Sports

By Ben Morse and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Described as having “nerves of steel,” Andreas Brehme – whose penalty kick in the 1990 World Cup final led West Germany to victory – has died aged 63, his former team Bayern Munich announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. No cause of death was given.

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Look out, there’s another chess prodigy on the scene. At eight years, six months and 11 days, Ashwath Kaushik made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest player ever to beat a chess grandmaster in a classical tournament game. The youngster, who lives in Singapore, achieved the feat after

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Teresa Gould will become the first-ever ‘Power 5’ Conference female commissioner and lead the Pac-12 Conference after being promoted from her role as Pac-12 deputy commissioner, the conference announced on Monday. She will succeed George Kliavkoff in the role from March 1, having joined the Pac-12 as deputy commissioner

By Homero De la Fuente, George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Newly-crowned Daytona 500 champion William Byron has explained how a “really unique” background in online racing helped to lay the foundations for his success in motorsports. Byron weathered a chaotic conclusion to Monday’s rain-delayed event, kickstarting Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with the team’s first

By Wynn Westmoreland, CNN (CNN) — Former college and pro basketball player Rex Chapman is now a social media influencer and popular podcaster, but in between those accomplishments, he developed a drug and gambling addiction and was arrested for shoplifting. “Sports and addiction kind of go hand-in-hand because most people that do anything just really

By Shawn Deng, Wayne Chang and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi is still trying to explain his absence from a soccer game in Hong Kong as the Inter Miami star released a video on Monday on Chinese social media platform Weibo following a text statement he made about two weeks ago. On February

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Brooklyn Nets have relieved head coach Jacque Vaughn of his duties, the team said in a statement, with the franchise set to name an interim replacement in the “near future.” Amid earlier reports that Vaughn had been fired, the Nets released a statement on Monday confirming the decision.

CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — In the search of enlightenment, some try Buddhism, others meditation. Patrick Koenig played golf – a lot of golf. Koenig says that if he only played one round of golf per day in 2023, then that was a day off. Not a day off from work, but a

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — An orange mankini is the talk of the equestrian world after an Australian show jumper’s risqué outfit choice threatened to derail his hopes of making a fourth appearance at the Olympic Games. Shane Rose was stood down from competitions temporarily for wearing a mankini at an event in New

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A team exceeded the 200-point mark for the first time in NBA history as the Eastern Conference won the All-Star Game for the first time since 2014, beating the Western Conference 211-186 on Sunday in the annual showcase of the league’s premier talents. The star-studded rosters featured some of

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — When baseball players are hit by pitches, it’s likely for one of two reasons: a move of retaliation from the pitcher’s team or an errant throw. So when college baseball player Matt Masciangelo was hit by eight pitches in nine plate appearances over three games across the weekend, he

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Baylor women’s basketball program retired Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey in a pre-game ceremony at the Foster Pavilion, Texas, on Sunday. Griner, who was wearing a letterman jacket, was met with loud cheers as she walked onto the court. Fans in attendance were all given yellow shirts

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It was a comeback round so incredible that his playing partner had to stop and ponder if it was the best he had ever witnessed. Champion Hideki Matsuyama’s assessment? “Today was an OK round.” Having started Sunday six shots off leader Patrick Cantlay at The Genesis Invitational, the Japanese

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, who set a new NBA record by making his 20th All-Star appearance at the weekend, told reporters ahead of the history-setting night in Indianapolis that he wants to finish his career as a Laker. The four-time NBA champion added that although he