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Story by the Associated Press (CNN) — India won the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time with a 52-run victory over South Africa on Sunday, led by brilliant all-round performances from Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma. Opening batter Verma, who was only called back into the squad as injury cover for the finals,

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season came down to the wire with Kyle Larson beating out Denny Hamlin to secure his second career Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona on Sunday. Larson was one of the four drivers including Hamlin, Chase Briscoe

By Associated Press New York (AP) — Hellen Obiri of Kenya set a women’s course record to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday while compatriot Benson Kipruto won the men’s race by edging Alexander Mutiso in a photo finish. Obiri, who also won the race in 2023, finished in 2 hours, 19 minutes

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed a contract ahead of the 2024 season worth $325 million over 12 years. He had never thrown a pitch in Major League Baseball. But the Los Angeles Dodgers had enough money to take that kind of risk, making the bet that such an insane amount of

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Let’s play one more. The Los Angeles Dodgers used lockdown pitching, one three-run inning and an incredible double play in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 that promises plenty of drama. Friday night’s Game 6

By Aleks Klosok, Darren Lewis, CNN London (CNN) — Alex Iwobi vividly remembers the day: Friday, August 8, 2019. The transformative moment? A late, unexpected move for the then 23-year-old on transfer deadline day from his boyhood club of Arsenal to Premier League side Everton. The day, that as he says, he “became a man.”

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — The placard attached to the podium read “Protecting the most vulnerable,’’ but on this particular Wednesday Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry took aim at a very specific apex predator: Big-time football. The governor, who was supposed to be talking about food stamps that are nearing a crisis point due to

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Ever since he first picked up a tennis racket, João Fonseca has shown a penchant for power – even if it came with mixed results. “I was the kind of kid that destroyed the ball,” says Fonseca. “Sometimes, it would go into the fence; sometimes, it would go straight