Sports

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis has died after collapsing at the World Games, organizers said on Tuesday. In a joint statement from the International World Games Association, the local organizing committee (LOC) and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), the World Games said that the 29-year-old was found unconscious during

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — A power outage at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament created a fair amount of chaos Monday around the grounds at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Tournament organizers posted just before 6 p.m. local time that play had been suspended due to an “on-site power outage.” Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson became the first player in WNBA history to record a 30-point, 20-rebound double-double. Wilson, who turned 29 on Friday, finished with 32 points and 20 rebounds to go with five assists and two steals in an utterly dominant performance as the Aces claimed

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Connor Zilisch, the NASCAR Xfinity Series points leader, picked up another win on Saturday but his celebrations quickly came to an unexpected end when he broke his collarbone slipping off his car. The 19-year-old driver was climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet car to celebrate his

By Associated Press New York (AP) — Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera tore an Achilles tendon while going after a flyball at the New York Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day game on Saturday and needs surgery. Agent Fern Cuza said the 55-year-old closer, baseball’s career leader in saves, will have the operation within a week. In his

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Baseball umpire Jen Pawol made history Saturday in Atlanta as she became the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball regular season game. Pawol worked at first base in Game 1 of the Atlanta Braves’ doubleheader against the Miami Marlins at Truist Park. Making her big league debut

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Birmingham City Football Club drew its first game in its return to the EFL Championship, English soccer’s second tier, but the opening game festivities turned sour following an altercation between a fan and a player late on. The moment was captured on the TV broadcast which showed a fan

By Jacob Lev, Coy Wire, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Detroit Lions safety Morice Norris posted on social media Saturday that he is “all good” after suffering a scary head injury during Friday night’s NFL preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons that led to the contest being suspended in the fourth quarter. “Amen, amen. I’m all

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A bizarre and decidedly crude string of incidents has eclipsed the action on the court in the WNBA this week and top figures in the league are calling out the disrespect they’re feeling as a result. What began as a seemingly isolated incident of a fan throwing a sex