Sports

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — After a year fraught with personal and professional turbulence, Rory McIlroy ended 2024 in his much-frequented happy place: the winner’s circle. A third career win at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday put the gloss on a sixth Race to Dubai victory for the Northern

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Tottenham Hotspur player Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match domestic suspension and fined around $126,000 (£100,000) for a comment he made in an interview about teammate Son Heung-min. A report published by the English Football Association (FA) on Monday details how, in an interview with Uruguayan journalist Rafa

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has been fined $100,000 for using what the NBA called “an offensive and derogatory comment” following his team’s 115-114 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Interviewed on the Hornets’ local FanDuel Sports Network, the 2022 All-Star was asked about how the team defended

By Matias Grez and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Cleveland Cavaliers became just the fourth team in NBA history to start a season 15-0 after beating the Charlotte Hornets 128-114 on Sunday night. After trailing 5-4 just under two minutes into the game, the Cavs then opened up an early double-digit lead

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Jannik Sinner couldn’t have dreamed of a better ending to his remarkable 2024 season. The world No. 1 defeated American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 to win the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, on Sunday, claiming the trophy for the first time on home soil. The victory also avenged his

By Ben Morse and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Week 11 saw late drama, blowout wins and surprising upsets as the 2024 NFL season’s playoff picture became a little bit clearer. There was a huge result in the AFC as the Buffalo Bills handed the Kansas City Chiefs their first defeat of the

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Another season, another epic battle between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. The Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 30-21 in a showdown between two of the best teams in the AFC on Sunday at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Things did not start too pretty for

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Running back Ashton Jeanty continued his standout, historic season on Friday, setting a single-season school rushing record and helping No. 13 Boise State Broncos to a 42-21 win over San Jose State on Saturday. Jeanty rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns, taking his season total to a record

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — One is a Youtuber-turned-boxer. The other is a boxer who had not fought professionally for almost 20 years. And yet the combination of Jake Paul and Mike Tyson taking to the ring in front of over 70,000 fans at the home of the Dallas Cowboys gripped the sporting public,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Jon Jones retained his UFC heavyweight title with an impressive spinning kick to stop Stipe Miocic in the third round of their fight at UFC 309 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Jones had not fought since winning the title in his heavyweight debut in March last year while

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Week 11 of the 2024 NFL season is here and the race for the playoff spots are beginning to heat up. As well as key clashes at the top of each conference, there are meaningful games between teams vying for wild-card places with some franchises knowing that a defeat

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. He was 82. Karolyi, along with his wife and world-class coaching partner Marta Karolyi, is credited with catapulting US women’s