sinnott, CNN The Miami Dolphins’ hot streak continued to burn brightly with a comfortable 20-3 win against the New Orleans Saints at the Caesars Superdome on Monday Night Football. The Dolphins have managed to play their way back into the postseason picture and in doing so have created a little piece of NFL