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By Issy Ronald, CNN Dusty Baker was sitting in the dugout, looking down and making a note when his coaching and support staff spontaneously mobbed him, chanting his name, as the Houston Astros secured victory in the World Series on Saturday. “I’m feeling great, these guys are the greatest guys, they always believe. This is

By Issy Ronald and Amanda Davies, CNN Clothes aren’t just items to keep you warm or cool — they also indicate status, showcase defiance, and even alleviate anxieties. For tennis legend Billie Jean King, clothes allow female tennis players to express their individuality through colors and prints — a right she and the embryonic Women’s

By Ben Morse, CNN Former rugby player Levi Davis has been reported missing for over a week, his former club said in an appeal for any information pertaining to his whereabouts. Bath Rugby Club issued an appeal Sunday for information about Davis, who they say was last seen in a pub in Barcelona, Spain, on

By John Sinnott, CNN Real Madrid drew Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 stage on Monday in a rematch of last season’s final. Los Blancos beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris in May to win their 14th European Cup. The 2022 final was overshadowed by chaos outside the stadium and there was widespread criticism towards the

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Just a week after Halloween, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers continued their scary start to the season, losing 114-100 to a hot Cleveland Cavaliers team and falling to 2-7 on the year. Thanks to a dominant backcourt performance led by Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland — who combined for

By Ben Morse, CNN Tom Brady is synonymous with making history. And on Sunday, he became the first player in NFL history to reach 100,000 passing yards in his career, combining regular season and playoffs, in a 16-13 comeback win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Los Angeles Rams. The 43-year-old completed a pass

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Boston Bruins have rescinded their contract with Mitchell Miller after the National Hockey League deemed him ineligible to join the team due to a bullying incident the player participated in when he was a young teenager. The decision, announced Sunday, is effective immediately, just days after the Bruins on Friday

By Emma Tucker and Jacob Lev, CNN Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday, claiming the trophy after 312 laps at the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The win gives Logano his second career championship, the first coming in 2018 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Las Vegas. Before his first win, Logano had been

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Coy Gibbs, co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, son of team patriarch Joe Gibbs and father of NASCAR driver Ty Gibbs, has died at the age of 49, the racing team announced. “It is with great sorrow that Joe Gibbs Racing confirms that Coy Gibbs (co-owner) went to be with the Lord

By Ben Morse and George Ramsay, CNN “Mattress Mack” had reason to celebrate the Houston Astros’ World Series win on Saturday — and not just because he’s an Astros superfan. Houston furniture store owner Jim McIngvale, known as “Mattress Mack,” made a series of bets amounting to $10 million on the Astros to win the

By Hannah Brewitt, CNN The two most recent Super Bowl winners face off on Sunday when the Los Angeles Rams (3-4) travel south to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5). This will be just the eighth time in the past 20 seasons that the two most recent Super Bowl champions will meet in the regular

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the NASCAR Cup Series making its final stop of the 2022 season at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, four drivers will compete to be crowned champion. The format is simple: whoever takes the checkered flag ahead of the others takes home the title. Here’s what to know about Sunday’s season finale

By Kevin Dotson, CNN In what was being advertised as the game of the year in college football, the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs knocked off the Tennessee Volunteers at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday. The Volunteers had debuted at No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season but

By Jacob Lev, CNN Gareth Bale’s dramatic, late goal helped Los Angeles Football Club win the Major League Soccer Cup for the first time in a thrilling, frantic final against Philadelphia Union at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Jack Elliott looked to have won the game for Philadelphia when he scored in stoppage

By Kevin Dotson, CNN NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday said Mitchell Miller, who was previously involved in a bullying scandal, is not currently eligible to play in the league, and added league officials were not consulted by the Boston Bruins before the team signed Miller. “He’s not coming into the NHL, he’s not eligible

By Issy Ronald and Ben Church, CNN The lawyers for a Wimbledon spectator accused by Nick Kyrgios of being ‘drunk out of her mind,’ have released an apology from the tennis star and say their client’s claim has been resolved. “On 10 July 2022, during the Wimbledon Men’s Final, I told the umpire that a

By Sammy Mngqosini and Issy Ronald, CNN West Ham defender Kurt Zouma has said that he is “very, very sorry” after kicking and slapping a cat in February, as he reflected on a “difficult spell for me and my family” in an interview with his club website. He was later ordered to complete 180 hours

