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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi will miss Inter Miami’s Major League Soccer match against Atlanta United on Saturday. A club source told CNN the decision was made to rest the Argentinian World Cup winner due to the number of games he has played since signing for the club in July. The turf

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A venomous snake delayed the start of an AFLW game in Blacktown, Australia by half an hour as players waited for a snake catcher to remove it from the field. The red-bellied black snake, which the Australian Museum says will only bite under extreme circumstances, was spotted on the

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A tearful Andy Murray dedicated his Davis Cup win to his grandmother after saying in his post-match interview that it was her funeral that day and he had missed it to play in the tournament. “Today is a tough day for me,” Murray began saying before he was overcome

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — “Every game, every team should have grass,” said David Beckham shortly after joining Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2007. Sixteen years on, six MLS teams (over 20%) have artificial turf in their home grounds, including Atlanta United’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where Inter Miami will play on Saturday with potentially Lionel

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison said he received racist messages following the team’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football. Mattison shared two screenshots of messages via Instagram on Friday, saying that he received more than 60 “disgustingly disrespectful messages.” Both screenshots contained racial slurs and

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — New York Yankees relief pitcher Anthony Misiewicz was carted off the field after getting hit by a comebacker in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday night. In the bottom of the sixth inning, with the Yankees up 3-2, Misiewicz was hit in the head by a ball off

By Thomas Schlachter and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, in his weekly interview with “The Pat McAfee Show,” described his season-ending injury that quickly ended what he thought would be an exciting debut with the team. Rodgers, who tore his Achilles tendon Monday night in his first game with

By Patrick Sung, Ben Church, Amanda Davies, Al Goodman and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — The vast majority of Spain’s World Cup-winning squad says it will refuse to be called up for the country’s two upcoming Women’s Nations League matches as it continues to push for “real structural changes” in Spanish soccer, following the fallout

By Al Goodman and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Carla Vall, lawyer for Spanish soccer star Jennifer Hermoso, reiterated that the kiss by ex-Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales to her client after the Women’s World Cup final was non-consensual. Rubiales was in court on Friday to testify after being summoned by the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Lewis Hamilton has described comments made by Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko about Mexican driver Sergio Pérez as “completely unacceptable.” After this month’s Italian Grand Prix, Marko attributed Pérez’s form to his ethnicity, telling ServusTV: “We know that he has problems in qualifying, he has fluctuations in form,

By Claudia Rebaza, Eve Brennan and Matt Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Four players from Real Madrid’s reserve teams are being investigated by police after a mother alleged videos of a sexual nature involving her 16-year-old daughter were circulated without her consent. Three players were arrested and later released after their mobile phones were seized,

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Aaron Rodgers provided fans with an update following his season-ending Achilles injury just four snaps into his New York Jets debut, indicating that his surgery was successful. The 39-year-old was sacked by Buffalo Bills edge rusher Leonard Floyd and suffered a complete tear of his left Achilles tendon in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — D’Andre Swift put in a dominant performance as the Philadelphia Eagles punished an error-prone Minnesota Vikings on Thursday in 34-28 win. In his first home game since joining the Eagles, the Philadelphia native ran for a career-high 175 rushing yards and a touchdown as the team’s rushing attack routinely

By Amanda Davies and Richard Parr, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood A-lister Taika Waititi is much more comfortable holding an Academy Award than lifting the Rugby World Cup trophy. “I was picturing dropping it because I’m notoriously clumsy and, you know, I break everything,” the director and actor told CNN World Sport’s Amanda Davies. “I was

By Ben Church, Patrick Sung, Sammy Mncwabe and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Players competing in the top-tier of women’s football in Spain – Liga F – have called their strike off after reaching a minimum pay agreement, players’ union FUTPRO announced on Thursday. The dispute between the five unions representing the players – including many of Spain’s World