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By George Ramsay, CNN British tennis star Emma Raducanu is hopeful of playing at Wimbledon later this month despite retiring from a match on Tuesday with what she described as a “freak” injury. Raducanu was facing Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic in a WTA 250 event in Nottingham when she felt as if she had “pulled something”

By Poppy Harlow and Matias Grez, CNN NBA legend Dwyane Wade says he has sleepless nights over the dangers his children face when going to school in the midst of gun violence in the United States. On May 24, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers after opening fire inside Robb Elementary School in

By George Ramsay, CNN The Denver Broncos and the Walton-Penner family have entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire the NFL team, it was announced on Tuesday. The agreement to purchase the Broncos from the Pat Bowlen Trust is subject to approval from the NFL’s finance committee and league ownership, as well as

By David Close, CNN Women’s professional soccer team Orlando Pride have placed head coach Amanda Cromwell and first assistant coach Sam Greene on administrative leave during an investigation into allegations of retaliation. The actions came Tuesday at the recommendation of an investigative team from the National Woman’s Soccer League and the NWSL Players Association, the

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN The International Skating Union (ISU) announced on Tuesday that it will gradually increase the minimum age for senior competitions from 15 to 17. The decision, taken after a vote at the 58th Congress in Phuket, comes after Russian skater Kamila Valieva, then 15, was embroiled in a doping scandal at the

By Ben Church, CNN Northern Irish rider Davy Morgan has become the third motorcyclist to die in a crash during this year’s Isle of Man TT. Event organizers confirmed the 52-year-old’s death on Monday after “an incident on the final lap of the first Supersport Race.” “We extend our deepest sympathy to Davy’s partner Trudy,

By David Close, Amy Woodyatt and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Six-time golf major champion Phil Mickelson will participate in the inaugural LIV Golf tournament at the Centurion Club near London, along with two-time major winner Dustin Johnson, who on Tuesday resigned from the PGA Tour ahead of headlining the controversial series. Mickelson, who won the last

By Jacob Lev and Amir Vera, CNN Quin Snyder has stepped down as Utah Jazz head coach after eight seasons, the team announced Sunday. “After eight years, I just feel it is time to move onward. I needed to take time to detach after the season and make sure this was the right decision,” Snyder