By Homero De La Fuente and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James says former teammate Kyrie Irving “caused some harm to a lot of people.” Irving missed the first of several Brooklyn Nets games Friday after he was suspended for comments regarding his tweet linking to an antisemitic documentary. Speaking to reporters

By Issy Ronald, CNN Both the Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers boast 8-0 records this season, but one of their undefeated streaks must crumble on Saturday. The Bulldogs enter the game ranked No.1 in the AP Poll with the Vols tied for second, marking only the third regular season meeting in SEC history between

By Jacob Lev and Ben Church, CNN The Houston Astros won the franchise’s second World Series title on Saturday after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in Game 6 at Minute Maid Park. It was the Phillies who got the scoring started in the top of the sixth inning with a Kyle Schwarber solo home run

By Ben Church, CNN It’s all looking very positive at Arsenal football club this season. Heading into the World Cup break, the men’s team sits atop the English Premier League, with a manager full of ideas and a fearless new generation breaking through into the first team. In the first part of this split season,

By Ben Morse, CNN There were glimpses last season, but no one could have seen this coming. On Thursday night, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the lowly Houston Texans 29-17 to record their eighth-straight victory of the season and remain the only undefeated team in the NFL. In doing so, the 2022 season became the franchise’s

By Ben Church, CNN Nikola Jokic broke new ground on Thursday as he recorded yet another triple-double in the Denver Nuggets’ 122-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The back-to-back MVP scored 15 points with 13 rebounds and 13 assists to overtake Wilt Chamberlain for the most triple-doubles ever recorded by a center. Now on

By Ben Morse, CNN Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has announced his retirement from football, saying Saturday’s game against Almería will be his last. In a heartfelt video posted on his social media on Thursday, the 35-year-old Piqué said “it is the moment to end this stage of my life” after a legendary career at both

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Premier League clubs Manchester United and Fulham are among the organizations that are partnering with rapper Stormzy’s Merky FC to improve diversity and representation at all levels of the football industry. The program was announced following a report commissioned by Adidas and the FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) Network which

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Kyrie Irving will miss the first of several Brooklyn Nets games Friday after he was suspended for comments regarding his tweet linking to an antisemitic documentary. The Nets suspended Irving Thursday after he initially doubled down on his decision to share the content on his Twitter account. The star point guard

By Jill Martin and Travis Caldwell, CNN It was an anxious, exciting night to be a Philadelphia or Houston sports fan Thursday, with a two-sport high-stakes showdown played at the same time that gave Houston an edge in the World Series and kept Philadelphia perfect on the gridiron. In Pennsylvania, there was Game 5 of

By Jacob Lev, CNN Pro Football Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy has died at the age of 72, the National Football League and the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Thursday. According to his alma mater the University of Southern Mississippi, Guy died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness. Considered by many to be

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN It was a night to remember for Rico Lewis as the 17-year-old scored on his full debut to inspire Manchester City’s comeback 3-1 victory over Sevilla. The young defender finished with the confidence of a veteran forward as he rifled his shot home to bring City level in their final group

By Ben Morse, CNN Luka Doncic continued his scorching start to the 2022-23 NBA season and matched a record which only two NBA Hall of Famers have recorded. Doncic scored 33 points in the Dallas Mavericks’ 103-100 win against the Utah Jazz, meaning he’s now scored over 30 points in all seven of his games

By Ben Church, CNN Son Heung-Min‘s hopes of playing at the World Cup later this month are in doubt after Tottenham confirmed the South Korean star will need surgery on a fracture around his left eye. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during Tottenham’s Champions League win against Marseille on Tuesday and now faces a race

By George Ramsay, CNN It’s almost a year since marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase last spoke to her parents over the phone, a detachment she feels most strongly during races. Gebreslase would usually speak with her family before and after she competes, but a phone and internet shutdown back home in Ethiopia made it impossible to

By Travis Caldwell, Jill Martin and Jason Hanna, CNN Cristian Javier’s parents had a notion he’d deliver something special in Game 4 of the World Series. And the Houston Astros starter, with three of his fellow hurlers, would prove them right. The Astros on Wednesday produced the first combined no-hitter in World Series history —

By Matt Foster, CNN Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic was charged with the maritime trafficking of over $1 billion worth of cocaine through US ports, the US Department of Justice said on Monday. The 43-year-old Montenegrin was arrested on Sunday night as he tried to board an international flight from Miami, the DOJ said in

