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By Ben Morse, CNN Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers admitted to misleading the media about his Covid-19 vaccination status last season during an appearance on the ‘Joe Rogan Podcast’ on Saturday. In August last year, Rodgers said he was “immunized” against the virus. A few months later, he missed an NFL game due to

By Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN A player on the Duke University women’s volleyball team says Brigham Young University officials in Utah did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a Friday game. Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for Duke,

By Jacob Lev, CNN Following a skull surgery Friday, injured Little Leaguer Easton Oliverson is in “quite a bit of pain,” but his family and doctors are preparing to transfer him back to his home state of Utah this week, according to a post on the Instagram account set up to provide updates on his

By Whitney Wild, Mike Valerio, Josh Campbell and Jacob Lev, CNN Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. says his “surgery went well” after he was shot Sunday in Washington, DC, in what police say may have been an attempted robbery or carjacking. Robinson shared the news in a brief message on his Instagram

By Ben Morse, CNN Liverpool equaled the Premier League’s record for the biggest victory on Saturday, beating Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield. Having begun the season with two draws and a defeat, Liverpool started rapidly against newly-promoted Bournemouth, Luis Díaz and Harvey Elliott both scoring inside six minutes. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s stunning long-range strike made it three

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series has joined the antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour in an amended complaint in which four golfers originally listed on the original lawsuit have withdrawn their names. Carlos Ortiz, Abraham Ancer, Pat Perez and Jason Kokrak withdrew their names, leaving just seven golfers including six-time

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Over a decade ago, Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a college student in Georgia — a case that sent shudders through the NFL world. Roethlisberger, the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers at the time, was beloved by fans — having led the Steelers to two Super Bowl championships.

By Ben Morse, CNN Just weeks ago, Elena Rybakina claimed arguably the most sought-after accolade in tennis: becoming a Wimbledon winner. However, despite her momentous first grand slam victory in London in July, she describes her experience as a Wimbledon champion as “not the greatest,” saying she feels like she’s “not the Wimbledon champion.” Rybakina’s

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Instagram account set up to provide updates on injured Little Leaguer Easton Oliverson posted Friday that Easton was out of surgery and that doctors were “happy with the outcome.” “We couldn’t be more thrilled to let everyone know that his surgery went perfect,” the post said. The 12-year-old had surgery

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Cardiff City have lost their appeal against a FIFA ruling to pay part of Emiliano Sala’s $19.3 million (£15 million) transfer fee to Nantes, following a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling ordering the Welsh club to pay $6 million to his former team. Sala, who scored 42

By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN It felt almost like a family reunion at Barcelona’s Camp Nou as Xavi Hernández and Pep Guardiola faced each other for the first time as managers this week. Guardiola, a former Barça player and manager, always receives a reverent welcome from the club’s supporters, and Wednesday was no exception as his

By Issy Ronald, CNN When Emma Raducanu won the US Open last year, she dropped her racket, sank to the floor and covered her face in her hands. It was a familiar scene, one repeated throughout the years by first-time grand slam winners; Daniil Medvedev also fell to the floor as he won his maiden

By Jacob Lev, CNN Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren will miss the upcoming season with a foot injury, the team announced on Thursday. Holmgren, who was selected second overall in this year’s draft out of Gonzaga University, was diagnosed with a Lisfranc injury in his right foot — affecting the area between the mid

By Jacob Lev, CNN Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald appeared to swing a Cincinnati Bengals player’s helmet during a brawl in a joint practice on Thursday, prompting both teams to end the session. A video posted on Twitter shows Donald holding a Bengals helmet and swinging it before getting knocked to the ground and

By Ramin Mostaghim, Adam Pourahmadi and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Hundreds of Iranian women attended a professional domestic football match in Tehran for the first time in over 40 years, following a ban on women attending sports stadiums. Five hundred women were granted access into Tehran’s Azadi stadium to watch a league match between Tehran-based Esteghlal

By Rishabh Pratap, CNN Indian kickboxer Yora Tade died at a government hospital in the southern Indian city of Chennai on Tuesday after collapsing in the ring during a national championship final match. Tade, 24, was taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on Sunday after suffering a “hard knock on his

By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN Twenty-one time grand slam champion Novak Djokovic has announced his absence from the upcoming US Open via a Twitter post on Thursday. Djokovic has remained unvaccinated against Covid-19 throughout the pandemic, and current US rules stipulate that any non-US citizen must be fully vaccinated against the virus in