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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern has fired head baseball coach Jim Foster, the school announced on Thursday. According to the Chicago Tribune, the firing comes amid allegations that Foster “engaged in bullying and abusive behavior.” Per the report, Foster was investigated by the school’s human resources department. The investigation found “sufficient evidence” that Foster

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — What do you do immediately after reaching your first Wimbledon final? Book a cat sitter, if you’re Markéta Vondroušová. The unusual priority means the Czech tennis star’s husband and sister, both back home looking after Frankie the Sphynx cat, can attend Saturday’s final, which will see the unseeded Vondroušová

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — With the NFL, the NBA, MLB and MLS, the US sports industry is a fiercely contested market, but Mason Gordon, the founder and CEO of SlamBall, is hoping that this gladiator-esque sport can attract fans. First launched in 2000, SlamBall has become well known for viral social media clips

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy said on Thursday that he would rather retire than compete on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour even if it “was the last place on Earth to play golf.” Four-time major winner McIlroy has been a vocal opponent of the breakaway golf tour ever since it came into

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — England soccer international Dele Alli says he recently spent six weeks in rehab to help with his mental health and treatment for “addiction and trauma,” revealing he had been molested when he was a child and dealt drugs at the age of eight. “So, at six, I was molested by

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Markéta Vondroušová reached her first Wimbledon final after a scintillating performance against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, winning 6-3 6-3 in just an hour and 14 minutes. The 24-year-old Czech star is the first unseeded woman in the Open Era to reach the Wimbledon final and her exquisitely varied game was

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Christopher Eubanks’ thrilling run at Wimbledon has come to an end, but the American tennis star wants to keep riding the wave of his recent success. This was Eubanks’ first-ever appearance in the Wimbledon main draw and came just a year after he took up a commentating job with

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — ESPN analyst Dick Vitale says he has been diagnosed with vocal cord cancer. “I’m sorry to share that I received tough news today from Dr. ( Steven) Zeitels about my throat,” Vitale wrote on Twitter. “The tests on the tissues they removed showed that I have vocal cord cancer

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — His nerves may have got the better of him at the French Open last month, but Carlos Alcaraz seems to have found a way to relax his body and mind at Wimbledon. The top seed reached his first semifinal at the grass court grand slam on Wednesday thanks to

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — After hinting at a possible retirement following a postseason loss in May, NBA superstar LeBron James has announced he will be returning for another year of play – his 21st NBA season. The league’s all-time leading scorer revealed his plans while onstage at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday. “I

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — An emotional Damar Hamlin presented the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2023 ESPYS to the Buffalo Bills training staff who helped save his life during a game earlier this year. The 25-year-old Bills safety wiped tears from his eyes as he took the stage Wednesday to introduce

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Christopher Eubanks’ run at Wimbledon has ended, with the 27-year-old American losing to world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the quarterfinals. Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion and a two-time Australian Open finalist, advanced to his first Wimbledon semifinal, winning 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1. He will

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Daniel Ricciardo is making a surprising mid-season return to the Formula One grid, with the Australian driver replacing the struggling Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri. Ricciardo, currently a Red Bull reserve driver, is being sent “on loan” to Red Bull’s feeder team for the remainder of the 2023 season,

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi’s move to Inter Miami has been one of the hottest topics throughout soccer’s summer transfer window and it appears he is one step closer to making his Miami debut. The Argentine has swapped the streets of Paris for South Beach and has now finally arrived in his

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Anti-discrimination organization Kick It Out said it received a record number of reports of discriminatory behavior during the 2022/23 soccer season. The 1,007 reports represent a 65.1% increase compared to the previous year and include discriminatory incidents from the professional game, social media and grassroots soccer. Meanwhile, discrimination reports

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian Elina Svitolina says Russia’s invasion of her country has made her “mentally stronger” on the tennis court as she continues her stunning run at Wimbledon. Svitolina, who returned to tennis this year following the birth of her daughter in October, reached a grand slam semifinal for the third

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Edwin van der Sar, who won the Champions League with Ajax and Manchester United during a glittering 21-year soccer career, remains in intensive care but is “communicative” and “not in life-threatening danger,” his former club Ajax said. The Dutch club said on Friday that Van der Sar had been taken to hospital following a bleed

