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By Svitlana Vlasova, Amy Cassidy, Tim Lister and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, said she “acted with my heart” following her disqualification from the world championships for refusing to shake hands with a Russian opponent. The four-time individual world champion and four-time Olympic medalist also called

CNN By Jacob Lev, Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The frantic call underscored the dire emergency: “Listen … listen to me,” a distraught man tells a 911 operator. “Get an ambulance here now.” “All right, sir, we’re going to send help,” the operator responded. “Don’t hang up, sir, don’t hang up.”

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — In a rare critique of the team’s previous coach and staff, new Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton told USA Today that his predecessors had done “one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL.” Payton, who was hired this past offseason by the Broncos, sounded

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — When Angel Yin finished an impressive first round at the Evian Championship, she spent some time signing autographs for a gaggle of junior fans excitedly bundled together at the ropes. Yet two young spectators had already collected souvenirs from the American golfer before she had even finished playing on

By Simone McCarthy, Andrew McNicol, and Candice Zhu CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — With a tied score and two minutes left to play after a stunning second-half comeback, China’s women’s soccer team finally scored the goal that had eluded them for 16 years. That winning goal, which earned the team their first AFC Asian Cup

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — England’s 1-0 win over Denmark at the Women’s World Cup on Friday was overshadowed by a serious-looking injury sustained by its star midfielder Keira Walsh who had to be stretchered off in the first half. Lauren James scored the only goal of the game in the sixth minute, curling

By Svitlana Vlasova and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, has been disqualified from participating in the world championships after she refused to shake hands with Anna Smirnova, who is from Russia. Kharlan had just beaten Smirnova at the tournament in Milan, but rather than shake hands

By Jacob Lev, Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The frantic call underscored the dire emergency: “Listen … listen to me,” a distraught man tells a 911 operator. “Get an ambulance here now.” “All right, sir, we’re going to send help,” the operator responded. “Don’t hang up, sir, don’t hang up.” Bronny