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By Ben Morse, CNN Golfers will prepare for every eventuality before playing in a major. But Hudson Swafford could never have expected what happened to him at the Masters on Friday. Hitting his second on the historic par-five 13th hole, the US golfer lined up to hit his iron shot from the fairway. He swung,

By Ben Morse, CNN Tiger Woods made the cut at the Masters after a roller coaster Friday, continuing his excellent return to competitive golf, and is scheduled to tee off at 1 p.m. in Saturday’s third round. The five-time Masters champion had to overcome a poor start to his round, before an up-and-down back nine

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Pro Football Hall of Famer and Dallas Cowboys icon Rayfield Wright died on Thursday at the age of 76, the Hall of Fame announced, citing his wife Di. Wright suffered a severe seizure and had been hospitalized for several days, the Hall of Fame said. “Over the past few

By CNN Sports staff Shohei Ohtani had a bittersweet MLB Opening Day. The 27-year-old Ohtani made history on Thursday as he became the first player in the history of the American and National Leagues to throw his team’s first pitch of the season and face his team’s first pitch as a hitter. However the Japanese

By Jack Bantock, CNN No trophy will be lifted at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, but when the dust settles on this Premier League season, April 10 may well be remembered as its defining date. On paper, Manchester City’s impending showdown with Liverpool is no more significant than any other ‘title-deciding’ fixture between the two

By Jack Bantock, CNN Nikola Jokic became the first player in NBA history to register 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in a single season as a 122-109 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies saw the Denver Nuggets secure a playoff spot on Thursday. As far as good days at the office go, they don’t

By Jacob Lev, CNN Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Steve Wilks and longtime NFL assistant Ray Horton have joined Brian Flores‘ racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and several teams, according to an amended complaint filed Thursday. In the complaint, Wilks claims he was unfairly fired by the Cardinals; Horton alleges the Tennessee Titans put

By George Ramsay, CNN With months to go until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and less than a week since the draw took place, the country’s treatment of migrant workers remains under scrutiny. According to a report released by Amnesty International on Thursday, security guards in Qatar, including some working on projects associated with

By Issy Ronald and Ben Morse, CNN Tiger Woods teed off in the first round of the Masters on Thursday as he embarked on a remarkable comeback following a car crash in February 2021 in which he sustained serious leg injuries. Five-time Masters champion Woods played in Group 14, alongside South African Louis Oosthuizen and

By Ben Church and Patrick Snell, CNN Anatoliy Trubin should be enjoying life as a professional footballer. Instead, the 20-year-old is doing his part to help Ukraine survive the Russian invasion. The Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper, who has also played for the national team, was living in the city of Lutsk, western Ukraine, as he spoke

By Ben Church, CNN While the future of Chelsea football club remains in turmoil off the field, the team suffered a torrid night on the pitch in its Champions League quarterfinal first leg tie against Real Madrid on Wednesday. A hat trick for Karim Benzema inspired his side to a 3-1 win on a wet

Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A coalition of six attorneys general, led by New York AG Letitia James, urged the NFL to take “swift action to improve workplace conditions and protect its female employees” in a Wednesday letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The state AGs promised to use the “full weight” of their authority to investigate

By Amy Woodyatt and Matias Grez, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that transgender women should not compete in female sports in comments he said he knew could be seen as “controversial.” “I don’t think that biological males should be competing in female sporting events. And maybe that’s a controversial thing … but

By Matias Grez, CNN The shirt Diego Maradona wore during the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal against England — the match in which he scored the ‘Hand of God’ and the ‘Goal of the Century’ — is estimated to fetch more than £4 million ($5.25 million) at auction. The iconic blue jersey has been in the