CNN – Sports

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN For the first time since 1970, there will be three schools making their first Final Four appearances at the men’s NCAA Tournament following victories by No. 5 seed San Diego State University and No. 5 seed Miami on Sunday. San Diego State University clinched the program’s first-ever Final Four

By Jacob Lev, CNN No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic stunned No. 3 seed Kansas State 79-76 in the Elite Eight on Saturday to advance to the school’s first Final Four. Both teams got off to a hot start, trading baskets until Owls’ big man Vladislav Goldin made a layup to take the lead 20-18. The

By Hilary Whiteman and George Ramsay, CNN Kangaroos are on Australia’s coat of arms and the tail of the national airline, but every year state authorities allow licensed hunters to kill millions of them. The government and wildlife experts say some species of kangaroos are so plentiful they need to be regularly culled to protect

By Jacob Lev and Zoe Sottile, CNN Players for the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers, Eric and Marc Staal, declined to participate in the team’s Pride Night on Thursday, citing “religious beliefs.” The brothers did not participate in warm-ups where players wore Pride-themed sweaters before the team’s home game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. “After

By Jonathan Hawkins and Patrick Snell, CNN The 2023 MotoGP season gets under way in Portimão, Portugal, this weekend and reigning world champion Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia is steeling himself for a grueling defense of his hard-won crown. This year’s championship will be the longest in MotoGP history with 21 races on the calendar, as well

By Duarte Mendonca, CNN Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $1 million (five million reais) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments aimed at Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a court ruling published on Friday said. “The Substitute Judge of the 20th Civil Court of Brasilia sentenced

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) gets underway this weekend. Earlier this year, NWSL Players Association President Tori Huster said that a “new NWSL” was beginning as she expressed optimism about the future of the sport after the league banned a number of former coaches following years of alleged systemic abuse.

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN For four games only, the Eugene Emeralds will re-brand and become the Eugene Exploding Whales. Yes, you read that correctly. During April and May, the minor league baseball team said it will take on an “alternate identity” and sell jerseys bearing a whale clutching a stick of dynamite for good measure.

By Ben Church, CNN It may be thousands of miles from the frontline, but the Ukrainian soccer team is never far from the horrors of war. While the squad has assembled in the leafy suburbs of London ahead of its Euro 2024 qualifying match against England, Russian forces continue to bombard Ukraine — with deadly

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN For the first time ever in NCAA men’s basketball tournament history, all four No. 1 seeds have failed to reach the Elite Eight after the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide and Houston Cougars were eliminated in the Sweet 16 on Friday. Top overall seed Alabama was stunned by No. 5

By Ben Morse, CNN New Zealand runner Zane Robertson says he “made some bad decisions in a really dark place” which led to his lengthy ban from the sport for doping, disclosing that the verdict has left him feeling suicidal. Olympic distance runner Robertson was banned for a total of eight years — four years

By Thomas Schlachter and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Sweet 16 action got underway in the NCAA tournament and just like in the previous rounds of March Madness, there was drama flowing through the first set of games. The Florida Atlantic Owls (FAU) upset No. 4-seeded Tennessee, 62-55; Markquis Nowell made NCAA history as the

By Matias Grez, CNN It was a night of landmark goals and historic achievements for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as the pair continued to cement their places as two of the greatest players of all time. In the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, Messi and his Argentina teammates played on home soil for the

By George Ramsay, CNN It’s a few days since he dragged his battered, sleep-deprived body to the finish line of the Barkley Marathons — one of only 17 people ever to do so — and Aurélien Sanchez is still being haunted by visions of the infamously punishing race. Held deep in a forest in eastern