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By Ben Morse, CNN Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has announced his retirement from football, saying Saturday’s game against Almería will be his last. In a heartfelt video posted on his social media on Thursday, the 35-year-old Piqué said “it is the moment to end this stage of my life” after a legendary career at both

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Premier League clubs Manchester United and Fulham are among the organizations that are partnering with rapper Stormzy’s Merky FC to improve diversity and representation at all levels of the football industry. The program was announced following a report commissioned by Adidas and the FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) Network which

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Kyrie Irving will miss the first of several Brooklyn Nets games Friday after he was suspended for comments regarding his tweet linking to an antisemitic documentary. The Nets suspended Irving Thursday after he initially doubled down on his decision to share the content on his Twitter account. The star point guard

By Jill Martin and Travis Caldwell, CNN It was an anxious, exciting night to be a Philadelphia or Houston sports fan Thursday, with a two-sport high-stakes showdown played at the same time that gave Houston an edge in the World Series and kept Philadelphia perfect on the gridiron. In Pennsylvania, there was Game 5 of

By Jacob Lev, CNN Pro Football Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy has died at the age of 72, the National Football League and the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Thursday. According to his alma mater the University of Southern Mississippi, Guy died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness. Considered by many to be

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN It was a night to remember for Rico Lewis as the 17-year-old scored on his full debut to inspire Manchester City’s comeback 3-1 victory over Sevilla. The young defender finished with the confidence of a veteran forward as he rifled his shot home to bring City level in their final group

By Ben Morse, CNN Luka Doncic continued his scorching start to the 2022-23 NBA season and matched a record which only two NBA Hall of Famers have recorded. Doncic scored 33 points in the Dallas Mavericks’ 103-100 win against the Utah Jazz, meaning he’s now scored over 30 points in all seven of his games

By Ben Church, CNN Son Heung-Min‘s hopes of playing at the World Cup later this month are in doubt after Tottenham confirmed the South Korean star will need surgery on a fracture around his left eye. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during Tottenham’s Champions League win against Marseille on Tuesday and now faces a race

By George Ramsay, CNN It’s almost a year since marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase last spoke to her parents over the phone, a detachment she feels most strongly during races. Gebreslase would usually speak with her family before and after she competes, but a phone and internet shutdown back home in Ethiopia made it impossible to

By Travis Caldwell, Jill Martin and Jason Hanna, CNN Cristian Javier’s parents had a notion he’d deliver something special in Game 4 of the World Series. And the Houston Astros starter, with three of his fellow hurlers, would prove them right. The Astros on Wednesday produced the first combined no-hitter in World Series history —

By Matt Foster, CNN Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic was charged with the maritime trafficking of over $1 billion worth of cocaine through US ports, the US Department of Justice said on Monday. The 43-year-old Montenegrin was arrested on Sunday night as he tried to board an international flight from Miami, the DOJ said in

By David Close, CNN Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, who has been accused of fostering a “toxic workplace” in the NFL franchise, is considering a sale of the team. Through a team statement on Wednesday, Snyder and his wife, Tanya, announced that they hired Bank of America Securities “to consider potential transactions.” The move comes

By Ben Church, CNN A leading animal rights organization has criticized an Irish racehorse trainer for parading his winning steed in a pub earlier this week. On Monday, John “Shark” Hanlon posted a video on Twitter of him leading US Grand National winner Hewick into a pub as part of the horse’s homecoming celebrations. Hewick

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN The US women’s gymnastics team has claimed a record-breaking sixth world championships gold medal in a row — even without Simone Biles. The team was competing for the first time without the four-time Olympic gold medalist in over a decade, but blew away the competition in the English city of Liverpool

By CNN Sport staff NBA analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says he thinks the league “dropped the ball” on Kyrie Irving after the Brooklyn Nets star tweeted a documentary deemed to be antisemitic. “I think he [Irving] should have been suspended. I think Adam [Silver, the NBA commissioner] should have suspended him,”