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By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu is still missing 10 days after last Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, his agent told CNN Sport on Wednesday. “We are still searching for Christian. We have asked AFAD (The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) to place his picture in all local and

By David Close and Alasdair Howorth, CNN The Arizona Cardinals have hired Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon as their new head coach, just two days after the Eagles lost 38-35 to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. The announcement came just hours after the Eagles’ offensive coordinator Shane Steichen left his post

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is preparing to undertake his darkness retreat, which will take place at the “end of this week.” “I’m doing a darkness retreat later this week, I’m excited about it, I didn’t realize how much it would take off,” he told Pat McAfee on Tuesday, adding

By George Ramsay and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Reeva Steenkamp’s parents say they are “still grieving” for their daughter, 10 years after she was shot and killed by her boyfriend, former South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. The ex-sprinter is eligible for parole in March, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reports. “People who have lost children,

By Matt Foster and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN An independent review panel commissioned by UEFA to investigate the 2022 Champions League Final has found that European soccer’s governing body bears “primary responsibility” for the failures of organization that caused chaos and safety risks outside the Stade de France in Paris, the report released on Monday said.

By Ben Morse, CNN Former NBA player Keith Appling pleaded guilty to second degree murder and a firearm charge on Monday in relation to a fatal shooting in 2021 in Detroit. Appling, who played for the Orlando Magic in 2016, pled guilty in a Michigan court to one count each of second-degree murder and weapons

By Patrick Sung, CNN The Indianapolis Colts have hired Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen as their new head coach, the team announced on Tuesday. Steichen replaces interim head coach Jeff Saturday, who took over from Frank Reich when the Colts fired him in early November 2022. Behind star quarterback Jalen Hurts, Steichen masterminded the

By Simon Cambers and Simon Graf for CNN When Roger Federer made the decision to hang up his tennis racket last year at the age of 41, he did so as one of the most influential figures to have played the game. Federer was dominant on the court, winning 20 grand slam singles titles between

By Matt Foster, CNN Czech football star Jakub Jankto has become the first active international men’s player to announce he is gay. “Like everybody else, I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses; I have a family, I have my friends,” Jankto said in a video released on social media Monday. “I have a job,

By George Ramsay, CNN Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said his team will turn the pain of defeat into “strength” after losing against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. It was the smallest of margins that ultimately condemned the Eagles to the 38-35 loss at State Farm Stadium in Arizona — a

By Jack Bantock, CNN Back-to-back titles, back on top of the golfing world — Scottie Scheffler had himself a great Super Bowl Sunday in Arizona. The American defended his Waste Management Phoenix Open crown at TPC Scottsdale to reclaim the world No. 1 spot from Rory McIlroy, who had wrestled the position away from him