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By Kevin Dotson and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Golden State Warriors and Orlando Magic punched their tickets to the playoffs with wins Tuesday night in the NBA’s play-in tournament. The Magic made easy work of the Atlanta Hawks while the Warriors played a nail-biter against the Memphis Grizzlies. In a game full of

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A spectator who threw a bottle at cyclist Mathieu van der Poel during a race surrendered to Flemish police on Monday, the West Flanders deputy public prosecutor confirmed to CNN Sports. The 2023 world road champion cyclist had a plastic bottle launched at his face roughly 20.5 miles (33

By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — He may be known for his fierce defense on the basketball court, and the iconic finger wag he gave opponents after blocking their shot, but giving back was NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo’s true calling card. The Democratic Republic of Congo native was considered one of the greatest defensive players

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — A thrilling finale to the NBA regular season shook up the play-in tournament places in the Western Conference, while there will be some familiar faces taking part in the East. The play-in has already provided many memorable moments and there are yet more enticing match-ups in 2025. How to

By Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN (CNN) — Every Saturday night throughout the year, Robert Wirehag – a pastor and former youth soccer player for Swedish club IK Sirius – arranges “night football” in Gottsunda, a suburb of Uppsala, Sweden’s fourth-largest city. Uppsala is traditionally known as a peaceful university town roughly 44 miles from the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The president of CONCACAF – the governing body which runs North, Central America and Caribbean soccer – has added his voice to those opposing a proposal to expand the men’s World Cup in 2030 to 64 teams. The majority of the 2030 tournament will be hosted by Spain, Morocco

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The Phoenix Suns fired head coach Mike Budenholzer on Monday after just one year in charge. Despite the presence of star players Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal on the team, the Suns endured a poor season under Budenholzer, finishing with a 36-46 record. That saw them finish

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There have been some pretty unique gender reveals over the years and baseball star Bryce Harper put his own special spin on the trend on Monday. The Philadelphia Phillies star had the gender of his fourth child revealed to him with the baseball bat he used in his team’s

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off winning her first NCAA women’s basketball title at the University of Connecticut, superstar guard Paige Bueckers was selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Wings in Monday night’s WNBA draft in New York. Bueckers and the Huskies dominated then-reigning national champion South Carolina Gamecocks 82-59 in Tampa,

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — It was a weekend of firsts for the San Diego Padres as their hot start to the season shows little sign of slowing – and it’s hard to know which statistic to start with. On Sunday, the Padres became the first MLB team since the then-named Cleveland Indians in

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy began his champion’s press conference at the Masters not with an answer, but with a question. Addressing the hundreds of sportswriters who’ve been covering his professional career over the last 17 years, he extended his arms in his new green jacket and asked: “What are we going

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Following the end of the NCAA tournament, the next tentpole event in the women’s basketball calendar is the WNBA draft. With teams looking for an injection of college talent to galvanize them ahead of the 2025 season, the draft offers franchises an opportunity to reset and recalibrate. There is