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Pello Bilbao claimed an emotional Tour de France stage victory on Tuesday, in memory of his former teammate Gino Mäder, who died as a result of a crash last month. Bahrain Victorious rider Bilbao said his poignant victory in the 10th stage of the race was in honor of

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic had to be at his very best to get past Andrey Rublev on Tuesday, winning 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 in a thrilling clash to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Rublev, who has never reached the semifinals of a grand slam, was in inspired form during the first set,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball’s All-Star break has already delivered fireworks, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. winning the Home Run Derby, 16 years after his dad had achieved the same feat. And fans can expect plenty more talking points on Tuesday when the stars of MLB take to the field in the

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — The final event of the 2023 LIV Golf season has been switched from Saudi Arabia to Trump National Doral in Florida, organizers announced Monday. Originally slated to be staged at Jeddah’s Royal Greens Golf and Country Club between November 3 and 5, the season-ending team championship – which offers

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — “‘Hit homers,’” was the advice passed on from Vladimir Guerrero Sr. to his son ahead of the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby. The HR Derby has become one of the most highly anticipated events on the baseball calendar where eight of the MLB’s biggest sluggers go head-to-head to see

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic champion runner, has won her appeal which she had submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to end “discriminatory” testosterone limits imposed on female athletes, the ECHR said on Tuesday. Semenya is hyperandrogenous – meaning she has naturally high levels of

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 6 Holger Rune has credited his run to this year’s Wimbledon quarterfinals to the love and support shown by his mom. The 20-year-old beat Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov on Monday to set up an enticing match against world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz for a place in the semifinals,

By Sahil Kurup, CNN (CNN) — Shohei Ohtani has always bet on himself – and it’s about to reap huge rewards. From an 18-year-old filled with aspirations to becoming one of the best two-way players baseball has ever seen, his journey has been one of confidence and commitment. And now, Ohtani is set to cash

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Not too long ago, Christopher Eubanks had doubts about his professional tennis career, taking a job as a commentator for Tennis Channel while he continued to pursue playing. Now, the 27-year-old American is heading to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, upsetting world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 3-6 7-6(4) 3-6

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — It is safe to say that Victor Wembanyama has had an eventful start to his new life in the United States. The 2023 No. 1 draft pick has already been involved in celebrity drama, followed by an incredibly underwhelming NBA Summer League debut. However, in his second time donning

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Luis Suárez Miramontes, considered one of the greatest Spanish football players in history, has died at the age of 88. The former Barcelona and Inter Milan midfielder was the first Spanish-born player to win the Ballon d’Or – the award given to the world’s best soccer player of the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone underlined her status as one of the best athletes in the world with a dominant 400-meter performance at the US track and field championships. McLaughlin-Levrone, the world record holder in the 400-meter hurdles, switched to the flat event this year and on Saturday claimed the national title

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka said “it wasn’t fair” that the Wimbledon crowd booed at the end of her fourth-round match against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. As she has done after facing other Russian and Belarusian players, Svitolina – who won the tight contest 2-6 6-4 7-6 (11-9) – declined

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — American golfer Allisen Corpuz won the US Women’s Open on Sunday, securing her first LPGA title at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. The 25-year-old Hawaii native shot 3-under par in the final round to become the first American to win the major since Brittany Lang in

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Mirra Andreeva is enjoying quite the year. A few months ago, the 16-year-old was relatively unknown, but she could soon become a household name – especially if she continues to produce sensational performances at Wimbledon. Competing in just her second grand slam and for only the sixth time on

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Shericka Jackson produced a stunning performance at the Jamaican championships on Saturday as she ran a world-leading 10.65 seconds in the 100 meters. The blazing time put Jackson joint-fifth on the all-time list, 0.16 seconds off Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 35-year-old world record. It also saw her surpass American Sha’Carri Richardson,

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — When the outcome is success, a high-risk decision can look courageous and wise. But if it doesn’t go to plan, questions are asked. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina opted for an underarm serve at a crucial point in his third-round Wimbledon match against Holger Rune on Saturday. After nearly four hours on

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — No one expected Jamie MoCrazy to live after her fall. The chances of survival are slim when the brain starts bleeding in eight spots. Her fatality report was written in the helicopter that took her to the Vancouver hospital where she would spend the next few weeks of her

