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By Matt Foster, CNN Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant apologized via his representation Saturday after posting a video of himself earlier in the day, appearing to hold a gun. “I take full responsibility for my actions last night,” the statement read. “I’m sorry to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, partners, the city of Memphis and

By Wayne Sterling and Emma Tucker, CNN NASCAR driver Chase Elliott will miss Sunday’s race in Las Vegas after injuring his leg while snowboarding in Colorado, Hendrick Motorsports has announced. Elliott, who fractured his tibia while snowboarding, had a “successful surgery” Friday night that lasted roughly three hours, Jeff Andrews, Hendrick Motorsports president and general

By Issy Ronald, CNN Max Verstappen secured pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, beginning his attempt to win a third consecutive world title in the best possible way. He will start Sunday’s Grand Prix at the front of the grid, a place ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez, who completed a

By Issy Ronald, CNN Jordan Stolz won the men’s 500m event at the 2023 ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands on Friday to become the youngest ever single distance world champion. The 18-year-old American blew away his competition with a time of 34.10 seconds, only 0.03 seconds shy of the track record

By Ben Church, CNN Diana Savenok smiles when she recalls what life was like in Ukraine before Russia’s invasion just over a year ago. The mother of two girls — Sofia and Lily — Savenok lived peacefully in Irpin, a town on the outskirts of Kyiv, in an apartment block with 40 other families. This

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Barcelona has announced the signing of 18-year-old João Mendes, who is the son of former club legend Ronaldinho. Mendes signed a deal on Thursday to join the Catalan giant from Brazilian side Cruzeiro. The teenager, who had previously hidden his identity as the former Brazil star’s son when he first joined

By Sammy Mngqosini and Federico Jofré Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a supermarket owned by the in-laws of Argentina captain and Paris Saint-Germain striker Lionel Messi in Rosario, Argentina, on Thursday, according to police. The incident occurred during the early hours of Thursday morning, leaving 14 bullet holes at a market owned

By Ben Church and Chris Wallace, CNN Over his 42 seasons as head coach of the Duke Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski became synonymous with college basketball. Affectionately known as ‘Coach K,’ he retired in 2022 as the all-time winningest coach in men’s Division I college basketball (1,129 games), winning five national championships along the way.

By George Ramsay, CNN Cyclist Kateřina Nash has avoided a four-year ban after the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) linked her positive drug test with medication she had been administering to her dog. Nash, who has represented the Czech Republic in mountain biking and cross-country skiing at the Summer and Winter Olympics, tested positive for the

By Aimee Lewis, CNN A new season and much has changed, yet much also remains the same in Formula One. No sport does personality, politics and drama quite like F1, which explains the global success of the Netflix docuseries “Drive to Survive,” the fifth season of which premiered last week. Fresh on our screens is

By Joseph Ataman and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been implicated in a “kidnapping and torture” investigation in France, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. This follows allegations that Al-Khelaifi was involved in the transfer of “likely compromising” documents from a French-Algerian citizen, Tayeb Benabderrahmane, who claims to

By Wayne Sterling and Alasdair Howorth, CNN Former Miami Dolphins head coach and current Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL and three teams — the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans — can proceed instead of going to arbitration, a federal judge said on Wednesday. Judge Valerie

By Sophia Saifi, Asim Khan and George Ramsay, CNN Shahida Raza, a football and hockey player who left her native Pakistan to secure medical treatment for her son, was among those killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy on Sunday. She was 29. Also known as “Chinto,” Raza was a member of Pakistan’s

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN FIFA’s decision to appoint Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its global fan ambassador ahead of the Women’s World Cup has been derided as “tone deaf” and “truly baffling” by former Australian international Moya Dodd. Soccer’s world governing body announced Monday that Lima, a former Victoria’s Secret model, would “develop, promote and

By Amanda Davies and Alasdair Howorth, CNN More than 20 years after his Formula One debut, Fernando Alonso is as hungry as ever ahead of the start of the 2023 season, which gets underway on Friday at the Bahrain Grand Prix. That desire for success led him to make the seismic decision last year to