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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Defending champion Coco Gauff is out of Roland Garros after a stunning upset loss to Austria’s Anastasia Potapova in the third round. Potapoval, seeded 28th in the tournament, took down the fourth-seeded Gauff 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. It’s the worst result for Gauff at Roland Garros since her debut in

By Ben Church, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — It’s been a non-stop party at Arsenal Football Club over the last two weeks, so no wonder its following faithful are still beaming from ear to ear. The celebrations all began on May 19, when the team became Premier League champion for the first time in 22

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Roland Garros is planning to impose a significant fine on Paraguayan player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo after he made a sexist remark about the female chair umpire following his second-round loss to Moise Kouame. “Matches like this have to be umpired by a man; it’s very difficult for a woman

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic has failed in his quest to win a record-breaking 25th grand slam title after losing to João Fonseca at Roland Garros. Djokovic held a 2-0 set lead, but the 19-year-old Brazilian bounced back to win the next three sets – producing the stunning victory against the Serbian

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN London (CNN) — When David Raya steps out onto the pristinely manicured grass of Budapest’s Puskás Aréna for Saturday’s Champions League Final, he’ll do so to the soundtrack of nearly 70,000 boisterous spectators. The sparkling pinnacle of European soccer’s elite club competition will be a far cry from the

By Rosa de Acosta, Matias Grez, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — It’s late spring, heading into the summer and that can only mean one thing: the French Open is back and tennis fans around the world rejoice at the news of the return of the iconic clay court grand slam. Heading into the 125th

By Ben Church, CNN London (CNN) — On a boiling hot day in England, Jordan Dawson walks into a London pub with a tote bag by his side. He plonks it on the floor, its contents rattling around inside, before he digs inside and places a pair of soccer cleats (or boots in the UK)

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Jannik Sinner has crashed out of Roland Garros in dramatic circumstances after losing a five-set thriller against Juan Manuel Cerúndolo. The world No. 1 was in complete control after taking a 2-0 lead in the second-round match, but the heatwave sweeping the French Open seemed to take its toll

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — The World Cup in the US is a once-in-a-generation moment, a chance for the country to welcome the world to its shores for the greatest spectacle in sports. Try selling that line to a New York Knicks fan trying to make it into the city from New Jersey on

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It may be cliché, but it doesn’t make it untrue – there’s nothing quite like the World Cup. As is true for over a billion fans around the world, my life has been punctuated every four years by the tournament. It evokes memories of pure elation and takes you

By Emile Nuh, CNN (CNN) — Four-time grand slam winner Naomi Osaka dazzled the Roland Garros crowd with an eye-catching, two-part outfit ahead of her first-round French Open win over Germany’s Laura Siegemund. Osaka walked out at Court Suzanne-Lenglen wearing a black corset and matching pleated cascading skirt that skimmed over the red clay. Her

By Emile Nuh, CNN (CNN) — Two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud overcame extreme heat – and a defiant Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin – to advance to the second round at Roland Garros. The 15th-seeded Ruud was up two sets and leading 5-2 against Safiullin in the third set, but the 27-year-old Norweigan failed to

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Iran’s national soccer team will sleep in Mexico and travel to the United States on the days of its three World Cup matches after Washington declined to host the squad for the tournament, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday. Sheinbaum said FIFA approached her government after US authorities said

By Emile Nuh, Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Almost a decade has passed since Michael Phelps set the world alight on the Olympic stage at Rio 2016, when he took home the most medals of any athlete with five golds and one silver. And when he called time on his legendary career after those Games

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Concord, North Carolina (CNN) — The Coca-Cola 600, set on Memorial Day Weekend, has always had a strong element of remembrance to it. On Sunday, the world of NASCAR was still wrapping its collective head around the fact that one of its own was included in this year’s collective mourning. A

By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes the hardest news comes at the end of the day. Late afternoon on May 12, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that former NBA player and LGBTQ advocate Jason Collins had died. The 47-year-old had been battling stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive and often terminal form of brain cancer,

By Wayne Sterling, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch died from complications of severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, his family announced on Saturday. “The Family asks for continued understanding and privacy during this difficult time,” Dakota Hunter, Kyle Busch Companies vice president, added. Sepsis is the body’s “overwhelming

By Dianne Gallagher, Kyle Feldscher, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — The shock and devastation of Kyle Busch’s sudden death at just 41 years old has shattered the racing world as it heads into one of its premier weekends of the year. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion’s family announced on Thursday that he would

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch required medical attention on Wednesday after coughing up some blood and experiencing shortness of breath while getting ready for this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600. According to a 911 call obtained by CNN in response to a request for recordings related to Busch’s medical emergency, a caller

CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Racing driver Katherine Legge is preparing to tackle one of the most daunting feats in all of sport: The Memorial Day “double.” Also known as the Indy-Charlotte double, she’s only the sixth driver, and the first female, attempting to race the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on