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Japanese golfer Nasa Hataoka will be looking to win her first major title on Sunday as she leads the US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. Hataoka, a six-time LPGA Tour winner, tops the leaderboard after three rounds in California, one shot ahead of American Allisen Corpuz. She had to

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The National Basketball Association on Saturday unveiled the format and groups for its in-season tournament set to debut next season. The new annual competition will tip off on November 3 with group play and run through December 9 with the championship game. All 30 NBA teams will participate in

By Matias Grez and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner, has announced she will retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist from London 2012, will play in her fourth and final World

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — There was a period during Andy Murray’s second-round match against fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas where it seemed the former champion was going to roll back the years and produce another memorable victory on Wimbledon’s Centre Court. But the 36-year-old Briton ultimately fell to a 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (2-7) 4-6

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Edwin van der Sar, who won the Champions League with Ajax and Manchester United during a glittering 21-year soccer career, is in intensive care following bleeding around his brain, Ajax said in a statement. The Dutch club described Van der Sar’s condition as “stable but still concerning” on Saturday

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Cubs earned their first win in franchise history at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, as pitcher Jameson Taillon led the team to a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Taillon, who played for the Yankees in 2021 and 2022, threw eight scoreless innings to help snap

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — There was emotion aplenty at Pebble Beach on Friday as golf great Michelle Wie West bade farewell to the sport after failing to make the cut at the US Women’s Open. It was perhaps fitting that Wie West, a trailblazer in the women’s game, played this historic event, the

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — A year after tennis players from Russia and Belarus were banned from playing at Wimbledon following the invasion of Ukraine, organizers have accepted entries from players from the two countries for the 2023 grand slam tournament if they have complied with “appropriate conditions” and compete as neutral athletes. Though tournament

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Not since LeBron James entered the NBA has there been so much hype surrounding a new prospect and fans finally got the chance to see French sensation Victor Wembanyama in a San Antonio Spurs jersey for the first time. However, it’s fair to say the reality of ‘Wemby’s’ Spurs

By Jacob Lev and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern University has suspended head football coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay following an investigation into allegations of hazing within the Wildcats’ program, the school announced Friday. The independent investigation, conducted by a former Illinois inspector general, began in December to review a complaint

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid have signed 18-year-old soccer sensation Arda Güler from Turkish side Fenerbahçe, the Spanish club announced on Thursday. Güler is one of the most highly sought-after prospects in the sport and his signing was rumored to be a contest between numerous big-name teams. But Real eventually won the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — For the second time in as many months, Mirra Andreeva has reached the third round of a grand slam – well before her 17th birthday. The Russian star advanced at Wimbledon on Thursday when her opponent, Czech 10th seed Barbora Krejčíková, retired from their second-round match with Andreeva leading

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Seemingly not content to dominate only the college basketball scene, Caitlin Clark stole the show at a PGA Tour event this week. The superstar Iowa Hawkeyes point guard drew huge fanfare as she played in a pro-am tournament prior to the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could move up the ranks of Japan’s traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd: curious tourists. He is one of six ex-wrestlers putting on sumo demonstrations catering to overseas travelers, who are returning in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Sha’Carri Richardson ran the fastest women’s 100m time of the year on Thursday at the US Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 23-year-old finished the opening heat with a world-leading time of 10.71 seconds as she boosted her chances of qualifying for next month’s World Championships in Budapest. The time

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s what Wimbledon is all about. As the sun set in London on Thursday, Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas were serving up a spectacle under the lights on Centre Court. Murray, a three-time grand slam champion, was rolling back the years and stood toe-to-toe against his 24-year-old Greek opponent.

