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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Bay FC, the newest team in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), has made an ambitious statement of intent ahead of the upcoming season by signing Zambian international Racheal Kundananji. Kundananji reposted the team announcement on her Instagram account. She is believed to be the most expensive female soccer

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Five-time NBA All-Star Jayson Tatum poured in a game-high 41 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 118-110 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. The Celtics have one of the best five-man units in the NBA with their starting lineup of Jrue Holiday,

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Brahim Díaz scored a sensational goal on Tuesday to earn an injury-plagued Real Madrid a 1-0 win and the advantage in its Champions League last-16 tie against RB Leipzig. The 24-year-old’s brilliant effort was the only goal of the first leg, with the Spanish giant taking its slim lead

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Breathing heavily, Oleksandr Malchevsky puts on his prosthesis and hurries home to his wife and son. The 39-year-old has just lost a soccer game, but he isn’t too upset. For him, the sport is more than just a game – it’s about helping his rehabilitation as he adjusts to

CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII came down to the wire. Sixty minutes of action couldn’t separate the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers and so the Super Bowl went to overtime. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the 49ers’ decision to take first possession in overtime has come

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — No sooner had Usher delivered the final “Yeah!” of his Super Bowl LVIII half-time show, when the millions watching worldwide were transported from the cacophony of Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to the quiet of a child’s bedroom in Ghana’s capital Accra. Titled “Born to Play,” the two-and-a-half minute advert

By Ben Church and Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — The noise of fighter jets zipping overhead is a sound that Serhii Palkin finds difficult to forget – even two years on. Like every Ukrainian, the 49-year-old lived through the “nightmare” that unfolded as Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. While

By Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson will be part of the Liverpool FC Legends management team for a charity soccer match, the club announced in a statement on Tuesday. Eriksson, who publicly revealed his terminal cancer diagnosis last month, will be on the sidelines alongside Liverpool greats Ian Rush, John Barnes and

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A new look and new history for transcendent rookie Victor Wembanyama. The first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft produced a historic stat line on Monday, posting 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks to record a rarely seen triple-double in a 122-99 San Antonio Spurs win over

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII came down to the wire. Sixty minutes of action couldn’t separate the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers and so the Super Bowl went to overtime. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but the 49ers’ decision to take first possession in overtime has come under

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just a day after Patrick Mahomes lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft for the second time in as many years, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback already had his eyes set on more success. Having now won three Super Bowls in five years, Mahomes is looking to make history next

By Matias Grez and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — German basketball team ART Giants Düsseldorf is mourning the death of 17-year-old Ukrainian player Volodymyr Yermakov, who left Ukraine in 2023 to escape the war with Russia, following an alleged stabbing on Saturday. Police in the German city of Essen said in a statement that a