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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — It seems almost every time Alex Eala steps onto the court, she writes a piece of tennis history for the Philippines. Eala made her breakthrough as a wild card at the Miami Open in March, where she defeated three grand slam champions en route to reaching her first WTA

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Ohio State denied Tuesday that it banned Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy from Ohio Stadium as a part of Fox Sports’ “Big Noon Kickoff” show on Saturday, as the prominent University of Michigan alumnus called the Buckeyes out for focusing more on him than the Texas Longhorns. The Buckeyes

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The wrestler beaten while motionless by the son of former UFC champion Rampage Jackson is conscious but has a “difficult recovery ahead,” according to a Facebook post by his brother. Footage from an event on Saturday night in Sun Valley, California, posted on social media showed Jackson’s son, Raja

By Matias Grez (CNN) — It certainly wasn’t the grand slam return Venus Williams will have dreamed of, but the 45-year-old said she is leaving the US Open feeling “very proud” of the level of tennis she found at times during her 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 first-round defeat to Karolína Muchová. A lively crowd on Arthur

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — He’s only played one match at this year’s US Open, but Carlos Alcaraz has already created a buzz. The Spanish second seed arrived on court for his first-round match against American Reilly Opelka sporting a new – and pretty severe – haircut. Clearly, the freshly-shorn Alcaraz hadn’t been drawing

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Well, that’s one way to silence a heckler. Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit a home run in the top of the ninth to cap off Sunday’s 8-2 win against the San Diego Padres, but it wasn’t the home run off Yuki Matsui that had everyone talking;

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Italy has long valued some of life’s more refined pleasures – food, art, fashion, all set against the country’s crumbling architecture. Now, that cultural smorgasbord includes a new and perhaps surprising offering: tennis. Surprising, at least, for those only just noticing the recent glut of tennis talent to emerge

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — While a recent bout with Covid-19 didn’t give Petra Kvitova the proper preparation she probably would have liked, the two-time Wimbledon champion did successfully make her farewell to tennis the way she wanted – at the US Open. After her 6-1, 6-0 defeat to Frenchwoman Diane Parry, Kvitova told

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — If you ever saw Bob and Mike Bryan on the tennis court, you’ll remember that they were double trouble. “Opponents described us as like a two-headed monster,” said Mike in an interview with CNN Sports. Dominating men’s doubles for the best part of two decades, they were a dream

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — On an unremarkable clay tennis court in the Spanish city of Alicante, watched on by only a handful of spectators, two teenagers swipe the ball to one another with surprising vigor, belying their scrawny, adolescent frames. The ages of each player – one 17, the other just 15 –

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — World No. 10 Tommy Fleetwood won the Tour Championship to capture his maiden PGA Tour victory on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The 34-year-old shot a 2-under 68 during Sunday’s final round and finished 18-under for the tournament to secure the $10 million prize and the

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kansas State quarterback Avery Johnson has apologized for the physical fight Johnson’s father and brother were reported to have had following No. 17 Wildcats’ loss to No. 22 Iowa State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Ireland on Saturday. Video of the fight quickly

By Jamie Barton, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has apologized and said that he is “very upset” after his son allegedly committed what organizers called “a selfish, irresponsible act of violence” against a wrestler during an event Saturday night in Sun Valley, California. Footage from the event posted on

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — On August 28, 2005, thousands of people lined up to enter the Superdome, just as they had done countless times since the stadium opened 30 years before. Only this time, they weren’t getting ready to watch the beloved New Orleans Saints. They were seeking refuge from one of the

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Sachia Vickery admits that when she dreamed of being a professional tennis player as youngster, she never imagined that one day she’d be uploading images of herself to a website infamous for adult content. “I mean, obviously not,” she told CNN in a phone interview, “It’s not something you