Sports

By Ana Melgar Zuniga and Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Costa Rican authorities believe it could take two or three months for investigators to determine Miller Gardner’s cause of death because of overloaded forensic laboratories in the Central American country. Miller, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, was found dead

By George Ramsay and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta Drive GC may have been the third-best team in the inaugural TGL season, but they flipped a switch in the playoffs to clinch the championship. Justin Thomas, Billy Horschel and Patrick Cantlay – who all came off mixed appearances at the Players Championship at TPC

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers say they have accepted an invite from Donald Trump to visit the White House to celebrate the team’s 2024 World Series win. The Dodgers made the announcement on social media Tuesday, upkeeping a longstanding tradition of champions meeting the president. The team announced it will

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Australian sprinter Gout Gout may only be 17, but Olympic 200-meter champion Letsile Tebogo says the teenage sensation has the potential to be one of the greatest athletes in history. Gout, widely considered one of the fastest youngsters in the world, has put together a series of breathtaking times

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Gaby Dabrowski enjoyed some of the most memorable victories of her tennis career last year, and did it all while quietly navigating a personal health crisis. It was only on New Year’s Eve that Dabrowski, one of the world’s top doubles players, revealed that she had been diagnosed with

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Over the years, the famous canary yellow shirt of the Brazil national team has become synonymous with World Cup success, beautiful soccer and legendary players. However, Brazil fans are having to adapt to a new reality: their team isn’t very good. In fact, it is actually pretty bad. On

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Milwaukee Bucks star guard Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a form of a blood clot, in his right calf, the team announced Tuesday night. He is likely to be sidelined indefinitely. The 34-year-old Lillard is on blood-thinning medication which has stabilized the DVT and

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The New York Giants are signing a Super Bowl-winning free agent quarterback to the roster. And despite rumors, it’s not Aaron Rodgers. The G-Men signed Russell Wilson, the team announced on Wednesday. The deal was first reported Tuesday by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who says that Wilson will sign a

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — World Athletics plans to introduce biological pre-clearance tests for track and field athletes before they can compete in the female category, the sport’s governing body announced Tuesday. These tests will screen athletes’ genetic samples to determine whether they contain the SRY gene, or “a genetic surrogate for a Y

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A worker has died on the construction site of the Aramco Stadium in Saudi Arabia, one of the venues set to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Besix Group, a construction company overseeing the project in Al Khobar, confirmed in a statement to CNN Sports that “a worker sadly

By Ben Morse, Ana Melgar Zuñiga and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Asphyxiation has been ruled out as the cause of death for Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, Costa Rican officials told CNN on Tuesday. Gardner and his wife Jessica announced on Sunday that their son Miller

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Monday was a day to forget for the Americans at the Miami Open, with six US representatives suffering defeat across the men’s and women’s singles. No. 3 seed Coco Gauff lost to the unseeded Magda Linette 6-4, 6-4, while defending champion Danielle Collins was beaten by the same scoreline

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — CNN Sports’ Amanda Davies was crowned Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards on Monday. Davies was up against the BBC’s Dan Roan, Sky Sports’ Patrick Davison, Sky News’ Rob Harris, Amazon Prime’s Alex Aljoe and Sky Sports News’ Craig Slater. Afterwards, Davies called

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — University of Southern California’s star sophomore guard JuJu Watkins threw her head back in agony as she was lifted off the hardwood and carried from the court during the top-seeded Trojans’ second round game against Mississippi State in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament Monday. The Trojans went on to