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By Issy Ronald, CNN Mo Salah completed a remarkable hattrick in just six minutes and 12 seconds — the fastest ever in Champions League history — as Liverpool routed Rangers 7-1 at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow on Wednesday. Salah, who by his own high standards has had a mixed start to the season, came off

By Chris Boyette, CNN Two anglers accused of stuffing fish in an attempt to win thousands of dollars at an Ohio fishing tournament last month have been charged, authorities announced Wednesday. The would-be tournament winners, Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky, were indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on one charge each of cheating, attempted

By Andi Babineau, CNN Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams was charged with misdemeanor assault after pushing down a photographer after Monday night’s NFL game, police said Wednesday. Adams caused “whiplash and head ache” and a “possible minor concussion” when he shoved the victim to the ground as he was leaving the field, according

By Ben Morse, CNN Tom Brady said he has used both physical and mental therapy to address his mental health in recent years so that he can “be good for people around me.” Speaking on his “Let’s Go!” podcast alongside co-host Jim Gray on Monday, the 45-year-old quarterback opened up about the “intense amount of

By Aimee Lewis and Patrick Sung, CNN Video by Jarrod Williams, CNN Two months had passed since Virginia Torrecilla’s last chemotherapy session and the Spanish footballer felt hopeful again. She was fragile, weighed a few kilos less than she did when she was first diagnosed with a brain tumor but, in many ways, she was

By Ben Church, CNN It was all looking so promising at Paris Saint-Germain at the start of this season. Kylian Mbappé decided to stay at the club amid interest from Real Madrid and the French international, Lionel Messi and Neymar had started to click together on the pitch. Fast forward to autumn, though, and things

By Ben Morse, CNN We’ve had changes to the concussion protocol, the first coach firing and officiating controversies. Another week in the NFL, and no end of talking points. With Week 5 in the books following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 17-point comeback victory against the Las Vegas Raiders, let’s look at the biggest talking points

By Ben Church, CNN Miami Dolphins quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater are both still sidelined by NFL’s concussion protocols and neither have a definitive return date, head coach Mike McDaniel said. Tagovailoa suffered a concussion on September 30 after being sacked by Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Josh Tupou in the second quarter. The 24-year-old

By Issy Ronald, CNN At first glance, winning seems impossibly easy for Diede de Groot; an almost nonchalant habit of 69 consecutive victories, yielding a Golden Slam — all four grand slams and a Paralympic gold medal — in 2021, followed by a calendar grand slam in 2022. Together, these achievements amounted to a back-to-back

By Ben Morse, CNN Another game in the NFL, another questionable roughing-the-passer penalty call by an officiating crew. Just a day after referees in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 21-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons were criticized for penalizing Grady Jarrett’s sack on Tom Brady, similar questions were being asked after Monday Night Football and the

By Steve Almasy Lizete Dos Santos, CNN Dustin Johnson has enough points to secure the inaugural season-long LIV Golf individual championship and the series’ $18 million prize, LIV officials announced Monday. The two-time major winner secured five top-10 finishes in the opening six events and was the winner last month of the LIV Golf Invitational

By Eoin McSweeney, CNN Four-time NBA champion and 2000 NBA MVP Shaquille O’Neal has sent out a cryptic message reiterating his wish to invest in an NBA team, after rebuffing reports earlier this month that he wanted to buy the Phoenix Suns. “I don’t know if I’m allowed to say,” the eight-time All-NBA First Teamer

By Kevin Dotson, CNN The Carolina Panthers have parted ways with head coach Matt Rhule, the NFL team announced Monday. The move comes a day after a 37-15 loss to the San Francisco 49ers which left the Panthers with a 1-4 record on the season. Rhule, who coached the team to a 11-27 record in

By George Ramsay, CNN A former pizza shop worker is now earning his dough in the NFL after being signed by the New England Patriots. Last week, the Patriots announced that offensive lineman Sebastian Gutierrez had joined the team’s practice squad — quite the change of scene from his job at Uncle Maddio’s Pizza in

By Jack Bantock, CNN Records tumbled in Tiger Woods’ wake when the prodigious amateur turned professional in 1996 in one of the most breakneck accelerations to the summit that golf has ever seen. So when, 26 years on, a 20-year-old is matching the early feats of the 15-time major winner, it’s probably worth taking notice.

