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By Jack Bantock, CNN The R&A and United States Golf Association (USGA) held a press conference Tuesday to announce their proposals to roll back the distances that golf balls can fly at elite tournaments. In response, several of golf’s elite let fly. Speaking ahead of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship, world No. 15 Sam Burns

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu has been laid to rest in a state-assisted funeral in Accra. Atsu had been playing for Hatayspor in Turkey’s Süper Lig when he went missing after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6. Despite earlier conflicting reports about his whereabouts, his body

By Thomas Schlachter, Jacob Lev, Aya Elamroussi and Issy Ronald, CNN Only the first round has concluded, and already March Madness has delivered some major upsets. So far, No.1 seed Purdue University, No.2 seed Arizona Wildcats and No.4 seed Virginia Cavaliers have been unceremoniously dumped out of the tournament, succumbing to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson, No.15

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The world’s top men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic will miss the Miami Open next week, after being denied entry to the United States because he is unvaccinated against Covid-19, tournament director James Blake announced on Friday. The United States still requires international visitors to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and

By Jacob Lev and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Fairleigh Dickinson University achieved a feat on Friday that has only been done once before. The Knights, who are a 16-seed, upset No. 1 seed Purdue University 63-58 to advance to the second round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Down three points with less than ten seconds

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN The prize money for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will increase by 300% to $150 million, FIFA President Gianni Infantino told delegates at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday. While the Women’s World Cup prize money is now three times the 2019 figure and 10 times more

By Matias Grez, CNN The Champions League has been whittled down to just eight contestants as the remaining teams found out their quarterfinal fate in Friday’s draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. After comfortably dispatching Liverpool in the previous round, holder Real Madrid was drawn against another English club in Chelsea. Real will be

By Ben Church, CNN Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has big ambitions — and one of those is to be able to emulate some of the game’s greats such as Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal by winning titles immediately after coming back from injury. The 19-year-old didn’t play a competitive match for more than three

By Ben Morse, CNN Seeing surprise guests at sporting events is not uncommon. You often catch a glimpse of a movie star at a grand slam tennis event or a musician at a golf major. Soccer is no different. On Thursday, reality TV star Kim Kardashian sprinkled celebrity gold dust over Arsenal’s Europa League game

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN The photos, taken earlier this month, have now been viewed thousands of times: a soccer stadium, packed to the rafters, is overlooked by a rocky escarpment, the luscious green pitch providing a vivid contrast to an azure sky. The scene is the dusty, windswept town of Seiyun in Yemen, where according

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A quick dip in the surf can be refreshing at any time of the day, but one Sydney man has taken it to the extreme, setting a new world record in the process. Surfing coach Blake Johnston smashed the previous world record of 30 hours and 11 minutes early Friday morning,

By Melissa Alonso and Ray Sanchez, CNN Former University of Georgia football standout Jalen Carter was sentenced to probation on Thursday for his role in the January crash that killed his teammate and a team staffer. The crash happened hours after the Bulldogs’ national championship victory parade. Carter entered pleas of no contest Thursday to

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has “formally warned” Russian tennis player Anastasia Potapova after she was seen wearing a Spartak Moscow soccer jersey ahead of her match against American Jessica Pegula at Indian Wells, a spokesperson told CNN Thursday. World No.1 Iga Świątek was critical of the WTA for allowing Potapova