Sports

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Manchester City was seemingly coasting to victory against Crystal Palace on Saturday, but two goals up with less than 15 minutes of regular time left, the Premier League champion’s afternoon unraveled. Palace pulled one back, and then scored another deep into injury time after City had conceded a careless

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had surgery Saturday after falling and breaking his hip, according to his longtime business partner. “He is recovering just fine,” Deborah Morales told CNN on Sunday afternoon. Abdul-Jabbar, 76, was hospitalized Friday, Morales previously said. The former Los Angeles Lakers star was attending a concert

By Issy Ronald and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer is “thankfully responsive” after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during the Premier League game against AFC Bournemouth on Saturday, his club announced. The match was abandoned due to the incident and Luton said that Lockyer had been taken to

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — CJ Stroud’s voice cracks. He’s just acknowledged his faith in reference to the road he’s been on. “It’s taken a lot of hard work,” says Stroud as he fights back tears. Stroud is speaking on stage at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, in front of thousands of people

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When LeBron James and Victor Wembanyama took to the court on Friday, it marked a monumental meeting between two generational talents – one at the end of his career, the other at the beginning – as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 129-115, snapping their record

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Even before he signed his historic $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, everybody was talking about Shohei Ohtani as baseball’s biggest, and most marketable, star. Ever since he joined the Los Angeles Angels six years ago, Ohtani has redefined baseball, able to stamp his authority on a

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods says that he and son Charlie have “fed off our competitive nature” as they prepare to play alongside each other at the PNC Championship in Florida this weekend. This will be the fourth time that the father-son duo has appeared at the annual tournament in Orlando, which

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A cheating scandal involving five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and US grandmaster Hans Niemann that has gripped the sport looks to have finally reached a conclusion following the release of a report by FIDE, the sport’s world governing body. US chess prodigy Niemann was accused of cheating by

By Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — A day after the Los Angeles Chargers were blown out by the Las Vegas Raiders, the team announced that head coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco have been fired. The Chargers lost to the Raiders 63-21 on Thursday night in Las Vegas, a game

By Claudia Colliva, CNN (CNN) — Three months after leaving French soccer club OGC Nice, Julien Fournier, who had served as their sporting director until July 2022, spoke of tensions with his former colleague Christophe Galtier. The 57-year-old Galtier had coached OGC Nice during the 2021-22 season, before his appointment as Paris Saint-Germain coach in July

By Samuel Joseph, CNN (CNN) — What a difference four days makes in the NFL. After losing 3-0 to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday in a game totally devoid of offensive prowess, the Las Vegas Raiders put up 47 first-half points on their way to a 63-12 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday.

By Ben Morse and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A former Jacksonville Jaguars employee could face up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to financial crimes which included stealing more than $22 million from the NFL team. Amit Patel pleaded guilty to felony charges of wire fraud and illegal monetary transaction in US

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Rebecca Welch has become the first female referee to take charge of an English Premier League match, after she officiated Burnley’s 2-0 win against Fulham on Saturday. This is just the latest landmark for Welch, an experienced referee who made history in November as the first woman to

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled their newest acquisition Shohei Ohtani to the media on Thursday after the 29-year-old signed a historic 10-year, $700 million deal with the team last week, The two-way superstar, who donned the team’s jersey during a press conference at the Dodger Stadium, told reporters that he hoped to