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By Jacob Lev, CNN The Final Four delivered on drama as UConn and San Diego State advanced to the NCAA men’s basketball championship game with victories over Miami and Florida Atlantic respectively. While fourth seed UConn cruised to a 72-59 win over No.5 Miami, earlier on Saturday No. 5 San Diego State stunned No. 9

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Lewis Hamilton qualified third for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix and the seven-time world champion described the result as a “dream” for him and his Mercedes team. The Englishman did not win a race last season as Mercedes experienced a torrid 2022, the team’s run of eight successive constructors’ titles coming to

By Ben Morse, CNN It is a Final Four line-up the kind of which we’ve never seen before. And it should make for a thrilling season finale. The culmination of the NCAA men’s college basketball season is rapidly approaching, with just four final teams contesting to be crowned national champions. And after a March Madness

By Homero De la Fuente and Issy Ronald, CNN South Carolina’s march to the national championship title seemed all but assured — the defending champion and No.1 seed was on a 42-straight game win streak, spanning 389 days and dating back to last season’s national title run. It would take one of the great NCAA

By Jacob Lev, CNN Major League Baseball (MLB) is investigating an altercation between Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon and a fan during the team’s Opening Day game against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. In a video posted on social media, Rendon appeared to grab a fan by the shirt and allege the fan

By Ben Church, CNN Australian Football League (AFL) star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan celebrated a goal by taking a stand against racism in his first game since a fan hurled racist remarks at him during a match on March 25. The 20-year-old, who plays for the Western Bulldogs, lifted his shirt and pointed to his skin after

Interview by Amanda Davies, CNN CeCé Telfer calls it the moment her dreams seemed to be shattered as she questioned whether years of “blood, sweat and tears” were in vain. Last week, governing body World Athletics (WA) announced it would be prohibiting athletes who have gone through what it called “male puberty” from participating in

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington and Jennifer Deaton, CNN Ukraine has decided to boycott Olympic qualifying events in which Russians are competing for the Paris 2024 Games. Oleh Nemchinov, the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, announced the decision in a televised interview on Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne on Thursday. This follows International

By Matias Grez, CNN Wimbledon will accept entries from Russian and Belarusian players for this year’s tournament if they agree to compete as neutral athletes and comply with “appropriate conditions,” organizers announced Friday in a statement. Tennis players from Russia and Belarus were banned from playing in last year’s championships following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN An Australian surf lifesaving club has found itself at the center of a controversy following its implementation of a no-nudity policy in showers and changing rooms. Ocean swimmer Nada Pantle, who regularly uses the changing rooms after a morning swim in Terrigal, New South Wales, said she was sent a letter

By Ben Morse, CNN Aaron Judge smashing the ball into the stands has become a regular sight for baseball fans. And on the opening day of the new season, he treated fans to another explosive display. Fresh off setting the American League’s home run record with 62 last season, the 30-year-old blasted a 93-mph pitch

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Colorado Rockies closer Daniel Bard will start the season on the 15-day injury list (IL), citing anxiety issues, the team announced on Thursday. “It’s a hard thing to admit, but I’ve been through stuff before and I got enough going on outside of this game to realize what’s important,”

By Jacob Lev, CNN University of Alabama men’s basketball star Brandon Miller has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 20-year-old freshman forward Miller is considered one of the top prospects in this year’s draft class. Miller averaged 18.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in 37 games played. Miller

By George Ramsay, CNN One of Michael Schumacher’s championship-winning Ferrari cars from the 2000 season is expected to fetch up to $9.5 million at auction in Hong Kong next month, according to Sotheby’s. The Ferrari F1-2000 was driven by Schumacher during his victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix, as well as when he earned pole