Sports

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — The NBA is being hit by an international storm, attracting athletes from all corners of the world. At the start of the 2024-25 season, the league announced that a record-tying 125 international players were on opening night rosters. Those 125 players came from 43 countries, including Australia, Germany,

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run of the 2025 postseason as the Toronto Blue Jays dominated the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Sunday to force Game 7 in the American League Championship Series (ALCS). The only major league team without a pennant, Seattle will play a Game

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Tel Aviv soccer derby between Hapoel and Maccabi was canceled on Sunday after what police described as “public disorder and violent riots.” The Israeli Premier League match was due to be played at Bloomfield Stadium, which is shared by the two Tel Aviv rivals, but videos on social

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The theme of the NFL season so far has been the uncertainty of results, with late comebacks or collapses happening more and more. And Week 7 was no different, with teams overturning seemingly insurmountable leads to somehow rescue results from the most unlikely of situations. Through the first seven

By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — The San Jose Sharks have apologized after an apparent offensive message seeming to praise Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was displayed on the arena’s scoreboard during the team’s Hispanic heritage celebration on Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Video shared with CNN showed the scoreboard displaying: “SJ SHARKS FANS

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Ange Postecoglou was fired by Nottingham Forest on Saturday following his team’s 3-0 defeat to Chelsea, just 39 days after he was appointed manager at the City Ground. The former Tottenham and Celtic boss failed to win a single game during his short tenure in Nottingham, drawing two and

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — It is no exaggeration to say the most important swing of the bat by a Mariner in 30 years happened on Friday night. Eugenio Suárez approached the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied at two each. Moments later, he hit just the second

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — It’s once again Sho-time in the World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers will have a chance to defend their World Series title in this year’s Fall Classic after a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, clinching a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers were

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — In a rare interview, Lia Thomas described what life was like as arguably the most prominent transgender swimmer in the world. Thomas has been the subject of global scrutiny after winning a host of NCAA women’s races, triggering an outcry from those who thought she – as a transgender