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CNN By Raja Razek, Homero De la Fuente, Dalia Faheid and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is expected to address the media Monday afternoon as Major League Baseball investigates allegations of theft against his longtime interpreter. Ohtani will make a statement to the media at 5:45 p.m. ET and

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner scored the fastest ever international goal on Saturday, taking just six seconds to find the back of the net during his country’s 2-0 victory against Slovakia. Immediately after kickoff, he weaved through the Slovakian defense before rifling the ball into the net from well outside the

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana State University women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey ripped the Washington Post on Saturday over what she describes as a “hit piece” in which she has threatened legal action if published. “This is exactly why people don’t trust journalists and the media anymore. It’s these kinds of sleazy tactics and hatchet

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — UFC fighter Igor Severino was disqualified from his fight on Saturday night after biting his opponent, Andre Lima. In the second round of their flyweight bout in Las Vegas, Lima was being held from behind by Severino before the 20-year-old appeared to lean in and bite Lima on his

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — For every other figure-skater, landing a quadruple axel lies outside the realms of possibilities, attempted but never accomplished by an endless parade of skating greats. For American teenage prodigy Ilia Malinin though, they are simply part of his routine. And landing one on Saturday propelled him to his first

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Teen sensation Endrick scored the winning goal as Brazil beat England on Saturday, putting him into the record books and alongside some of the greats of the Seleção. Endrick came off the bench midway through the second half before tapping home from close range in the 80th minute for

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark scored 27 points as her Iowa Hawkeyes won their opening game of March Madness on Saturday. Clark started slowly before eventually finding her range as she proved the catalyst for the 91-65 victory for the No. 1 seeded Iowa over No. 16 Holy Cross Crusaders at Carver–Hawkeye

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Sainz claimed an impressive victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, breaking Max Verstappen’s dominant grip over this F1 season as the Red Bull driver was forced to retire from the race. Remarkably, it marked Sainz’s first race back since undergoing appendix surgery just two weeks ago,

By Kevin Dotson, Matt Egan, David Goldman and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos died Saturday at age 94, his family announced in a statement. “Mr. Angelos had been ill for several years, and the family thanks the doctors, nurses and caregivers who brought comfort to him in his final

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Battered by injuries and burnt out by the demands of her sport, Deanna Stellato-Dudek retired in 2001 – before many of today’s elite figure skaters were even born. But this week, Stellato-Dudek achieved the unthinkable. With her partner Maxime Deschamps, the 40-year-old former retiree defeated athletes less than half

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — March Madness is a time when stars become superstars and when the unheralded transform themselves into cult heroes. And while we’re only a few days into this year’s edition of the men’s March Madness, the tournament already seems to have 2024’s unannounced sensation: Jack Gohlke. The 24-year-old Gohlke produced