By CNN Sport staff Pitcher Joe Musgrove was subjected to an ear probe by umpires during the San Diego Padres’ dominant 6-0 win against the New York Mets as they moved onto the National League Division Series. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Mets manager Buck Showalter asked the umps to pause the game

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Bayern Munich’s Canadian international defender Alphonso Davies suffered a “cranial bruise” after being caught in the face by the boot of Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham during Saturday’s draw, according to the Bundesliga champion. “FC Bayern defender Alphonso Davies suffered a cranial bruise in the 2-2 draw at Borussia Dortmund in Saturday’s

By Ben Morse and Kevin Dotson, CNN Jordan Poole shone in his first appearance after video emerged of an incident with his Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green. The 23-year-old point guard lead scoring for the Warriors with 25 points in their 124-121 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Poole dazzled fans

By Matias Grez, CNN Novak Djokovic claimed his 90th career ATP Tour title by cruising past Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Astana Open in Kazakhstan. The Serb needed just 76 minutes to win 6-3 6-4 and cement his place at November’s season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. Victory at the Astana Open was

By Ben Morse, CNN Tom Brady capped off a tumultuous week for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in fine fashion, snapping the team’s losing streak with a 21-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Sunday’s victory wasn’t without controversy though, as Brady and the Bucs benefited from a controversial roughing-the-passer penalty call late in the game which

By Issy Ronald, CNN Formula One drivers and teams united in anger after Pierre Gasly drove past a recovery vehicle at high speed in heavy rain at the Japanese Grand Prix, with the Alpha Tauri driver saying he could have died. The Frenchman had pitted to replace a front wing damaged by debris from Carlos

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Tampa Bay Lightning have suspended defenseman Ian Cole while the National Hockey League investigates allegations of sexual abuse, the team announced Sunday. The NHL confirmed to CNN that the league is looking into the allegations, which were made by an anonymous Twitter account. The Lightning said they will cooperate with

By Amir Vera and Matt Foster, CNN Miami Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater took a big hit Sunday and was unable to return to the game because of the new concussion protocol that went into effect the same day, making Bridgewater one of the first players to be sidelined under the new rules. Bridgewater suffered a

By Ben Morse, CNN A person wearing a cheese wedge on their head might seem odd to most, but when the Green Bay Packers are in town it’s just part and parcel of game day. The Packers played in London on Sunday, the first time the franchise has played in the UK — and the

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Seattle Mariners produced a sensational comeback on Saturday to beat Toronto Blue Jays in an MLB playoff game which also featured a violent clash that had Blue Jays’ George Springer carted off the field after he collided with teammate Bo Bichette. J. P. Crawford had hit a blooper into shallow center

By Issy Ronald, CNN Most of the time, records are broken by small margins, shaved down over years into a new benchmark somewhat similar to the previous one. But this is not the case for records belonging to Erling Haaland who has spent this season obliterating them beyond any recognizable shape. By scoring during Manchester

By Hannah Brewitt, CNN American football is back in London for the second week in a row. The New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Week 5’s international battle. Each team boasts a 3-1 record. That means for the first time in 32 contests played, a London game

By Issy Ronald, CNN Max Verstappen was crowned Formula One world champion in bizarre circumstances following a dominant victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. It had been a chaotic race, stalled by rain and then restarted, before the chaos continued afterwards with confusion reigning over whether Verstappen had defended his title. For much

By Eric Levenson, Kevin Dotson and Zoe Sottile, CNN The National Football League and the NFL Players Association agreed to update the league’s concussion protocol on Saturday. The decision follows a review of the response to Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s injury on September 25. Tagovailoa suffered an apparent head injury and was later allowed

By Issy Ronald, CNN The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) was defeated 2-1 by England at Wembley in an international friendly that spotlighted both the increasing popularity of women’s football and its failures. Billed as a match-up between the world and European champions, both teams had displayed impressive form in recent months — the

By Reuters staff Serbian scientists have named a new species of beetle after tennis great Novak Djokovic due to its speed, strength, flexibility, durability and ability to survive in a difficult environment, Serbian media reported on Friday. The insect, which belongs to the Duvalius genus of ground beetles that are present in Europe, was discovered

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Ever since he led France to glory at the 2018 World Cup, Kylian Mbappe has been anointed as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s eventual successor on the pitch. Off the pitch, however, no one perhaps expected the Frenchman to overtake the soccer greats with the speed in which he has after

By Jarrod Williams, CNN Erlend Fagerli is one of the most renowned freestyle footballers in the world. Fagerli has been a major part of the sport for over 13 years, with his hard work and dedication earning him nine world championships. The 25-year-old Norwegian successfully won his ninth title at the 2022 Red Bull Street

By CNN Sports staff Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was involved in a practice altercation with teammate Jordan Poole on Wednesday, team president Bob Myers has confirmed. Myers told reporters that reports of an altercation between the two were “accurate” and that both are fine. “It’s the NBA, it’s professional sports, these things happen.

