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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Once the immediate shock and joy at becoming the undisputed heavyweight world champion had subsided, Oleksandr Usyk’s thoughts turned to his late father who passed away in 2012. As the Ukrainian recalled the last time he dreamt about his father in the press conference after defeating Tyson Fury, his

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark had the best individual game of her fledgling WNBA career to date, registering 22 points, six rebounds and eight assists, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Indiana Fever from losing a third straight game. The Fever lost 91-80 to the New York Liberty on Saturday to

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Bayer Leverkusen completed the most dominant Bundesliga season in history with a 2-1 victory over Augsberg on Saturday, becoming the first champion to lift the trophy without suffering a defeat all campaign. So successful has the team been this season that it has earned the club a new and

By Reuters (CNN) — Oleksandr Usyk scored a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a thrilling contest at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the early hours of Sunday morning. Dwarfed by his enormous opponent, Usyk had to weather a storm in the middle of the fight but he

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — His face turned skyward and scrunched in agony, it was not the expected reaction of a man about to tie a fabled record, but that’s just how close Shane Lowry came to achieving the truly historic at the PGA Championship. The Irishman levelled the lowest score ever carded at

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — On any other afternoon at any other tournament, Adam Hadwin’s seventh hole would have served up the most surreal scenes of the day. During the second round of the PGA Championship though, it was just another hole. Having lost his club to the waters of Kentucky’s Valhalla Golf Club

By Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Global superstar Simone Biles came out on top at the Core Hydration Classic on Saturday winning the all-around gold and marking the perfect start to her season before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this summer. Biles’ overall score of 59.500 was nearly two full points better

By Ben Church and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Seize The Grey bested an eight-horse field to win the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at a muddy Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Entering the race at 9-1 odds, Seize The Grey ran ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan throughout the race. Mystik Dan finished second

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A former employee of the Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) in Georgia has pleaded guilty to stealing millions worth of Masters Tournament merchandise and memorabilia. Richard Globensky, 39, admitted in a federal court in Chicago that he repeatedly stole items while employed as a warehouse assistant by the club

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — It’s been one of sport’s biggest cases of “will they, won’t they” in recent memory: finally, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will step into the ring to face each other on Saturday. After months of talk and canceled fights, the two boxers will exchange blows to crown the first

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — His body shaking, Scottie Scheffler sat in a jail cell watching the story of his own arrest unfold on a nearby TV. Once his heart rate had settled, the world’s top-ranked golfer began his warm-up routine for the second round of the PGA Championship in Kentucky. Yet having begun

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler is a man well-accustomed to making global headlines, but almost never for events beyond the confines of the golf course. The extraordinary scenes that saw the world No.1 arrested outside Kentucky’s Valhalla Golf Club were rendered even more remarkable given his background. This is a golfer, a

CNN By Jill Martin, Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The world’s top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, was arrested, charged with felony assault and released from jail before shooting a stellar 5-under par at the PGA Championship on Friday in a whirlwind few hours that upended the typically staid world of professional golf. “I