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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Karachi (CNN) — Jet fighters flew over a packed stadium in southern Pakistan, streaking the sky with the green and white of the national flag and garlanding a sporting spectacle the country has been waiting to host for a generation. The two teams strutted out into the National Stadium in Karachi

By Jill Martin, Kyle Feldscher and Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Judge with a beard? With the rollback of a decades-old New York Yankees team rule, that just might be possible. Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner announced Friday that the team has amended its facial hair policy to allow “well-groomed beards.” It’s a

CNN By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. It’s a saying that perhaps aptly describes Charles Leclerc’s pursuit of the Formula One holy grail: a maiden world drivers’ championship title. Season by season the Ferrari driver has steadily chipped away, inching closer and

By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. It’s a saying that perhaps aptly describes Charles Leclerc’s pursuit of the Formula One holy grail: a maiden world drivers’ championship title. Season by season the Ferrari driver has steadily chipped away, inching closer and closer

By Jonny Velasquez, CNN (CNN) — Imagine becoming a multi-millionaire at 17 years of age. Imagine the pressure, your every move being noticed by the public and tabloids. That was the case for YouTuber Jake Paul, who says that he’s made his fair share of mistakes as the world watched his transformation from Disney Channel

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Ally Sentnor scored a brilliant long-range goal as the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) got its SheBelieves Cup campaign underway with a 2-0 win against Colombia on Thursday. Sentnor’s second-half strike doubled the US’ lead after Catarina Macario finished off a fine team goal to open the scoring in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller was hit in the head by a line drive during Los Angeles’ Spring Training game against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, an incident he later called a “scary moment.” On Miller’s final pitch of the Dodgers’ Cactus League opener, Cubs first baseman Michael

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — They’re the two words that herald the coming of spring, the promise of warm sunshine and long days, the sound of bat-on-ball and the return of the boys of summer: play ball! After months of waiting and offseason maneuvering, Major League Baseball’s Spring Training gets going in earnest this

By Homero De la Fuente and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Singer Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyrics of the Canadian national anthem during the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between the US and Canada on Thursday, adding further fuel to a contest already layered with political tension. Kreviazuk changed the line “in all of us

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament. The overtime period opened up with end-to-end action and both teams having

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — ESPN and Major League Baseball are parting ways and will end their decades-long partnership after the 2025 season, the league announced on Thursday, a little less than a month before the start of the season. The network first aired MLB games in 1990, but the league said in a

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the rest of the NBA season with a shoulder injury, the team announced Thursday. The 21-year-old has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, a form of a blood clot, in his right shoulder, according to the Spurs. “The condition