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By Martin Goillandeau and Mia Alberti, CNN French authorities have launched an investigation after a fan caused dozens of cyclists to crash during the Tour de France on Saturday. The disastrous fall was caused by a woman standing on the roadside of the Tour’s opening stage. She stepped in front of the racing pack holding

Andy Scholes reviews French authorities opening an investigation after a fan caused dozens of cyclists to crash during the Tour de France and Serena Williams deciding to not compete at Tokyo 2020.

By Madeline Holcombe and Jacob Lev, CNN Simone Biles has secured a spot on the United States Gymnastics team for next month’s Tokyo Olympics. The four-time Olympic gold medalist competed at the US Gymnastics Olympic trials in St. Louis, Missouri, over the weekend. She finished Sunday with an all-around score of 118.098 to earn her

By Ben Morse, CNN A stunning long-ranged strike from Thorgan Hazard settled a hotly-contested game between Belgium and Portugal, and qualified Belgium for the quarterfinals of Euro 2020. Hazard, who plays for German side Borussia Dortmund, hit a swerving shot from 25 yards which deceived Rui Patrício in the Portugal goal and knocked the reigning

By Ben Morse, CNN Red Bull’s Max Verstappen put in a dominant performance at the Styrian Grand Prix to extend his lead at the top of the Formula One drivers’ championship. Having started on pole position, the 23-year-old Dutch driver finished over 35 seconds ahead of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton on Sunday. It is

By Martin Goillandeau and Mia Alberti, CNN French authorities have launched an investigation after a fan caused dozens of cyclists to crash during the Tour de France on Saturday. The disastrous fall was caused by a woman standing on the roadside of the Tour’s opening stage. She stepped in front of the racing pack holding

By Ben Morse, CNN The sight of courts covered in luscious, green grass and fans watching as they savor strawberries and cream can only mean one thing: Wimbledon is here. Fans have been made to wait for the tournament after it was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic; the only grand slam to

By Ben Morse, CNN After its campaign began in the most horrifying circumstances, Denmark’s dream run at Euro 2020 continued on Saturday with a convincing 4-0 victory over Wales in the last 16. Striker Kasper Dolberg scored twice either side of the half time break and late goals from Joakim Mæhle and Martin Braithwaite wrapped

By Ben Morse, CNN From their competitors to managing energy, Tour de France riders have plenty to worry about on the streets. So, when a fan encroached onto the roads, it had predictably disastrous effects. During the first stage of the famous cycling race, a fan stepped in front of the racing pack holding a

By Wayne Sterling and Alaa Elassar, CNN The North Carolina State Wolfpack is out of the College World Series due to Covid-19 protocols, allowing the Vanderbilt Commodores to advance to the finals. The Wolfpack was scheduled to play the Commodores Saturday afternoon in the winner-take-all bracket final, but the NCAA declared the game a no-contest

By Ben Church, CNN Football rivalries don’t come much bigger than England versus Germany. The tie, steeped in decades of history, has thrown up memorable moments, tears, and more penalty shootouts for English fans to care for over the years. The two nations are set to write another chapter in this classic fixture on Tuesday

By John Sinnott and Aleks Klosok Kim Gaucher is a breastfeeding mom. She is also a Canadian basketball player who wants to represent her country at the Tokyo Olympics that start next month. In an Instagram video she posted this week Gaucher says she can’t do both because “Tokyo has said no friends, no family,

By Amanda Davies and Matias Grez, CNN When Christian Eriksen was discharged from hospital, one of the first things he did was visit his teammates. Less than a week earlier, many of them had formed a wall around the stricken midfielder as he received CPR on the pitch at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium. Eriksen’s collapse during

By Ben Church, CNN Video by Stefania Dall’Armi, CNN It started with a two-and-a-half-mile run with his partner. Now it’s a lifestyle for Robbie Balenger. He’s pushed his body and mind to the very limits by taking on mammoth endurance challenges, notably running 3,175 miles across the US in just 75 days in 2019 in

Earlier this year, Robbie Balenger set a new record for New York City’s Central Park Loop Challenge. The vegan ultrarunner completed 16 loops, totaling nearly 100 miles in just over 18 hours.

By Jill Martin, CNN CeCe Telfer, an NCAA Division II track and field champion in 2019, is not allowed to compete in the women’s 400-meter hurdles US Olympic Trials because of her eligibility regarding testosterone levels, USA Track and Field said in a statement. Telfer, a transgender woman, was entered in this week’s trials but

By Jill Martin, CNN There have now been seven no-hitters thrown this 2021 Major League Baseball season — tying the modern-era record. The latest came Thursday, when Chicago Cubs pitchers Zach Davies, Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin and Craig Kimbrel combined for the feat against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. This is the first

By George Ramsay, CNN Trae Young scored a career playoff high 48 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-113 in the opening game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday. The tight game swung in Atlanta’s favor when Clint Capela put his team ahead with 29.8 seconds left to play, before

By Jill Martin and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The NCAA plans to implement interim measures that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL). The measures are intended to be in place by July 1, NCAA president Mark Emmert said in a memo sent to member schools and obtained by CNN

By Eleanor Pickston and Amy Woodyatt, CNN A British police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of former professional soccer player Dalian Atkinson, but he was cleared of his murder, a spokesperson for Birmingham Crown Court told CNN on Wednesday. Atkinson, a former forward for English Premier League football team Aston Villa, went

Piara Powar, Executive Director of Football Against Racism in Europe Network (FARE), talks to CNN about the messy situation UEFA finds itself in following its decision not to allow the Allianz Arena to be illuminated in the rainbow flag.

