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By Kevin Dotson, CNN Bayern Munich announced Friday that the club has fired manager Julian Nagelsmann and will appoint Thomas Tuchel to the post, effective immediately. The change comes as the team dropped from first to second in the Bundesliga table, while reports of Nagelsmann losing support from players also emerged. Nagelsmann was in his

By Jack Bantock, CNN Look up a definition of “eventful” and you just may find a snapshot of Jordan Spieth’s Thursday afternoon. Of the thousands of holes the American golfer has played throughout his glittering career, for sheer spectacle, few will have rivaled the seventh hole he played during the second day of the WGC-Dell

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has acquired an ownership stake in the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, team owner Mark Davis announced Thursday. “I am very excited to be part of the Las Vegas Aces organization,” said Brady in a statement on Thursday. “I have always been a huge

By Ben Morse, CNN World Athletics (WA) announced new rules on Thursday impacting transgender women athletes, banning some from competing in female track and field events. The announced regulations, which come into force on March 31, prohibit athletes who have gone through what WA called “male puberty” from participating in female world rankings competitions. WA

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN As ever, March Madness has given fans some brilliant storylines from the world of college basketball. There have been upsets, ‘Cinderella’ runs, and brackets busted aplenty in this year’s NCAA college basketball tournament. As we enter the Sweet 16 stage of the tournament, these narratives are set to get even bigger.

By Matias Grez, CNN LaLiga has filed a complaint to a Barcelona court after Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. was racially abused during El Clásico at the Camp Nou on Sunday. Vinícius has been the victim of racist abuse on numerous occasions this season, including during matches at Atlético Madrid, Real Valladolid, Real Mallorca and

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN The Golden State Warriors made it two wins in a row with a 127-125 road victory over the Dallas Mavericks, though the game wasn’t without a bit of controversy. With the Warriors leading 88-87 towards the end of the third quarter, the ball went out of bounds and a timeout was

By Matias Grez, Ben Morse and Patrick Sung, CNN UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, has opened an investigation into alleged improper payments made by FC Barcelona to José María Enríquez Negreira, a former leading refereeing official in Spain. Earlier this month, the Catalan club was charged by the Barcelona provincial prosecutor’s office with “continued corruption

By Jill Martin, CNN The NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks are opting not to wear specialized Pride warmup jerseys on Sunday when the team holds its Pride night, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. According to the report, the team is not wearing the jerseys because of security concerns involving Russian players, citing unnamed sources close to the

By Matias Grez, CNN Three months may have passed since Argentina lifted the World Cup trophy in Qatar, but celebrations in the South American nation show no signs of abating. The Argentine national team is preparing to play two friendlies at home to Panama and Curaçao over the next six days, though the soccer itself

By George Ramsay, CNN Mesut Özil, the Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, has announced his retirement from professional football aged 34. Once regarded as one of the best players in the world in his position, Özil won the La Liga title with Real Madrid in 2012