Sports

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — British driver Lando Norris recorded a comfortable victory at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, putting a dent into Max Verstappen’s lead atop the drivers’ world championship. It was another excellent race for McLaren, following a victory for Norris’ teammate Oscar Piastri in Azerbaijan last week. Piastri himself finished

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson was unanimously voted as the 2024 WNBA Most Valuable Player after a historic season, the league announced on Sunday. Wilson received all 67 first-place votes from the panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, making her the first unanimous winner of the award since the

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — After a long, history-making WNBA season that featured a break for the Paris Olympics, the postseason is finally here. Eight of the league’s 12 teams have earned the right to fight for a championship ring, with storylines emerging in all four matchups. Here’s everything you need to know about

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Colorado beat the Baylor Bears 38-31 in a thriller on Saturday after a 43-yard Hail Mary touchdown in the final seconds of regular time from the Buffaloes forced overtime. Colorado received the ball with just over two minutes remaining of the fourth quarter and trailing 31-24 to Baylor after

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — For some, Week 3 offers a chance at redemption, while for others, it’s an opportunity to keep the momentum going. The 2024 NFL season is still in its formative stages, but franchise fortunes are already starting to be told this year: both positively and negatively. The first team to

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — A major upset saw Anthony Joshua miss out on the chance to become three-time world heavyweight champion on Saturday night, as he was knocked out by British rival Daniel Dubois in the fifth round. Having dominated in the opening four rounds, Dubois completed the defense of his IBF heavyweight

CNN By Coy Wire and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Some of the world’s elite athletes are swapping the vault, pommel horse and the uneven bars for the stage floor in a dramatic fusion of sports and entertainment. Led by 11-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles, a team featuring some of the biggest names in American

By Patrick Snell and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Stacy Lewis had put on a brave face for her players but, some 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, with her young daughter dozing on her lap, the dam finally broke. Team USA’s captain had a long flight home to stew on defeat being snatched from

CNN By Patrick Snell and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Stacy Lewis had put on a brave face for her players but, some 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, with her young daughter dozing on her lap, the dam finally broke. Team USA’s captain had a long flight home to stew on defeat being snatched

By Ben Morse and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Two of British boxing’s biggest names in recent years – Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury – have seemed destined to face off for a while now. But to the dismay of fans, the fight has always failed to materialize. However, ahead of Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title

By Sabrina Clay, CNN New York (CNN) — Edwin Moses always loved the sport of track and field. But reaching the Olympics always seemed like a tall order. At a young age, Moses was a lot smaller than the other runners. In high school, he was 5-feet-7 tall and weighed 117 pounds and frequently found

By Coy Wire and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Some of the world’s elite athletes are swapping the vault, pommel horse and the uneven bars for the stage floor in a dramatic fusion of sports and entertainment. Led by 11-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles, a team featuring some of the biggest names in American gymnastics

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Sports isn’t unfamiliar with an intrusion from the animal kingdom. Whether it is dogs on pitches at soccer games or cats at NFL games, interruptions from our furry friends have been seen throughout the years. But there was a unique sight in the final practice session on Saturday ahead

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — It was perhaps fitting that Shohei Ohtani should achieve one of baseball’s most remarkable feats with an out-of-this-world performance. In a game that featured a career-high three home runs and 10 RBIs, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar went where no player has gone before on Thursday, hitting his 50th