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By Ben Church, CNN Football has a magical way of bringing people together and perhaps no country knows that more than England. After beating Czech…

By George Ramsay, CNN European football governing body UEFA has declined a request to light up Munich’s Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for…

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Senegal and Liverpool football star Sadio Mane has donated $693,000 (£500,000) to help fund the construction of a hospital in…

By John Sinnott, CNN In a campaign overshadowed by the health of Chrisian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening Euro…

By George Ramsay and Stefania Dall’Armi, CNN The Euro 2020 game between Germany and Hungary could be played in a stadium lit with…

By Carly Walsh, Emiko Jozuka and Ben Church, CNN Tokyo 2020 announced on Monday that it will allow spectators at the Olympics this year amid the…

By Amy Sood, CNN Jamaican track and field great Usain Bolt announced the birth of his twin sons in an Instagram post on Father’s Day this…

Before winning the 2021 US Open, former world No. 1 golfer Jon Rahm told CNN Living Golf’s Shane O’Donoghue that he was “getting closer” and working…

By George Ramsay, CNN Italy defeated Wales 1-0 on Sunday as both sides progressed to the knockout stages of Euro 2020. Topping Group A with nine…

By George Ramsay, CNN Max Verstappen extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship with a thrilling victory at the French Grand Prix…

Refugee Aram Mahmoud fled Syria six years ago in search of a better life, leaving behind his family in the process. Now, he is set to take center…

By Becky Thompson, CNN It has been six years since Olympian Aram Mahmoud has seen his family. Mahmoud left Syria to pursue his dream of competing in…

By George Ramsay, CNN Two own goals and scores from Kai Havertz and Robin Gosens helped Germany to a convincing 4-2 victory against Portugal in the…

By George Ramsay, CNN Norwegian golfer Viktor Hovland was forced to withdraw from the US Open on Friday after getting sand in his eye. The freak…

By Jill Martin, CNN After two rounds at the US Open, Matthew Wolff is in a tie for third and one shot off the lead. And he acknowledges he is…

Matias Grez, CNN It may have rained relentlessly for eight hours leading up to kick off, but the torrential downpour wasn’t enough to dampen…

By Sana Noor Haq and Zayn Nabbi, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK government is talking with European football governing body…

By Ben Church, CNN Christian Eriksen has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a “successful operation,” the Danish Football…

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Neymar netted his 68th goal for Brazil in its 4-0 win over Peru during the Copa América on Thursday, surpassing Ronaldo Luis…

By Emiko Jozuka, Akanksha Sharma and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said Friday that staging the Tokyo Olympics without…

By Ben Morse, CNN Heading into this week’s U.S. Open, the on and off course shenanigans between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau had…

By Gawon Bae, CNN South Korean Han Sa-hyun lived and breathed basketball both as a player and a coach. He competed at Sydney and then led the South…

By Jacob Lev and Ben Church, CNN Tennis star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from this year’s Wimbledon but is planning on returning at the Tokyo…

By Ben Church, CNN Belgian and Danish players halted their Euro 2020 match on Thursday to observe a minute’s applause in an emotional mark of…

By Aleks Klosok, CNN Rafael Nadal has announced he is pulling out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics. In a statement posted on his official Twitter…

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN As the Wimbledon tennis championships return this summer, organizers have announced updated measures including reduced stadium…

By George Ramsay, CNN Christian Eriksen is to be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), the Danish national football…

By Ben Morse, CNN At halftime, the Atlanta Hawks trailed by 22 points. Three minutes into the third quarter, they trailed by 26 points. But it…

By Ben Morse, CNN It began with a look of pure annoyance and frustration, spiraled into a meme and then a beer company got involved. Yes, everybody…

By Ben Church, CNN Long-serving captain Sergio Ramos is to leave Real Madrid after 16 years at the club. The central defender joined from Sevilla in…

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Christian Eriksen continues to be very much in the thoughts of players at Euro 2020. Warming up for their game on Wednesday,…

By George Ramsay, CNN Some of the brands sponsoring Euro 2020 — Europe’s ongoing international football tournament — aren’t…

Cristiano Ronaldo removes Coca-Cola bottles during a Euro 2020 press conference. CNN’s Clare Sebastian…

By Ben Church and John Sinnott, CNN A protester parachuted into Munich’s Allianz Arena moments before the start of the Euro 2020 match between…

By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo became the greatest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship finals after netting a brace in…

By Patrick Snell and George Ramsay, CNN The image of Christian Eriksen lying motionless on the pitch during Saturday’s Euro 2020 game is one…

The image of Christian Eriksen lying motionless on the pitch during the match between Denmark and Finland at Euro 2020 is one that “will never go…

By Jill Martin and Hollie Silverman, CNN Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan said she has been banned from the sport for four years following a positive…

By Ben Church, CNN Have we already seen the best goal of Euro 2020? Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick scored a stunning long range effort on…

By Matias Grez and Kim Norgaard, CNN Denmark striker Martin Braithwaite has criticized UEFA, European football’s governing body, for forcing…

By Matias Grez, CNN Novak Djokovic came back from two sets down in a grand slam final for the first time in his career, as he narrowly got the better…

By Kim Norgaard and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Christian Eriksen “was gone” before being resuscitated from cardiac arrest, Denmark’s team…

The Copa America, South America’s premier football competition, due to kick off June 13 in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, is triggering a…

Italy laid down an early marker on the opening night of Euro 2020 with a dominant 3-0 victory over Turkey. Few had Roberto Mancini’s side among…

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reached her first grand slam final with a 7-5 6-3 victory against Tamara Zidanšek at the French Open. With all four…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said kneeling to protest against discrimination before sporting events was a custom related to…

Brazilian national team players and staff published a letter on their social media accounts Wednesday criticizing the organization of the Copa…

Ukraine plays its first European soccer championship group game against Netherlands on June 13 and the players will be wearing shirts that feature a…

After playing into the early hours of Sunday in a match that lasted over three hours, Roger Federer says he may not continue playing in the French…

LeBron James and the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers lost 113-100 to the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of their first-round series on Thursday,…

Chris Evert knows what it’s like adjusting to life as a tennis superstar at at young age. The tennis great won her first two grand slams aged…

“I don’t like violence,” says Reema Aburahma, “I’m so girly!” But the 22-year-old from Gaza City quickly goes on…

After a season of relative underachievement, five-time European Cup winner FC Barcelona has embarked on the process of overhauling its squad. Sergio…

Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna posted a $20,000 bond on Monday after being arrested on charges of domestic violence against his wife. Ozuna,…

The Aussie Spirit, the Australian women’s softball team, will be among the first athletes to arrive in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics after…