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CNN By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Sweden’s Maja Stark is now a major champion after winning the 80th US Women’s Open on Sunday at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. The 25-year-old is the first Swede to win a US Women’s Open since Annika Sörenstam earned her third title in 2006. The only other Swede to

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist on the table in frustration after suffering a shock loss to defending classical chess world champion Gukesh Dommaraju at the 2025 Norway Chess tournament on Sunday. Nineteen-year-old Gukesh pounced on a rare mistake from Carlsen at Finansparken in Stavanger, Norway, to seal the 3-0

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Sweden’s Maja Stark is now a major champion after winning the 80th US Women’s Open on Sunday at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. The 25-year-old is the first Swede to win a US Women’s Open since Annika Sörenstam earned her third title in 2006. The only other Swede to win

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — John Brenkus, the founder and host of the Emmy-winning “Sports Science” show, has died aged 54 after a battle with depression, a statement on his social media account said on Sunday. “It is with profound sadness that we share the news that John Brenkus has passed away,” the statement

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Iga Świątek came from a set and a break down against Elena Rybakina to extend her winning run at the French Open, prevailing 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday. Three-time defending champion Świątek has now recorded 25 consecutive main draw wins at Roland-Garros, with Chris Evert the only woman in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler joined Tiger Woods as the only players to win consecutive Memorial Tournament titles after cruising to victory on Sunday. The world No. 1 carded a two-under 70 in his final round to secure a four-shot victory at the tournament in Dublin, Ohio, to finish at 10-under 278.

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Oscar Piastri led from start to finish to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ world championship. While Piastri coasted to victory, Max Verstappen and George Russell clashed with just one lap left in the race when Verstappen was

By Jamie Barton, Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Tommy Paul became the first American man since Andre Agassi in 2003 to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open after he beat Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday. A short time later, he was joined by countryman Frances Tiafoe, who dispatched Daniel

By Ben Church, CNN Allianz Arena, Munich (CNN) — Arguably the most memorable moment of Saturday’s Champions League final had nothing to do with soccer at all. That’s not to say the action on the pitch didn’t live up to expectation, because it did. Paris Saint-Germain made history with a record-breaking 5-0 win over Inter

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks 125-108 to win the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals in six games and advance to the franchise’s first NBA Finals since 2000. It was another hard fought battle between two teams with a storied past that was a tight game until the

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Two of baseball’s biggest stars lined up against each other on Friday and produced a blockbuster, historic game. First Aaron Judge and then Shohei Ohtani homered at their respective first at bats of the game, making history as the first reigning MVPs to hit a home run in the

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — As Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting tapped the ball into the Paris Saint-Germain net on March 8, 2023, the irony was not lost on the French fans. Choupo-Moting, a relatively unremarkable but selfless player, had been released by PSG for free in 2020. And here he was, scoring the second of