Sports

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Two-time grand slam champion and former world No. 1 Simona Halep has retired from tennis. The Romanian announced her decision at the Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania on Tuesday after losing her first-round match against Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1. “It’s very hard to reach that level, and I know

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Fans in Canada continued to boo the US national anthem before games in the NBA and NHL on Tuesday, despite news the previous day that US President Donald Trump had agreed to pause tariffs on the nation. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was met with a chorus of boos at Rogers

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — Travis Kelce is having too much fun to retire – at least not just yet. The superstar tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs has done it all. Three Super Bowl wins (so far), 10 straight Pro Bowl selections, four first-team All-Pro selections. That on-the-field success has

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving says he is in the “grieving process” after the shock news over the weekend that the team had traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. In one of the most stunning trades in league history, the Mavericks sent Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Quincy Wilson’s life is moving quickly, his days passing in a busy blur. But as one of the world’s fastest teenagers, he’s used to keeping up with this kind of whirlwind pace. It has been six months since Wilson won relay gold as a 16-year-old at the Paris Olympics,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — As if he didn’t have enough already, Patrick Mahomes said on Tuesday that he’ll have some added motivation for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX in the form of his newborn daughter. Mahomes and his wife Brittany announced in January they had welcomed a new addition to their family following the

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The National Football League will stencil the phrase “Choose Love” in the back of the end zone at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX (59) game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. “The Super Bowl is often a snapshot in time and

By Jamie Barton and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — NBA superstar Luka Dončić has revealed that he was as shocked as anyone to hear that the Dallas Mavericks were trading him to the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the most stunning deals in NBA history. “Everyone was surprised, so you can imagine how surprised

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Kultida Woods, the mother of Tiger Woods, golf’s biggest star, died Tuesday, according to the 15-time major winner. He did not give a cause of her death. “My Mom was a force of nature all her own, her spirit was simply undeniable. She was quick with the needle and

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Steve Burns and his son Lucian had a good feeling about the Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup Final on December 7. It was exactly 10 years to the day that they had sat in the same stadium in Los Angeles to watch their beloved Galaxy team lift the trophy.