Sports

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) — Minutes after his beloved St. John’s basketball team lost to Duke in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, a dejected Mike Repole stood in the Capital One Arena stands in his Red Storm jacket and shrugged. Smiling morosely, he said to CNN Sports, “At least we

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Even as one of the best athletes in the world, Hellen Obiri says she’ll still be nervous lining up at the start of this weekend’s London Marathon. It’s incredible, though, that the Kenyan would have any doubts at all. After all, the 36-year-old is a double world champion in

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — If you and three friends wanted to go watch the World Cup final in person this year, you’re in luck. Four tickets, all sitting together, have been made available behind one of the goals at MetLife Stadium for July 19. But if that sounds too good to be true?

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN (CNN) — At 29 years old with three world titles and millions of followers on social media, you could forgive most sports stars for easing back a little and enjoying their success. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, however, is not interested in resting on any laurels. Instead, this year the former World Superbike star

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) — Formula One has, in the year of 2026, perhaps never been as unpredictable and unexpected as demonstrated by the opening scenes of the still nascent season. Three races in, there’ve been unforeseen winners, unpredicted changes to the schedule and the unanticipated reality of regulation changes

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Fernando Mendoza has had a remarkable last 12 months and the 22-year-old added another milestone on Thursday to his constantly growing resume: Becoming the top selection in the NFL draft. The Las Vegas Raiders selected the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback with the first overall pick The 22-year-old, who was watching

By Kyle Feldscher, Jill Martin, Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The New England Patriots are backing head coach Mike Vrabel after a second report in the New York Post raised questions about the reigning coach of the year’s relationship with a former reporter from The Athletic. Vrabel has been under the microscope in recent weeks

By Sebastian Shukla, Claudia Otto, CNN Berlin, Germany (CNN) — Marie-Louise Eta received a typical German welcome at Union Berlin’s Stadion An der Altern Försterei on Saturday. “Fußballgöttin!” (“football goddess”) they bellowed in deafening unison. Eta, 34, was named interim manager of the Bundesliga club last week after the sacking of the under-performing Steffan Baumgart.