By David Close, CNN Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, who has been accused of fostering a “toxic workplace” in the NFL franchise, is considering a sale of the team. Through a team statement on Wednesday, Snyder and his wife, Tanya, announced that they hired Bank of America Securities “to consider potential transactions.” The move comes

By Ben Church, CNN A leading animal rights organization has criticized an Irish racehorse trainer for parading his winning steed in a pub earlier this week. On Monday, John “Shark” Hanlon posted a video on Twitter of him leading US Grand National winner Hewick into a pub as part of the horse’s homecoming celebrations. Hewick

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN The US women’s gymnastics team has claimed a record-breaking sixth world championships gold medal in a row — even without Simone Biles. The team was competing for the first time without the four-time Olympic gold medalist in over a decade, but blew away the competition in the English city of Liverpool

By Issy Ronald, CNN Philadelphia had waited 4,746 days to host a World Series game and it was forced to wait another day when Monday night’s game was postponed due to rain. But its patience was rewarded on Tuesday as the Philadelphia Phillies took a 2-1 lead in the World Series, using the long ball

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo has come under a lot of criticism this season and he’s clearly been listening. On Sunday, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner snubbed former teammate Gary Neville ahead of Manchester United’s Premier League match against West Ham following recent criticism from the television pundit. Neville had criticized Ronaldo’s “unacceptable” behavior

By CNN Sport staff Tom Brady has opened up about his divorce from wife of 13 years Gisele Bundchen, saying that he’s focusing on his family and football in the midst of a “very amicable situation.” “I think there is a lot of professionals in life that go through things that they deal with at

By Ben Morse, CNN Monday night proved a haunting evening for Joe Burrow. The Cincinnati Bengals lost convincingly to their AFC North division rivals, the Cleveland Browns, on Monday Night Football, their chastening 32-13 loss falling on Halloween. Burrow threw an interception on the opening drive of the game before throwing two touchdowns late on

By Alasdair Howorth and Amanda Davies, CNN England manager Gareth Southgate has a lot on his plate as the World Cup in Qatar grows ever closer. He is trying to turn around an England football team enduring its worst run of form since 1992, while facing an ever-growing injury list. All this as he prepares

By Ben Morse, CNN Being the NFL’s biggest star puts you under the microscope. Every turn, every move, every utterance — be it on or off the field — is scrutinized. As years go, it’s fair to say that 2022 has become something of an Annus Horribilis for Tom Brady. His Tampa Bay Buccaneers have

By Ben Church, CNN It’s happened, finally. The Los Angeles Lakers won their first game of the new NBA season after beating the Denver Nuggets 121-110 on Sunday. The win, inspired by top scoring performances from LeBron James and Anthony Davis, ends a disappointing run of five consecutive defeats. “Tonight, we needed to prove something

By Homero De la Fuente and Issy Ronald, CNN Red Bull driver Max Verstappen finished in first place at the Mexican Grand Prix to claim his record-setting 14th win of the season on Sunday. The 25-year-old’s 14th victory of the season sees him pass Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel for the most race wins in

By Issy Ronald, CNN Ever since she burst onto the scene as a teenager at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Katie Ledecky has dominated women’s long-distance swimming, leaving world records and gold medals in her wake. And on Saturday the American obliterated yet another world record — this time in the 1500m short-course freestyle as

By Aimee Lewis, CNN The Brooklyn Nets have made a terrible start to the NBA season and on Saturday star forward Yuta Watanabe didn’t make matters any easier by comically scoring in the opposite team’s basket. At the Barclays Center, the Nets went down 125-116 to the Indiana Pacers to go 1-5 for the season.

By Hannah Brewitt, CNN The Seattle Seahawks (4-3) and New York Giants (6-1) meet on Sunday for this week’s only matchup featuring two teams with winning records. Both teams have surpassed expectations, surprising both fans and experts alike with their early season success. The Seahawks have won three of their last four while the Giants

By Issy Ronald, CNN Youtuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul defeated legendary UFC champion Anderson Silva on points in front of a 14,000 strong crowd at the Desert Diamond Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday. The fight lasted all eight rounds and Paul was awarded the win by a unanimous decision, sealing victory in the final round by

By Aimee Lewis, CNN In the spring, all seemed well for Liverpool. The team had won the League Cup and the FA Cup, was going toe-to-toe with Manchester City in the English Premier League, and had reached the Champions League final. For weeks there was talk of history as Jurgen Klopp’s men, famously called “mentality