By George Ramsay and Aleks Klosok, CNN European football governing body UEFA found itself on the defensive over diversity ahead of the Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary on Wednesday. It started with a proposal by the Munich city council to illuminate the Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for the game — a response

Despite the controversies surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games, there are hardcore Olympic super fans who can’t wait for the Games to begin. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks to two of them.

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 Republic 1-0 on Tuesday, Gareth Southgate’s side finished top of Group D, setting up a potentially enticing tie against one of Germany, France, Portugal or Hungary in the round of

By George Ramsay, CNN European football governing body UEFA has declined a request to light up Munich’s Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for Wednesday’s Euro 2020 match between Germany and Hungary. The request was made following a proposal from the Munich city council in the wake of an anti-LGBTQ law passed by Hungary’s parliament last

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 his hometown of Bambali in Senegal. The village, about 400 kilometers outside the capital city Dakar, did not previously have a hospital. Mane met with Senegalese President Macky Sall earlier

By John Sinnott, CNN In a campaign overshadowed by the health of Chrisian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 game, the Danish national team delivered a pulsating performance against Russia to secure an unlikely place in the tournament’s knockout stages. Having lost their opening two games, Denmark thumped Russia 4-1

By George Ramsay and Stefania Dall’Armi, CNN The Euro 2020 game between Germany and Hungary could be played in a stadium lit with rainbow-colored lights. That’s after a motion was put forward by the Munich city council to change the lighting pattern on the outside of the Allianz Arena in the wake of an anti-LGBTQ

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 pandemic, setting a 50% cap at venues, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. Organizers did however warn that it could restrict the number of fans in the event

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 Sunday. The post shows a family photo, with Bolt sitting next to his partner Kasi Bennett, their daughter Olympia Lightning, and the newborn twins. Like their sister, the boys

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 on the “magic formula” to win a major.

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 points, Italy’s victory in Rome through Matteo Pessina’s first-half goal means the Azzurri are yet to concede a goal in the tournament and have been arguably the standout team

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 on Sunday. Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton with little over a lap to go at Circuit Paul Ricard, his Red Bull team having opted for two pit stops during the

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 stage as one of 29 athletes selected by the International Olympic Committee to compete on the Refugee Olympic team in Tokyo 2020 — a moment that will be the culmination of years of sacrifice to pursue his dreams.

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 badminton on the biggest stage in the world — a dream that is set to come true in Tokyo this summer. Years after making the difficult choice to

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 sides’ Euro 2020 game in Munich on Saturday. It was a much-needed victory for Germany — which had lost its opening game against France earlier this week — and

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 injury occurred ahead of the second round of the tournament. Hovland withdrew midway through his round as his vision started to deteriorate. “Hit a bunker shot in my warm

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 surprised to be in this position. Prior to this major event, Wolff, who has had a rocky season, had taken two months off from the

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 the spirits of the thousands of Scottish fans — a conservative estimate — that had traveled to London for the national team’s Euro 2020 match against England. Despite just 3,000 tickets

By Sana Noor Haq and Zayn Nabbi, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK government is talking with European football governing body UEFA about “sensible accommodations” over the staging of the Euro 2020 semifinals and final at London’s Wembley Stadium. The semifinals are scheduled to take place on July 6 and 7, with

By Ben Church, CNN Christian Eriksen has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a “successful operation,” the Danish Football Association confirmed on Friday. Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s game against Finland on Saturday before being resuscitated with CPR and a defibrillator. The decision was then made to fit the 29-year-old with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

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 Nazario de Lima as the national team’s second top goalscorer behind Pelé. The Paris Saint-Germain forward is now within nine goals of Pelé’s all-time scoring record of 77

By Emiko Jozuka, Akanksha Sharma and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said Friday that staging the Tokyo Olympics without spectators is “desirable” as it would be the lowest risk option amid the pandemic. Shigeru Omi, an infectious disease expert who leads the government subcommittee on coronavirus, and other specialists urged the cap on

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 dominated the headlines. Ever since Koepka’s eye-roll reaction to DeChambeau walking behind him at last month’s PGA Championship, the pair have exchanged barbs, although they have both since said they believe their

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 Korean wheelchair basketball team to its first Paralympics in 21 years. He had wanted to be at the Tokyo Paralympics, but after the Covid-19 pandemic postponed the

