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By CNN Sports staff Boxers Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are set to go head-to-head at Madison Square Garden on Saturday — the first time two women will headline the iconic venue in its 140-year history. Ireland’s Taylor is the undisputed lightweight champion and is undefeated in 20 professional fights, while Puerto Rico’s Serrano has

By Jacob Lev, CNN Philadelphia 76ers’ center Joel Embiid is out indefinitely after suffering an orbital fracture and mild concussion during Thursday’s series-clinching win over the Toronto Raptors, the team said Friday. Embiid suffered the injury late in the fourth quarter while defending Raptors forward Pascal Siakam. He went to the bench and did not

By Jacob Lev, CNN Former US women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo has requested postponement of her National Soccer Hall of Fame induction and said she is “voluntarily entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program.” “I have contacted the Hall of Fame and respectfully requested a postponement of my Hall of Fame induction ceremony to 2023,” Solo

By Ben Church and Benjamin Brown, CNN West Ham United are investigating an incident in which two German commentators were allegedly attacked inside the London Stadium during the team’s Europa League semifinal first leg against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday. Tim Brockmeier and Philipp Hofmeister, working for German broadcaster Hessischer Runfunk, said their headsets were ripped

By Kikue Higuchi and Don Riddell CNN For the first time in its 140-year history, two female boxers are headlining at Madison Square Garden as undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor goes toe-to-toe with seven-weight champion Amanda Serrano in the ring on Saturday. “I think this is one of those history making fights. Male or female,

By John Sinnott and George Ramsay, CNN Jurgen Klopp says he is “delighted, humbled, blessed, privileged and excited” to sign a new contract with Liverpool. The 54-year-old German took charge of Liverpool in 2015, and since then has steered the Reds to the club’s sixth Champions League title in 2019 and first league title in

By Matias Grez, CNN British tennis star Emma Raducanu says it was a “tough” decision to split with coach Torben Beltz after only five months together. The 19-year-old, who stunned the tennis world by winning the US Open as a qualifier last year, is now searching for a fourth coach in less than year. Raducanu’s

By Ben Church, CNN Liverpool produced an impressive performance to beat Villarreal 2-0 in its Champions League semifinal first leg on Wednesday. Jurgen Klopp’s side was at its devastating best to take full control of the tie, striking twice in the second half to take a healthy advantage into the second leg in Spain next

By Don Riddell, CNN Even though she says the images play out like a movie in her mind, it’s a scene she couldn’t possibly ever have imagined: The end of her world as she knew it, and quite possibly her own imminent demise. “They were beating our parents, our family members, our teammates,” Fatima, who