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By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Barcelona and Manchester United played a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg of their Europa League knockout playoff match, leaving the tie finely poised ahead of the second leg at Old Trafford. In a fixture that fans are accustomed to seeing in the Champions League instead

By Matias Grez, CNN Kevin Durant is raring to go in Phoenix. Speaking to the assembled media for the first time since his blockbuster trade from the Brooklyn Nets to the Suns, the 34-year-old lauded the fans for the reception he has received. Durant is yet to appear in a game for Phoenix as he

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin won her seventh career Alpine world championships gold medal on Thursday, after winning the giant slalom in Méribel, France, in the Alps. The American took her overall tally to 13 medals from 16 career world championship races, making her the most successful skier in the modern era. She now

By Matias Grez, CNN The Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office is investigating FC Barcelona over allegations it made $1.5 million in payments over three years to a company owned by a then-leading official with Spain’s referee committee, CTA. Spanish radio station Cadena SER reported Wednesday that the club made a series of payments to a company owned

By Jack Bantock, CNN In February 1992, a sprightly 16-year-old golf prodigy by the name of Tiger Woods made his first PGA Tour start at the Riviera Country Club in California. Thursday — 31 years, 15 major triumphs and 82 PGA Tour wins later — a very different Woods, one pained by injury, played at

By Ben Morse, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said that he didn’t mean to “hurt or disrespect anyone” with the jacket he wore to Super Bowl LVII after it was criticized for being “blasphemy.” Hamlin was in attendance for the NFL’s season finale, played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at

By Ben Morse, CNN A superb solo goal from Karim Adeyemi proved decisive as Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 1-0 in the first leg of their round-of-16 clash in the Champions League on Wednesday. Adeyemi lit up a tight encounter at the Signal Iduna Park midway through the second half, running from deep inside his own

By George Ramsay, CNN It’s while running in the moors and hills of her native Scotland that Lesley Paterson sometimes sees her two careers become conveniently aligned. A professional triathlete and screenwriter, Paterson has long inhabited two livelihoods that, on the surface, seem worlds apart. But in the quiet moments of a windswept run or

By George Ramsay, CNN For the first time since November, Manchester City has supplanted Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. Second-half goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland helped City to a 3-1 victory over its title-chasing rival at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, though Arsenal does have a game in hand. Kevin

By Ben Morse, CNN LeBron James returned from a three-game absence and helped his new-look Los Angeles Lakers to an impressive 120-102 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. The 37-year-old James had missed the three previous games due to ankle soreness but returned to action on Wednesday night to great effect. In 29 productive minutes

By David Close, CNN Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Tuesday reimbursed over $300,000 for legal fees he spent while defending himself in a federal civil case alleging he had raped a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. The case was dismissed in June, after the judge found that the plaintiff’s

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Lewis Hamilton says “nothing will stop him” from speaking out after new rules were introduced by the FIA restricting drivers from making “political, religious and personal statements.” The seven-time world champion was speaking at the launch of the Mercedes’ 2023 car for the upcoming season at Silverstone and was not impressed

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is making a record-breaking $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish America in honor of his upcoming 60th birthday, the organization announced Wednesday. The gift is the largest given by an individual in the foundation’s 43-year history. Jordan, who turns 60 on Friday, hopes his donation will

By Matias Grez, CNN It was party time in Missouri on Wednesday as the Chiefs continued their celebrations after Sunday’s Super Bowl win with a parade through the streets of Kansas City and a rally where two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes told the crowd he was planning to see them in the same place

By Kevin Dotson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN New Mexico State University has fired men’s basketball head coach Greg Heiar amid allegations of hazing within the team, the university’s chancellor announced Tuesday — days after the school ended the team’s season over the accusations. “As I’ve stated previously, hazing has no place on our campus, and