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 Olympics, according to her agent Stuart Duguid. “Naomi won’t be playing Wimbledon this year. She is taking some personal time with friends and family,” Duguid said in a statement on

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 respect for Denmark’s Christian Eriksen. The Danish midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s game against Finland on Saturday before being resuscitated with CPR and a defibrillator. Tributes were also

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 page, the 20-time grand slam champion said: “It’s never an easy decision to take but after listening to my body and discuss it with my team I understand that

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN As the Wimbledon tennis championships return this summer, organizers have announced updated measures including reduced stadium capacities, Covid-19 status certification for spectators, and a 5% cut to prize money. The grass-court grand slam was the only major to be canceled in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. This year, it is

By George Ramsay, CNN Christian Eriksen is to be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), the Danish national football association announced Thursday, following the midfielder’s collapse on the field at Euro 2020. Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s game against Finland on Saturday before being resuscitated with CPR and a defibrillator. Earlier this

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 didn’t matter, as they produced a remarkable comeback to stun the Philadelphia 76ers 109-106 in game five of their best-of-seven NBA Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series on Wednesday and

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 is talking about the ongoing spat between golfers Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. A video clip of Koepka losing his train of thought “hearing that bulls**t” as DeChambeau

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 2005 and went on to enjoy a glittering career with Real, winning four Champions League trophies and five La Liga titles. He made 671 appearances and scored 101 goals

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, Finnish and Russian players wore “Get well Christian!” T-shirts as they showed their solidarity for Denmark star who is continuing his recovery from a cardiac arrest. Later on

By George Ramsay, CNN Some of the brands sponsoring Euro 2020 — Europe’s ongoing international football tournament — aren’t having an easy time of it. First it was Cristiano Ronaldo with two bottles of Coca-Cola, then it was Paul Pogba with a Heineken. Before Portugal’s game against Hungary, Ronaldo moved the two drinks on display

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

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 Germany and France on Tuesday, injuring several people who were hospitalized, according to European football governing body UEFA. The yellow parachute had the words “KICK OUT OIL” and “GREENPEACE” emblazoned on

By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo became the greatest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship finals after netting a brace in Portugal’s 3-0 win against Hungary on Tuesday. The 36-year-old had been level with Michel Platini on nine goals ahead of Euro 2020 but overtook the France great after scoring a penalty 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 that “will never go away,” according to Finland captain Tim Sparv. Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest towards the end of the first half of the game between Finland and Denmark before

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 away,” according to Finland captain Tim Sparv.

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 test for anabolic steroids that she attributes to eating a pork burrito. Houlihan said she was devastated to learn of the suspension from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent

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 Monday to inspire his side to a 2-0 win over Scotland in the teams’ first game of the tournament. Having already given his country a first-half lead, Schick doubled

By Matias Grez and Kim Norgaard, CNN Denmark striker Martin Braithwaite has criticized UEFA, European football’s governing body, for forcing the players to continue their Euro 2020 match against Finland on Saturday after teammate Christian Eriksen’s collapse. The match was suspended following prolonged efforts from the medical staff to resuscitate Eriksen with CPR and a

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 of Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thrilling French Open final. The 22-year-old Greek star, appearing in only his first grand slam final, displayed experience and poise

By Kim Norgaard and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Christian Eriksen “was gone” before being resuscitated from cardiac arrest, Denmark’s team doctor said at a press conference Sunday. The Danish soccer player collapsed on the pitch during his team’s opening Euro 2020 match against Finland. “Well, what should I say? He was gone. And we did cardiac

The Copa America, South America’s premier football competition, due to kick off June 13 in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, is triggering a wave of strong reactions for a sporting event. The tournament was originally to be joint-hosted by Argentina and Colombia, but the organizers decided to pull it first from Colombia, due to the

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 the favorites to lift the Henri Delaunay trophy, but bookmakers may well be adjusting their odds as the Italians looked several leagues above their opponents on a humid night

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 semifinalists in the women’s singles draw never having reached this stage of a grand slam before, it was Russia’s Pavlyuchenkova was secured the biggest win of her career with a hard-fought victory.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said kneeling to protest against discrimination before sporting events was a custom related to slavery and alien to the central European country, adding that pressuring athletes everywhere to follow suit was “provocation.” Hungary, one of 14 host nations to the upcoming Euro 2020 soccer championship, has been ruled

Brazilian national team players and staff published a letter on their social media accounts Wednesday criticizing the organization of the Copa America tournament, but assuring they would still participate should the tournament go ahead. The championship, South America’s biggest international football tournament, is set to start on June 13 in Brazil. “We are a cohesive

Ukraine plays its first European soccer championship group game against Netherlands on June 13 and the players will be wearing shirts that feature a map of their country that includes Crimea — a region annexed by Russia in 2014. It’s a move that has irked Russia. Andrii Pavelko, president of the Ukrainian football association, released