By Ben Morse, CNN Not every sports game is the best one you’ve ever seen and not every game is a particularly memorable one. But rarely does a game come around where as soon as the television switches off, you forget everything about it, such was the level of boredom it brought. And, on Thursday

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The United States Women’s National Team play England in a friendly at Wembley on Friday. But as the world champion takes on the European champion, back in the US, women’s professional soccer is reeling from an independent investigation that found systemic abuse and misconduct within the sport. Players have been described

By Ben Church, CNN At just 18 years old, Victor Wembanyama already looks like a future superstar of the NBA. The seven-foot-four French teenager has wowed the US this week after showcasing his skills in two exhibition games against development team G League Ignite. Wembanyama, who boasts a reported eight-foot wingspan, inspired his Metropolitans 92

By David Close, CNN US Women’s National Team (USWNT) star Megan Rapinoe reiterated that women soccer players are angry and exhausted following an independent investigation report which found systemic abuse and misconduct within women’s professional soccer. Released on Monday, the report — led by former acting Attorney General Sally Yates — was based on more

By George Ramsay and Elizabeth Pérez, CNN Tennis great Martina Navratilova thinks more women will continue to play professional tennis after having children — thanks largely to Serena Williams. When she retired from tennis last month, the 41-year-old Williams left behind a legacy that stretches well beyond her 23 grand slam titles, the last of

By George Ramsay, CNN Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann said he is “not going to back down” as accusations of widespread cheating intensify. On Tuesday, an investigation by popular online platform Chess.com claimed Niemann “likely cheated” in more than 100 online matches, a week after world champion Magnus Carlsen explicitly accused the American of cheating in

By Ben Morse, Jacob Lev and Nadia Kounang, CNN Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said on Wednesday that head injuries are an “inherent” risk of playing in the NFL. Appearing on “The Colin Cowherd” podcast Wednesday, the 25-year-old said that while he’s likely suffered at least one concussion in his career, he hasn’t had any

By Ben Church, CNN Fourteen goals in the English Premier League and now five goals in the UEFA Champions League; it’s no wonder Erling Haaland is striking fear into opposition goalkeepers this season. The Norwegian striker has settled perfectly into life at Manchester City and added two more goals to his tally after scoring a

By Matt Foster, CNN National Basketball Association (NBA) star LeBron James on Wednesday restated his desire to own a franchise in Las Vegas should the league expand to the city. James’ comments came after his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Phoenix Suns in a preseason game in the Nevada city, with the 37-year-old directly

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Soccer’s lexicon is a rich reservoir of often curiously contorted cliche and phrasing, frequently the subject of parody. Now, the linguistic ingenuity of two of the most influential coaches in modern football — Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho — have been officially recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Ferguson’s phrase

By Issy Ronald, CNN Jim Redmond, who helped his injured son Derek across the finish line of the 400m semifinal at Barcelona 1992 in one of the Olympic Games’ most poignant and iconic moments, has died at age 81, his family announced. “It is with great sadness that I am writing this post to share

By Lizete Dos Santos, CNN Ukraine has joined Spain and Portugal’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said on Wednesday. “Our bid is not an Iberian bid anymore, it’s a European bid,” RFEF president Luis Rubiales said during a press conference at European

By Alasdair Howorth, Xiaofei Xu, Natacha Bracken and Renée Bertini, CNN It’s likely that many French fans will be following this year’s World Cup in Qatar as their team, the winner four years ago in Russia, fights to defend its title, but they won’t be doing it with other football supporters in some of France’s

By Ben Church. CNN Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti invoked the memory of club legend Diego Maradona after watching his side thrash Ajax 6-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Italian team fell behind early in the match after Mohammed Kudus’ ricocheted goal but replied by demolishing the hosts with an impressive performance. Goals from

By Don Riddell and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The World Cup in Qatar is practically a home tournament for Iran, only the narrow Persian Gulf separates the two nations. But as they line up for their opening match against England on November 21, some of the Iranian players might feel rather uncomfortable wearing the tricolor flag