By Jacob Lev, CNN Following an agonizing loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series Friday, the Houston Astros bounced back nicely to win 5-2 to even up the series in Game 2 on Saturday. The Astros offense proved yet again to be one of the best in the league, scoring

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Portland Thorns defeated the Kansas City Current to win the 2022 National Women’s Soccer League championship on Saturday. The 2-0 victory at the Audi Field in Washington DC gives the Thorns their third championship in team history. The first was in the league’s inaugural season in 2013 and the second

By Wayne Sterling and Homero de la Fuente, CNN Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving on Saturday tweeted that he “meant no disrespect to anyone’s religious beliefs” after the owner of his NBA team condemned him for tweeting a link to a documentary deemed antisemitic. “I’m disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on

By Issy Ronald, CNN When Anderson Silva was breaking records as the most dominant MMA fighter of his generation, Jake Paul was a child watching at home, transfixed by the Brazilian’s achievements. Now 47 years old, Silva will face the controversial YouTuber-turned-boxer in a boxing match on Saturday at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

By Issy Ronald, CNN It was a moment of exquisite but ultimately unnecessary skill. Just outside the box with the scores tied at 0-0, Manchester United’s Antony produced a 720-degree pirouette with the ball glued to the inside of his left foot while a Sheriff Tiraspol defender watched on. After completing the spin, he passed

By Aimee Lewis, CNN LeBron James made history on Friday but could do little to stop the LA Lakers’ nightmare start to the season from continuing. James amassed 28 points — seven rebounds, five assists and four steals — for his 1,135th career 20-point game, passing Karl Malone on the all-time list for the most

By Jill Martin and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros in dramatic fashion Friday night to take Game 1 of the World Series 6-5 in extras. The Phillies won with a home run by J.T. Realmuto in the top of the 10th inning, hushing a raucous home crowd at Houston’s Minute

By Jacob Lev, CNN Vince Dooley, who coached the Georgia Bulldogs to the 1980 national championship and won the most football games in school history, has died at the age of 90, the university announced Friday. Dooley died peacefully at his house surrounded by his family Friday afternoon, the school said. Dooley coached at Georgia

By Ben Church and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Arsenal defender Pablo Mari, who is currently on loan at Italian club AC Monza, says he was “lucky” after being injured during a stabbing attack in Italy on Thursday. One person died and four people were injured in the attack which took place on the outskirts of Milan,

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN In sport there is nothing more revered than scoring the winning points in the last minute, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. All of sports’ greatest matches have that moment which stick in fans’ forever. But not for Kenya rugby’s Dennis Ombachi. When looking back at the try that he

By Matias Grez and Homero de la Fuente, CNN The 2022 World Series is a classic case of overwhelming favorite against plucky underdog. The Houston Astros, the No. 1 seed in the American League playoffs, go into Friday’s Game 1 tipped by most, including bookmakers, to win the franchise’s second World Series crown. However, the

By John Sinnott, Eoin McSweeney and Becky Anderson, CNN He turned 41 earlier this month and due to a serious knee injury won’t play until next year, but the last thing on Zlatan Ibrahimović’s mind right now is retirement. “I have a big passion for my game,” the AC Milan forward told CNN’s Becky Anderson

By Matias Grez, CNN The Golden State Warriors are the most valuable franchise in the NBA, according to Forbes. It means for the first time since Forbes started valuing NBA franchises over 20 years ago, a team other than the New York Knicks or the Los Angeles Lakers top the rankings. The Warriors are now

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Barcelona talked a lot about “economic levers” as the Catalan club looks to improve its finances, but it won’t be able to use the Champions League pulley anymore after exiting at the competition’s group stage for the second consecutive season. Even before a ball was kicked at the Camp Nou against

By Ben Church, CNN Dmitry Tursunov says he decided to stop coaching Emma Raducanu at the end of his trial period with the tennis star because of “red flags” that he could not ignore. The Russian had been working with the 19-year-old after she split with full-time coach Torben Beltz in April but has since

By George Ramsay, CNN Two-time defending NBA MVP Nikola Jokic dominated on Wednesday night, nearly racking up a triple-double with 31 points, 13 rebounds, nine assists and four steals in the Denver Nuggets’ 110-99 victory against the struggling Los Angeles Lakers, who are now 0-4 on the season. It’s the fourth time in franchise history