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Soccer players and fans were left dumbfounded after a referee and his officials failed to award a goal after the ball crossed the line by about half a meter. Inside the opening 10 seconds of Colo-Colo’s Chilean Cup match against Unión La Calera, Colo-Colo defender Alan Saldivia played a

By Ben Morse, Jacob Lev and Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — A cameraman who was hit by an errant throw in Wednesday’s New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles game has returned home after suffering an orbital fracture, his network announced Thursday. In the fifth inning, Orioles rookie shortstop Gunnar Henderson attempted to throw a ball

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Following an investigation, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced the suspension of New York Yankees pitcher Jimmy Cordero for the remainder of the 2023 season, including any postseason games, for violating the league’s Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. MLB said Cordero accepted the suspension and the immediate placement on the league’s

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 World Beach Games, scheduled to take place in Bali next month, have been canceled after hosts Indonesia suddenly withdrew from the tournament. It comes three months after football’s world governing body FIFA stripped Indonesia of its right to host the Under-20 Men’s World Cup on the tourist

Exclusive by Christina Macfarlane and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Tennis great Roger Federer says he hopes his former rival Rafael Nadal can retire from the sport “on his own terms” following the Spaniard’s recent struggles with injury. Nadal hasn’t played competitive tennis since injuring a hip muscle during his second-round Australian Open defeat by

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — New Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique swerved multiple questions about the future of the club’s star attacker Kylian Mbappé during his official unveiling on Wednesday. Enrique, the former manager of Barcelona and the Spanish national team, signed a two-year contract with the French club and was asked several

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just Stop Oil activists disrupted two matches at Wimbledon on Wednesday after running onto Court 18 and sprinkling orange confetti and jigsaw puzzle pieces on the playing surface. In the first incident, security was able to quickly usher one activist away while another, wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt,

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — The MLS has a new attendance record after 82,110 fans turned up to watch the Los Angeles derby between LA Galaxy and LAFC. Dubbed “El Tráfico” – a nod to the famous El Clásico rivalry between Spanish soccer clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid and the fact that the two

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Shohei Ohtani, one of baseball’s biggest stars, says that he is dealing with a middle finger blister and is unlikely to pitch in the MLB’s All-Star Game. Ohtani, who had been voted as a two-way All-Star due to his pitching and batting proficiency, left Tuesday’s Los Angeles Angels game

By Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — If South Korean Park Eun-seon’s soccer journey has been a long and winding one, with plenty of ups and down, her inclusion in her country’s 2023 Women’s World Cup squad offers a moment of redemption. The 36-year-old striker – nicknamed “Park-latan,” a nod to Swedish soccer great Zlatan Ibrahimović

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Former world No. 1 and three-time grand slam champion Ashleigh Barty has welcomed her first child with her husband, Garry Kissick. The pair announced the arrival of their son, Hayden, in a joint Instagram post Tuesday captioned “Our beautiful boy.” “Welcome to the world, Hayden!” they wrote. Last year,

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — English football club Forest Green Rovers named Hannah Dingley as its interim head coach Tuesday, making her the first female head coach in English professional football. Dingley replaces outgoing coach Duncan Ferguson, who was appointed Forest Green manager in January, but was unable to stop the team from being

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Senbere Teferi looked to be mere seconds away from defending her Peachtree Road Race title. That is, until she took a wrong turn just before the finish line. The first three competitors of the women’s elite division of the Peachtree Road Race, a 10-kilometer race held annually in Atlanta

Exclusive by Christina Macfarlane and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The chance to be coached by Roger Federer would surely be a dream come true for any young tennis player. Apart from the Swiss tennis great’s own children, it would seem. Federer’s twin daughters and twin sons now all play tennis up to four times

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — A ball flies down the fairway, watched by a mob of kangaroos with passing interest. In a nearby water hazard, a three-and-a-half-meter long crocodile swims lazily by. On the green, a venomous snake uncoils out of the hole and slithers away into the long grass. The golfing experience in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Coco Gauff suffered a shock defeat in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday, whilst there were mixed results for her US compatriots elsewhere at the third grand slam of the year. World No. 7 Gauff lost in three sets – 6-4 4-6 6-2 – to fellow American Sofia

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Brazilian authorities said on Monday that soccer star Neymar was fined 16 million reais ($3.33 million) for breaching environmental rules during the construction of his coastal mansion in southeastern Brazil. The luxury project violated rules regarding the use and movement of freshwater sources, rock and sand, local authorities first alleged

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will miss the Kentucky Derby next year after Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI), the organizer of the horse race and owner of the famed racetrack, extended his suspension through the end of 2024. The decision was “based on continued concerns regarding the threat to

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic had a brief stint as a groundsman during his first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday, using his towel to dry the grass on Centre Court. Djokovic, looking to win a men’s record-extending 24th grand slam title at the tournament, and his opponent Pedro Cachín endured a delay