By Tara Subramaniam and Kevin Dotson, CNN Teenage chess grandmaster Hans Niemann “likely cheated” in more than 100 online matches, including ones with prize money involved, according to an investigation by one of the sport’s most popular websites. The 72-page report by Chess.com was released on Tuesday, a month after controversy erupted at a top

By Steve Almasy, CNN New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge broke Roger Maris’ single-season American League home run record, hitting his 62nd blast of the year in a game Tuesday against the Texas Rangers. Judge connected for the record home run off Rangers starting pitcher Jesus Tinoco in the first inning of the second game

By Dakin Andone and Zoe Sottile, CNN One of the winners at an Ohio fishing tournament this past weekend hopes two alleged cheaters face the maximum penalty as a result of the cheating scandal that’s rocked the competitive fishing world. “I just hope they get them for everything they can for what they’ve done,” said

By Ben Morse, CNN With a lot of starting NFL players not playing in the preseason, the first few weeks of a new season sometimes are more mistake ridden and have more miscues than we’d tend expect. But, by Week 4, those kinks are beginning to be ironed out and we’re starting to see the

By George Ramsay, CNN In the hours before he coils himself into the starting blocks — a time when many sprinters would be fraught with nerves and tension — Letsile Tebogo finds solace in the soundtracks of home. “Most of the time, I just listen to music — traditional songs from here in Botswana because

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Kanoa Greene was born into a surfing family — but for a long while, she didn’t think she belonged in the ocean. “I’m Hawaiian, and surfing has been part of my family from the beginning. My uncle is a well known surfer in Hawaii, and so I was immersed in that

By Ben Church, CNN Lewis Hamilton‘s team Mercedes has been fined $24,500 (€25,000) after the seven-time world champion was unable to take out his nose stud at the Singapore Grand Prix. Drivers have long been prohibited from wearing jewelry for safety reasons and, while the rule is not new, the FIA — the sport’s governing

By Zoe Sottile, CNN There’s something fishy going on in the competitive fishing world. The would-be winners of almost $29,000 at an Ohio fishing tournament were disqualified on Friday, after it was discovered their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish fillets. Jason Fischer, director of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament, told CNN

By Issy Ronald, CNN Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the Singapore Grand Prix amid treacherous conditions, but he remains under investigation for a potential safety car violation with race stewards due to rule on any penalty. Torrential rain delayed the start of the race by an hour and, on the slippery track, the safety car

By Homero De la Fuente, Masrur Jamaluddin and Issy Ronald, CNN FIFA, the head of soccer’s international governing body, has led football’s mourning of Saturday’s stadium crush at an Indonesian league football match, describing the incident, which killed at least 125 people, as a “dark day” and a “tragedy beyond comprehension.” In what is one

By Aimee Lewis, CNN With six miles left, Yalemzerf Yehualaw’s race seemed to have been ruined after the Ethiopian was left sprawled on the road after stumbling over a speed bump. The incident caused her to lose time over her rivals and later she admitted the faceplant “hurt.” But it didn’t stop the 23-year-old from

By Aimee Lewis, CNN The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has called on Football Australia to issue lifetime bans to fans found to have displayed Nazi symbols and salutes during Saturday night’s Australia Cup final. On Sunday, Football Australia said it will go through all the video footage and images at its disposal

By Michael Manduley, CNN Baseball great Alex Rodriguez is opening up about mistakes in his personal and professional life, and how they are shaping his growing business empire. In an interview on CNN and HBO Max’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?”, Rodriguez said the performance-enhancing drug scandal that marred his legacy was “the most embarrassing

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The NFL returns to London on Sunday as the Minnesota Vikings (2-1) and New Orleans Saints (1-2) contest the first of five international slate of games scheduled this season. With Justin Jefferson and the Vikings taking on Alvin Kamara and the Saints at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Sunday’s game will

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The National Football League Players Association has terminated the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant who was involved in the evaluation of Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for a concussion during their game against the Buffalo Bills last Sunday, according to multiple reports, including from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, citing unnamed sources.

By Issy Ronald, CNN Formula One drivers are renowned for pushing their body and mind to the limits. While maintaining their concentration for the duration of a race, they endure huge amounts of g force, speeds of approximately 300km/hr, and the loss of several kilograms in body mass due to dehydration. Just three weeks after