Sports

By Steve Almasy, Homero De la Fuente and Hannah Brewitt, CNN (CNN) — Super Bowl LVIII will feature a new dynasty facing off with an old one as the Kansas City Chiefs meet the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas on February 11 after each was victorious in Sunday’s NFL conference championship games. The Chiefs,

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — For years, tennis has been searching for the players to fill the sizeable shoes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic when all of the ‘Big Three’ finally hang up their rackets. Carlos Alcaraz has emerged only relatively recently to pick up the torch as the leading star

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Aged 43, Rohan Bopanna became the oldest male player in the Open era to ever win a grand slam title on Saturday when he and his partner, Matthew Ebden, won the Australian Open men’s doubles tournament. India’s Bopanna and Australia’s Ebden completed a 7-6(0) 7-5 victory over Italians Simone

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Sixteen years ago, the Detroit Lions made history – but for all the wrong reasons. In 2008, the organization became the first ever NFL team to go winless through a 16-game season. For one of the league’s longest-tenured franchises after playing its inaugural season in 1934, it was a

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been hospitalized after suffering chemical burns from detergent in a “freak accident,” South Africa Rugby said in a statement. The 51-year-old is said to be “recovering in hospital following a medical procedure for chemical burns sustained in a freak accident using

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her Australian Open women’s title on Saturday, dismantling China’s Zheng Qinwen 6-3 6-2 in the final in Melbourne and completing a dominant tournament in which she did not drop a single set. The Belarusian unleashed her supply of powerful groundstrokes from the very start, completely

By Jason Hanna and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid have now done in one week what only eight other players have done in NBA history – score more than 70 points in a game. Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks’ star guard, scored 73 points Friday night in his team’s

By Jacob Lev and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — While all eyes are on Travis Kelce’s relationship, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end says his focus is on his happiness and the team’s upcoming game on Sunday that will determine whether they go to the Super Bowl. “I brought this upon myself and I do

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — China’s Zheng Qinwen will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of compatriot and idol Li Na, who was crowned Australian Open champion a decade ago, when she faces Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s final. Zheng, the No. 12 seed, has enjoyed a favorable run to the final in which

CNN By Poppy Harlow and Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — While the NFL playoffs near their finale with this weekend’s conference championship games, one person who won’t be involved is Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell. O’Connell’s Vikings missed out on the postseason this time round, but that has left him plenty of time to

CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl. Except if you’re willing to suspend all rational thought and subscribe to an online theory that’s in vogue that the two teams who could

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are 18 weeks of action and then three rounds of playoff games to decide which two teams will compete in the Super Bowl. Except if you’re willing to suspend all rational thought and subscribe to an online theory that’s in vogue that the two teams who could be

By Poppy Harlow and Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — While the NFL playoffs near their finale with this weekend’s conference championship games, one person who won’t be involved is Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell. O’Connell’s Vikings missed out on the postseason this time round, but that has left him plenty of time to enjoy

By Thomas Schlachter and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin – the most successful skier of all time – was taken by ambulance to a local clinic following a crash in the women’s downhill event in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Friday. The American was midway through her run when she lost