Sports

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Raphael Dwamena, who played for the Ghana international football team, has died at the age of 28 after collapsing during a match, the Ghana Football Association announced. “Our thoughts are with the family of Raphael Dwamena at this difficult time,” the association said in a statement. “Raphael represented Ghana

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — LeBron James scored 32 points and shook off a shin injury to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 122-119 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday in the NBA In-Season Tournament, snapping the franchise’s three-game losing streak. The Suns led for much of the game until the fourth

By Matias Grez and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — American soccer icon Megan Rapinoe exited her final professional game on Saturday with an injury before Gotham FC defeated Rapinoe’s OL Reign 2-1 Saturday to win its first ever National Women’s Soccer League. In the third minute of the match while both teams were tied 0-0,

By Homero De la Fuente, Jamiel Lynch, Jacob Lev and Natalie Andes, CNN (CNN) — University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended for the three remaining games of the 2023 regular season after the Big Ten Conference announced on Friday the Wolverines football program was found to have conducted “an impermissible, in-person

By Stefano Pozzebon and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The cousin of Liverpool soccer star Luis Díaz told CNN on Friday that his family is relieved and “really thankful for all the support from the entire nation,” following the release of Díaz’s father by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group on Thursday night. Díaz

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka is set to return to tennis at the Brisbane International less than six months after giving birth. Osaka, a former world No. 1, hasn’t played on the WTA Tour since September 2022 and in July of this year announced the birth of her

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Another game and yet another controversial video assistant referee (VAR) decision. This time, it was Liverpool which was denied a last-minute equalizer in its Europa League group stage match against Toulouse on Thursday, after Jarell Quansah’s goal to make it 3-3 was ruled out. The young defender had seemingly

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Behind a dominant performance from Caitlin Clark, the No. 3-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes took down the No. 8 Virginia Tech Hokies 90-86 and moved to 2-0 to start the season on Thursday. Clark was responsible for almost half of her side’s scoring output, finishing with a monster stat line of

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored an NBA season-high 54 points in a losing cause as the Milwaukee Bucks went down 126-124 against the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers let an 18-point lead melt away in Thursday’s game in Indianapolis and had to come back from 10 points down in the fourth quarter

By Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Three former New Mexico State University basketball players have been charged with felony sex crimes and other offenses over allegations they were hazing teammates and student staff members – accusations that helped prematurely end the team’s 2022-23 season – the state attorney general said Thursday. Deshawndre

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A “crazy amount of emotions” ran through TJ Oshie’s mind as he watched footage of what would be American hockey player Adam Johnson’s final moments on the ice. After keeping Johnson and the 29-year-old’s family in his thoughts, Oshie – a winger with the NHL’s Washington Capitals and co-founder of a hockey apparel

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Bears edged past the Carolina Panthers in a low-scoring affair on Thursday, a win which boosts their chances at the top pick in next year’s NFL Draft. Bears running back D’Onta Foreman scored the only offensive touchdown of the evening on a rush and Panthers kicker Eddy

By Matias Grez, Stefano Pozzebon and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The father of Liverpool soccer star Luis Díaz, who was kidnapped by a Colombian guerrilla group last month, was released on Thursday and handed over to representatives of the United Nations and the Catholic Church in Valledupar, Colombia, according to Colombia’s Episcopal Conference. “We

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected from Wednesday’s 120-118 win over the Detroit Pistons for “two unsportsmanlike technical fouls,” before the ‘Greek Freak’ gave some fans quite the unique experience. During the third quarter at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Antetokounmpo powerfully dunked on Pistons center Isaiah Stewart,