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By Aimee Lewis, CNN Liverpool has agreed to sign forward Cody Gakpo, one of the most coveted young players in Europe, from PSV Eindhoven, the Eredivisie club said on Monday. Gakpo, 23, impressed for the Netherlands at the World Cup in Qatar, scoring three goals as the Dutch reached the quarterfinals. The clubs did not

By Aimee Lewis and David Close, CNN The Denver Broncos have named Jerry Rosburg as interim head coach, it was announced on Monday, after Nathaniel Hackett was relieved of his duties. Hackett, in his first season as a head coach in the NFL, was fired a day after the struggling Broncos were crushed 51-14 by

By John Sinnott and Jill Martin, It’s a question that keeps getting asked of the 45-year-old Tom Brady. In February, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Brady announced he was retiring from the NFL. His decision proved short lived, and just weeks later the seven-time Super Bowl champion changed his mind and returned for his 23rd NFL

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is in the NFL’s concussion protocol, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said at a Monday news conference. The announcement comes a day after Tagovailoa played the entire game as the Dolphins lost to the Green Bay Packers. It is the second time this season the 24-year-old quarterback

By Jacob Lev, CNN Kathy Whitworth, the winningest golfer in history, has died at the age of 83, the Ladies Professional Golf Association announced on Sunday. Whitworth died suddenly Saturday night while celebrating Christmas Eve with family and friends, her longtime partner Bettye Odle said. “Kathy left this world the way she lived her life,

By Wayne Sterling and Zoe Sottile, CNN Stephan Bonnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Famer who popularized the sport in the finale fight of the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show, died Thursday, the mixed martial arts promoter announced Saturday. Bonnar died from “presumed heart complications while at work,” the UFC said

By Ben Church and Hanna Brewitt, CNN When the Pittsburgh Steelers host the LA Raiders on Saturday, it will be one of those rare moments in sport where the result won’t really matter. Instead, thoughts will be with Steelers legend Franco Harris who died earlier this week at the age of 72. Harris’ death came

By Jacob Lev, CNN A pair of goals from Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on Friday secured yet another feat in his surefire Hall of Fame career, passing hockey legend Gordie Howe for the second-most goals scored in NHL history. In front of a friendly home crowd against the Winnipeg Jets, Ovechkin scored on a

By Matt Foster and Heather Chen, CNN English cricketer Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) — after being sold to the Punjab Kings for 18.5 crore rupees ($2.22 million). Friday’s auction, which took place in the Indian city of Kochi, saw multiple records

By Jacob Lev, CNN A review into New England Patriots wide receiver DeVante Parker’s head injury found no violations of the National Football League’s concussion protocol, the NFL and NFL Players Association announced Friday in a joint statement. In the first quarter of the Patriots’ game against the Arizona Cardinals on December 12, Parker received

By Matt Foster and Zayn Nabbi, CNN Italian rugby team Benetton Treviso announced Thursday that they have suspended a member of their team after Guinea-born Italian international Cherif Traore received a “rotten banana in a wet bag” as a gift during a Christmas dinner. In a statement posted to its official website, Benetton, along with

By Ben Church, CNN Quarterback Zach Wilson endured a torrid night before eventually being benched as the New York ​​Jets were beaten 19-3 by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday. Wilson was booed at different points throughout the game before being replaced by Chris Streveler in the third quarter after completing just nine of 18 passes

By David J. Lopez, CNN Fifty years after the “Immaculate Reception” and just hours before his death, Franco Harris said it “blows my mind” how he pulled off arguably the most memorable play in NFL history. In a live interview Tuesday on “Mad Dog Unleashed” on SiriusXM radio, Harris recalled December 23, 1972, when he

By George Ramsay, CNN An athlete, former jockey AP McCoy said earlier this year, is the only person who dies twice, such is the pain of walking away from the intoxicating, all-consuming nature of professional sport. McCoy retired from his long, decorated racing career in 2015, and since then has had to learn, in his

By Matt Foster, CNN Male athletes will be allowed to compete in Olympic Artistic Swimming events for the first time at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the aquatic sports’ global governing body FINA said on Thursday. The news comes after the International Olympic Committee approved World Aquatics’ request to permit the inclusion of men at

By Matt Foster, CNN Ronnie Hillman, a Super Bowl-winning running back for the Denver Broncos, passed away aged 31 on Wednesday, according to a post from his family on his Instagram page. Hillman was in August diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma, a rare form of cancer, according to a statement posted to his social media

By Matias Grez, CNN The Brooklyn Nets put up a franchise record 91 points in the first half — the third highest total in NBA history — in Wednesday’s 143-113 blowout win over reigning champion the Golden State Warriors. The Phoenix Suns hold the first half points record with 107 scored against Denver in 1990,