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By Jake Kwon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s leader Xi Jinping is to declare the Asian Games open at a lotus-shaped mega stadium in Hangzhou on Saturday. The stadium, dubbed “the Big Lotus” for the shape of its roof, consists of 28 large and 27 smaller petal-shaped structures. The stadium can hold 80,000 people,

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. etched his name into MLB history Friday night when he hit his 40th home run of the season and became the fifth member to join baseball’s exclusive 40-40 Club. With his first inning blast off Washington Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin, Acuña becomes just

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled athlete who won bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually abused by a chiropractor who was working with the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. Chiropractor Jonathan Wilhelm, as well as the United States Olympic and

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Emily Pedersen made a stunning hole-in-one for Team Europe on a thrilling opening day of the Solheim Cup, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Team USA taking a 5-3 lead going into day two. The USA swept its opponent in the morning foursomes, which sees players of each pair

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Suzuka Circuit was a hive of activity on Thursday as the Formula One four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel got to work on his latest environmental project ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. Vettel, who retired from F1 at the end of last season, helped set up

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Second-year quarterback Brock Purdy continues to defy his draft position as he helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to its 13th NFL regular season win in a row with victory against the New York Giants on Thursday. Purdy, who was drafted with the final pick of the 2022 draft,

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Maddy Cusack, a midfielder in English soccer’s second division, died on Wednesday, according to her team Sheffield United. She was 27. The club said in a press release it was “devastated to report the sad news” of Cusack’s passing. A tribute was held for her before Sheffield United men’s Premier League

By Jack Hillcox, CNN (CNN) — “We always had it in our history, in our DNA, to fight,” Levan Maisashvili, head coach of Georgia’s rugby union team, says as he reflects on the proud, defiant nature of his small country. Maisashvili knows all about battling against the odds. In 2021, he was given a 1%

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the Spanish national soccer team’s first match since winning the Women’s World Cup last month and the fallout from ex-soccer boss Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on La Roja player Jennifer Hermoso, star players Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes spoke out on “systemic discrimination” within the country’s federation.

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — There’s one small corner of the world that Michael Jordan cherishes more than any other — his own personal haven of sporting bliss. But it’s not in Chicago. In fact, there isn’t a basketball court or hoop in sight. Even as he was staking his claim in the 1990s

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, the former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman and medical doctor, announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday. “I’ve had the chance to play in the NFL for 9 years and even today, I sometimes can’t believe I was able to experience this adventure,” the 32-year-old wrote

By Matt Foster and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers football player, Greg Brooks Jr., underwent surgery on Friday to remove a “large brain tumor,” according to a statement released Wednesday by his family and reported by CNN affiliate WAFB. “Greg Jr. was diagnosed last week with a large brain tumor

By Amy Woodyatt and Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — As the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) prepares to take on South Africa at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, the team is also gearing up to say goodbye to one of its most integral members of the last few years, soccer great Julie Ertz. The game, which

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Bayern Munich defeated Manchester United 4-3 in a chaotic Champions League game at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, after which United goalkeeper André Onana said that he was to blame for the loss. Onana, who joined United from Inter Milan in July, failed to keep out Leroy Sané’s first-half