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By Ben Church, CNN Manager Steve Bruce has left Newcastle United by mutual consent just 13 days after the Saudi Arabia-backed takeover of the Premier…

By Joseph Ataman, CNN A sex-tape, alleged blackmail and two French soccer stars: as the trial of French striker Karim Benzema kicks off today, it was…

By Ben Church, CNN Football’s world governing body FIFA says it’s “deeply concerned” at images that have recently emerged on…

By Kevin Dotson, CNN The National Hockey League has handed a 21-game unpaid suspension to Evander Kane of the San Jose Sharks after an investigation…

By Aleks Klosok, CNN France and FC Bayern Munich defender Lucas Hernández has until October 28 to voluntarily enter prison after breaking a…

By Ben Church, CNN New Zealand Rugby is mourning the death of Māori All Blacks player Sean Wainui after the 25-year-old died in a car accident on…

By Ben Morse and Amanda Davies, CNN After allegations of abuse in women’s football surfaced in recent weeks in the US, Venezuela and Australia,…

By Homero De la Fuente and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Chicago Sky have won their first championship, defeating the Phoenix Mercury 80-74 in Game 4…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Washington Football Team paid tribute Sunday to beloved football legend Sean Taylor, who was killed in 2007 while protecting…

By Wayne Sterling and Amanda Jackson, CNN With less than a minute to go in the Mississippi Rebels and Tennessee Volunteers game Saturday night, fans…

By Ben Morse, CNN Ah, the joys of youth. Having boundless energy is one of the perks of being young. But Cole Palmer took it to a new level on…

By Ben Morse, CNN Team Jessica Korda won the Aramco Team Series on Saturday, the first Ladies European Tour golf event to be held in the US.…

By Ben Morse, CNN Mohamed Salah scored his second wonderful solo goal in as many Premier League games as Liverpool spoilt Claudio Ranieri’s…

By George Ramsay, CNN Think of cricket-playing nations and the likes of India, Australia and England might come to mind. Not so much Oman, a country…

By Jack Bantock, CNN Still only 29, he’s one of the two greatest Premier League players of all-time, yet is Mohamed Salah still undervalued?…

By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced…

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said Wednesday that he is unvaccinated against Covid-19, a day after his team said the…

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN If the first step to becoming a sporting icon is a distinctive moniker, rising MotoGP star Francesco ‘Pecco’…

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jon Gruden, who resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails,…

By Ben Morse, CNN It was technically a home game for the Atlanta Falcons home game, but with the array of colored jerseys on display providing a…

By John Sinnott, CNN Valtteri Bottas, who started in pole positiion, cruised to win the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday as his Mercedes teammate Lewis…

By John Sinnott, CNN In a fight that is being talked about as one of the all-time great heavyweight bouts, Tyson Fury retained his WBC title after…

By Matias Grez and John Sinnott, CNN While the likes of the NFL are leading the way in public vaccine advocacy and transparency — the league…

By John Sinnott, CNN Britain’s new sporting hero Emma Raducanu, who stunned the tennis world when she won the US Open in September, experienced…

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Jon Gruden, head coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, used racially insensitive language to describe NFL Players…

By Jacob Lev, CNN Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be allowed to practice at the team’s facility in New York City, but still won’t be…

By David Close and Jacob Lev, CNN A broadcaster for MLB Network has apologized for using a term that referenced slavery while on-air during a playoff…

By Jack Bantock, CNN Stephanie Labbe is smiling. Swedish striker Kosovare Asllani has just placed the ball on the spot to take the first kick of a…

By Ben Church, CNN France completed a famous comeback against Belgium on Thursday, overcoming a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 and reach the final of…

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN On a wild, woodland hilltop in northeastern Tennessee, a man in a gold jacket and matching cowboy hat paces a broad patch of…

By Ben Church, CNN In recent years, Spain has produced some of the world’s best footballers and it looks like there’s another star…

By Matias Grez, CNN Not long after his transfer from Sporting to Manchester United, it quickly became apparent that Bruno Fernandes was the Premier…

By Rodrigo Pedroso, for CNN A Brazilian footballer is facing a charge of attempted murder after kicking a referee in the head and knocking him…

By Jack Bantock, CNN Water the plants, cut the grass, sign Cristiano Ronaldo — it was quite the summer in Gary Lineker’s garden. One of…

By George Ramsay, CNN Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, arguably the fiercest rivals in golf right now, are set to go head-to-head in the next…

A collection of paintings and sketches by the late Muhammad Ali sold for a total of $945,524 at Bonhams auctioneers in New York on Tuesday. The…

By Ben Church, CNN Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has criticized but ultimately stood by Urban Meyer after lewd videos of the NFL team’s…

By Hannah Ryan, CNN There are just a handful of top level men’s football players in the world that have come out and have felt able to be open…

By Wayne Sterling, CNN The ATP is investigating domestic abuse allegations made by world No. 4 Alexander Zverev’s ex-girlfriend, the governing…

By Aleks Klosok, CNN Asisat Oshoala has a confession to make. The Barcelona striker, who was born in the Nigerian city of Ikorodu, leans into the…

By George Ramsay, CNN With another round of international matches looming in the football calendar, questions about players being released to…

By Matias Grez, CNN The hotly anticipated clash between River Plate and Boca Juniors — known as the Superclasico — didn’t…

By Ben Church, CNN Former Manchester United player Park Ji-sung has asked fans to stop singing a famous chant about him which makes reference to…

By George Ramsay, CNN Video produced by Finn McSkimming When Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi mulls his next move on a chessboard, his instinct…

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Aaron Jones of the Green Bay Packers received a heartwarming gesture from his team after losing a pendant containing his…

By Ben Church, CNN Liverpool and Manchester City played out an exhilarating 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Sunday, in a match which saw Mohamed…

By Ben Church and Wayne Sterling, CNN Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei stormed to victory in the elite women’s race at this year’s…

By Matias Grez and Denis Lapin, CNN Ukrainian hockey authorities have been widely criticized for the lenient punishment it handed out to one of the…

By Jack Bantock and Amanda Davies, CNN Sky Brown became Great Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medalist this summer — now, she wants to…

By Kevin Dotson, David Close and Steve Almasy, CNN The commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League has resigned and the league has…