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By Ben Morse, CNN Whether it was his bleach blonde hair or his devastating spin bowling which had batters quivering and quaking, Shane Warne did things his own way. The Australian cricket great died at the age of 52 from a suspected heart attack on Friday, according to a statement from his management team. Warne

By George Ramsay The 2022 Winter Paralympics officially got under way on Friday, with the start of the Games marked by the presence of the full Ukrainian delegation inside Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium at the Opening Ceremony. All of Ukraine’s Para athletes made it to the Chinese capital — a feat described as a “miracle”

By Matias Grez, CNN Two young footballers and a teenage former biathlete have been killed in Ukraine, according to a number of sporting organizations. Fighting in the country entered its second week on Thursday after Russia’s invasion on February 24. FIFPro, the worldwide players’ union, tweeted on Tuesday: “Our thoughts are with the families, friends,

By Faith Karimi, CNN Ukrainian tennis star Sergiy Stakhovsky was vacationing with his family in Dubai when Russian forces invaded his home country. He made a tough decision to leave his wife and three young children at their home in Hungary and return to his homeland to join the fight. He’s now a member of

By Aleks Klosok, CNN Russian and Belarusian athletes will no longer be able to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing after multiple teams threatened not to compete at the Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Thursday. The decision comes less than a day after the IPC initially permitted athletes from both

By Zayn Nabbi, CNN With sirens blaring and explosions in the distance, it suddenly dawned on a fearful 20-year-old soccer player that he was in the middle of a warzone. What Amilcar Djau Codjovi, who plays for Ukrainian soccer club Vorskla Poltava, didn’t know was that he would spend the next two days frantically traveling

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Stanford University soccer player who helped secure the school’s 2019 NCAA women’s soccer championship was found dead in a campus residence, school officials said Wednesday. Katie Meyer was a senior International Relations major and team captain and goalkeeper on the Stanford soccer team, the school said. “Katie was extraordinarily committed

Exclusive: By Don Riddell, CNN Ukrainian boxers Oleksandr Usyk and Vasiliy Lomachenko are childhood friends. They grew up dreaming of fighting their way to fame and glory, and together they conquered the world with their fists. Between them, the 35-year-old Usyk and the 34-year-old Lomachenko won three Olympic gold medals and have since established themselves

By Aleks Klosok, CNN Ukraine will send a full contingent of 20 athletes and nine guides to the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Tuesday. The governing body tweeted a picture of the delegation with the message: “Ukraine’s Paralympic Team together earlier today before boarding for #Beijing2022.” The IPC

By Matthew Foster and Christina Macfarlane, CNN Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina says she has been suffering sleepless nights following the Russian invasion of her home country as she worries about her family and friends back home, describing what has happened as a “horrible time for all Ukrainians.” The 27-year-old, who was in Monterrey, Mexico,