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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Frank Lomani’s game-ending kick may have drifted wide of the posts, but that mattered little for Fiji’s players. As the final whistle blew on the Rugby World Cup group stage match, they could now celebrate beating Australia for the first time in the tournament’s history – and a first

By Ben Church and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Hermoso has not been named in Spain’s 23-woman squad to face Sweden and Switzerland in its upcoming matches, but 20 players who signed a letter refusing to play the two fixtures have been included. Last week, the majority of Spain’s World Cup-winning squad refused to

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Mike Babcock has resigned as the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the team announced on Sunday. “Upon reflection, it has become clear that continuing as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets was going to be too much of a distraction,” Babcock said in the statement. “While I’m disappointed to

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Sahith Theegala’s first PGA Tour triumph had a home from home vibe about it. A delirious ensemble of more than 35 friends and family packed behind the ropes to roar the California-born golfer to Fortinet Championship glory in Napa on Sunday. The 25-year-old signed off with a four-under 68

By Jacob Lev and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett dedicated his crucial pick-six in a 27-17 win against the Chicago Bears on Sunday to his late two-year-old daughter. With 2:12 left on the clock and Tampa Bay holding a narrow 20-17 lead, Bears quarterback Justin Fields dropped back into

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — If Week 1 is the week of overreaction, Week 2 is when we begin to see patterns emerging. Whether it be impressive performances, breakout stars or disappointing signs, the second weekend of action is when the NFL starts to take shape. Week 2 had it all, so let’s have

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Armand Duplantis reached seventh heaven at the Diamond League Final on Sunday as he yet again broke the pole vault world record. After he cleared six meters, 23 centimeters – the seventh time in his career that he has broken the world record – Duplantis leaped off the landing

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — It was a tantalizing reveal, the lid of a pizza box being flipped open to show Lionel Messi’s Friday night dinner – a freshly baked pie. But in that moment, some of his many fans completely lost their appetite. It wasn’t his choice of toppings prepared by the Argentine

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood star Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson reduced University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders to the brink of tears on Saturday, surprising him on the set of ESPN’s College “GameDay.” “Coach Prime is changing the face of college football and he’s doing it his way but he’s also doing

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — It has been a while since Red Bull failed to win a Formula One race so the Singapore Grand Prix gave fans some unexpected variety when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz secured victory in Sunday’s night race. Such has been Red Bull’s dominance, the last time one of their drivers failed

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani has been ruled out of the rest of the season with right oblique inflammation, an inflammation of the core muscles, his team announced on Saturday.   The two-way superstar had already been ruled out of pitching for the season after tearing his ulnar

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Formula One driver Lance Stroll will miss Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix after the Canadian suffered a huge crash in Saturday’s qualifying, his Aston Martin team said. Pushing to make it through to the next round of qualifying, Stroll crashed into the barriers at high speed at the final corner

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Since Lionel Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami, the club has experienced a turnaround in its fortunes, going unbeaten in 11 games after a nine-game winless streak. But that all changed on Saturday as Inter Miami sunk to a 5-2 defeat against Atlanta United, after taking to