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Story by Reuters (CNN) — Non-league Macclesfield Town produced one of the FA Cup’s most startling soccer upsets on Saturday beating titleholders Crystal Palace 2–1 in a third‑round thriller. Captain Paul Dawson and Isaac Buckley-Ricketts struck in each half as the home side – coached by Wayne Rooney’s younger brother John – stunned Premier League

By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — The three-day football extravaganza known as “Super Wild Card Weekend” kicks off on Saturday as the NFL playoffs officially get underway and the road to the Bay Area begins. Here are the games we’ll be watching: 4:30 p.m. ET, Saturday: Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers on Fox 8

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — US snowboarding star Chloe Kim confirmed on Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder while practicing in Switzerland, leaving her participation in next month’s Winter Olympics in doubt. The two-time Olympic women’s halfpipe champion posted the video of her injury to Instagram, which took place in Laax – host

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The NHL’s Ottawa Senators say they are “extremely disappointed” and “disgusted” to see rumors about goaltender Linus Ullmark spread online. Ullmark was granted a leave of absence for “personal reasons” last month, with Senators general manager Steve Staios saying at the time that the starting goaltender had the full

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Somewhere between what had been a previously unimaginable football commute from Pasadena, California, to Bloomington, Indiana, the first day of January bled into the second. The Indiana Hoosiers, fresh off eviscerating none other than Alabama at the high holy grounds of the Rose Bowl, pulled up to the

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — It could easily have been a tennis match that nobody really noticed. Instead, it became instantly viral online. The first round of the International Tennis Federation’s W35 tournament, played on a clay court in Nairobi, Kenya, wouldn’t normally make much of a splash in the tennis world, but millions

By Kyle Feldscher, Frank Nunns OConnell, Jill Martin, Kevin Dotson, Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Miami Dolphins are now looking for a head coach after firing Mike McDaniel on Thursday. The dismissal is the latest of a team leader as NFL franchises look to retool from disappointing seasons. “After careful evaluation and extensive discussions

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — At the end of an extended visit with an SEC school he prefers not to name, Tony Annese considered all that he had seen. Players with lots of recruiting stars next to their names and coaches with lots of zeroes on their paychecks. Smoothie stations ready to replenish calories