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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN UK broadcaster Channel 4 has announced that its coverage of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games will be fronted by a team consisting entirely of disabled anchors and pundits. In what it described as a “global first” for a world-class sporting event, the network’s line-up will include former champions presenting on

By Jack Bantock. CNN Marc Overmars will leave his position as Ajax’s Director of Football Affairs after sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues, the Dutch football club announced on Sunday. The 48-year-old former Dutch international — who played for Ajax, Arsenal, and Barcelona, among others, during his playing career — had held the role since

By Joe Sutton, CNN New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested Sunday by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and charged with “battery resulting in substantial bodily harm,” a news release from the department said. The investigation began when officers were dispatched to a hospital Saturday around 5:50 p.m. “where a person was reporting a

By David Close, CNN The Miami Dolphins announced Sunday night the hiring of Mike McDaniel as the team’s head coach, replacing Brian Flores, who was fired after the regular season wrapped and later initiated a class-action lawsuit against the league alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices. McDaniel, 38, was most recently the offensive coordinator

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Senegal defeated Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations championship match on Sunday, winning the continental championship for the first time on penalty kicks at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Neither Senegal nor Egypt — which had previously won the Africa Cup of Nations seven times, the most in the tournament’s

By Ben Morse, CNN Harold Varner III drained a huge eagle putt on the 18th hole of the final round to snatch victory at the 2022 Saudi International on Sunday. A shot behind Bubba Watson and off the front edge of the 18th, Varner’s hopes had looked to have slipped away. Undeterred, the US golfer

By Jack Bantock, CNN Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wasn’t even born when New Zealand ended its 40-year wait for a Winter Olympics medal in 1992. On Sunday, she soared through the air at Beijing’s Genting Snow Park to claim her country’s first ever gold at a Winter Games. The 20-year-old put in a remarkable final run to

By Nectar Gan, CNN Making her Olympic debut for Team China, California-born figure skater Zhu Yi was eager to prove herself to the Chinese public. Instead, the 19-year-old is facing a firestorm on Chinese social media after she fell flat on the ice and finished last in the women’s short program team event Sunday. On

By Jack Bantock, CNN Move aside Joe Burrow, the true franchise star of the Cincinnati Bengals is rolling towards Super Bowl LVI — get ready for ‘The Cart.’ More commonly found in high-school classrooms, the Bengals’ three-tiered metal cart went viral in October after being wheeled out for media conferences. The contraption was initially used

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will review its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, calling the lack of Black head coaches “unacceptable,” in a leaguewide memo sent to club executives and presidents on Saturday. The commissioner’s memo comes amid ongoing criticism over the league’s lack of diversity in