Sports

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The Minnesota Timberwolves’ organization said Friday there is an investigation ongoing involving a spectator who is accused of “making racially charged comments” toward Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green during Minnesota’s Game 2 win in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The team also said that another fan

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Women’s World Cup will expand to 48 teams for the 2031 edition of the tournament, which could be hosted by the United States. The FIFA Council unanimously decided to expand the tournament from 32 teams to 48 in 2031, bringing it in line with the men’s World Cup

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The University of North Carolina on Friday denied that football head coach Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is prohibited from the team’s football facility. Journalist Pablo Torre released an episode of his podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” on Friday that included multiple claims about Hudson and her alleged influence

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN (CNN) — Motorcycle racing is dangerous, of that there is no doubt. But within the sport there is one category that sits (bruised) head and (fractured) shoulders above the others. Supercross is a spectacular form of dirt-bike racing played out in stadiums, with wild jumps, eye-widening speeds and battling competition. Few

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Minnesota Timberwolves made the most of Steph Curry’s absence to level their Western Conference semifinals series against the Golden State Warriors with a wire-to-wire 117-93 win in Game 2. Minnesota opened the game on a 13-0 run as it took Golden State almost five minutes to register its

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur continued to live in their own parallel worlds as both English teams reached the Europa League final on Thursday. The pair will meet in Bilbao, Spain, on May 21 in the hope of salvaging their seasons, with both suffering staggeringly bad form in

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Josaia Raisuqe, who won the men’s rugby sevens silver medal with Fiji at the Paris 2024 Olympics, has died, his club Castres Olympique said in a statement Thursday. He was 30 years old. Castres, a rugby union club which plays in France’s prestigious Top 14 championship, said Raisuqe died

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The New York Knicks fought back from a 20-point third-quarter deficit for the second straight game against the Boston Celtics to open up a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Jalen Brunson made two clutch free throws with 12.7 seconds remaining to give the Knicks a one-point

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy says he feels “a lot less pressure” as he prepares to return to major action having ended years of heartbreak with his victory at the Masters last month. The Northern Irishman was finally able to slip on the famous green jacket and enter himself into the record

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son has earned his first call-up for the Portugal Under-15 national squad, the team announced on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., 14, has been selected for the Portugal team which will take part in the Vlatko Marković International Tournament – a youth soccer tournament – later in