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Emma Raducanu says she ‘will be okay’ after a man was ejected from her Dubai Tennis Championships match

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Emma Raducanu said she will “be okay” after a “fixated” spectator was ejected from her match at the Dubai Tennis Championships earlier this week. According to the WTA, the governing body of women’s tennis, a man approached Raducanu in a public area on Monday and displayed “fixated behavior.” The

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NFL rescinds $25k fine for Joe Mixon after finding Texans RB didn’t criticize officials and for misattributed quote

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NFL has rescinded a $25,000 fine it issued to Texans running back Joe Mixon after finding that he had not criticized officials following Houston’s playoff defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs in January. The Texans’ 23-14 loss to the Chiefs in the AFC divisional round saw multiple controversial

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Transgender athlete CeCé Telfer says abusive rhetoric has become ‘more in my face’ since Trump’s inauguration

By Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — As a transgender athlete, CeCé Telfer is used to fighting for acceptance, both on the sports field and in her day-to-day life. That battle, she says, has become even more challenging in the weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. “I’m Black, I’m a woman,

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Simona Halep has recently announced her retirement from tennis.

Novak Djokovic says recent doping cases in tennis suggest ‘favoritism’ and are ‘not a good image for our sport’

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic believes that “favoritism” is damaging tennis’ anti-doping system in light of Jannik Sinner’s three-month ban. On Saturday, it had emerged that world No. 1 Sinner accepted a ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from February 9 until May 4 to settle a case which had lingered

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City Council asks Parks and Rec to gather more community feedback on Douglass Park basketball court renovations after pushback over name

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council wants the Parks and Recreation Department to come up with a plan for reaching the community on the Douglass Park Improvement Project. The council on Monday unanimously decided to continue with the basketball court renovation project, but wants Parks and Rec staff to deliver a report on a

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No. 16 Mizzou softball returns from the Sunshine State to snow-covered fields to prepare for a West Coast road trip

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Year, after year there’s two consistent problems that college softball teams located in the middle of the country and north have to grapple with at the beginning of the season: cold weather and snow. The NCAA college softball season always kicks off in Feb., which spells trouble for a large portion teams

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