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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Maya Merhige eventually stopped counting her jellyfish stings, such was the frequency with which they were getting scorched against her skin. At this point, Merhige was already several hours into her 27-mile swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand and had slowly become immune to the small, burning

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo said the confrontation between him and the father of Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton at the end of Game 5 of their first-round playoff series was sparked by “disrespectful” behavior. Haliburton had hit what would be a game-winning shot with 1.3 seconds remaining in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — No criminal charges will be brought over the 2023 death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Tuesday. Johnson died after sustaining a cut to the neck in a collision with another player during the second period of the Nottingham Panthers’ game

By Ben Morse and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Cleveland Cavaliers completed their first-round sweep of the Miami Heat on Monday in impressive fashion, dominating on the road to earn a 138-83 Game 4 road win. The Cavs rounded out the 4-0 series win with a huge 55-point victory, as six Cleveland players hit

By Amanda Davies, Ben Church and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal exclusively told CNN Sports he completely trusts that world No. 1 Jannik Sinner is innocent, as the Italian prepares to return from a doping suspension. Sinner is approaching the end of a three-month ban having twice tested positive for

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Unlike seven years ago, the Philadelphia Eagles celebrated their Super Bowl victory at the White House with President Donald Trump on Monday. The Eagles traveled to Washington for the traditional championship victory lap, taking photos with the president, presenting him with an Eagles jersey emblazoned with “Trump 47” and

By Associated Press New York (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he discussed Pete Rose with President Donald Trump at a meeting two weeks ago and he plans to rule on a request to end the sport’s permanent ban of the career hits leader, who died in September. Speaking Monday at a meeting of

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Professional cricket phenom Vaibhav Suryavanshi put on a show for the ages Monday when the 14-year-old hit a century from just 35 balls in the first day of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between the Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans in Jaipur, India. After hitting his 7th six

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Alex Zverev was given a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct after using his phone to take a photo of a disputed ball mark in the middle of his 2-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(0) win over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. In the 10th game of the second set, Zverev was left bemused after

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Japanese golfer Mao Saigo won her first LPGA major at the Chevron Championship on Sunday, and she certainly did it the hard way. The 23-year-old won a dramatic five-way playoff after getting a birdie on the final hole to share the lead with America’s Lindy Duncan, Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley was seen spending time with US president Donald Trump a day before the team’s scheduled visit to the White House to celebrate their recent Super Bowl victory. Trump is expected to host the Eagles at the White House on Monday after beating