National Sports

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Sam Hoiberg sat at the far end of the Nebraska bench and watched one dismal loss beget the next. Between December 1, 2021, and February 5, 2022, the Cornhuskers lost 15 of 16, only claiming victory against lowly Kennesaw State. The Huskers took a brief pause from their doldrums

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — The blaring alarm startled Malik Hall out of his sleep in the early morning of February 28. Months earlier, when he first arrived to play for Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C., a team in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the former Michigan State basketball player was told to download an

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Steve Prohm lets out a deep exhale and Bryce Drew sighs an extended, “Oohhhh.’’ Josh Schertz kind of tsk-tsks, before muttering, “It’s a tough one.’’ Independent of one another, each has been asked the same question: “What does it feel like to be Travis Steele this week?” They have

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Team USA is on the verge of one of the most embarrassing exits in World Baseball Classic history and, at this point, there’s nothing the Americans can do about it. After a shocking 8-6 defeat to Italy on Tuesday, a game that saw the Americans fall behind 8-0 before

By Hannah Keyser, CNN Miami (CNN) — With Team Venezuela leading 6-2 in the seventh inning of their first World Baseball Classic game, a dance party erupted on the concourse behind third base. A small drumline – one of several in the stands, even for a noon game on a weekday – had attracted a

By Hilary Whiteman, Christina Macfarlane, Ben Church, CNN Brisbane (CNN) — One of the seven members of the Iranian soccer team granted refuge in Australia has changed her mind, forcing Australian officials to hurriedly move the other six women after she divulged their secret location to the Iranian embassy, the government in Canberra said. Home

By Christina Macfarlane, Ben Church, Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane (CNN) — Two more members of the Iranian soccer team were granted humanitarian visas in Australia before the rest of the team departed Sydney late Tuesday, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed Wednesday. That takes the total number of visas granted to seven – six players

CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Iraq’s men’s national soccer team is just 90 minutes away from qualifying for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 40 years – in theory. Events far beyond the team’s control have reinforced the adage that the last mile is often the hardest. On March 31,

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — The NBA has scrapped the Atlanta Hawks’ “Magic City Monday” event following “significant concerns” from league stakeholders. The promotion was intended to honor the renowned Atlanta strip club, Magic City. The Hawks had planned to “celebrate the city’s iconic cultural institution” during next Monday’s home game against the Orlando

CNN By Hilary Whiteman, Christina Macfarlane, Ben Church, Michael Rios, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team competing in the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia have been granted humanitarian visas, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday, confirming he took an early-morning call from US President Donald Trump about

By Hilary Whiteman, Christina Macfarlane, Ben Church, Michael Rios, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team competing in the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia have been granted humanitarian visas, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday, confirming he took an early-morning call from US President Donald Trump about the

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Christina Macfarlane, CNN (CNN) — The Iran women’s national soccer team was forced to salute and sing its anthem on Thursday ahead of its Women’s Asian Cup group stage match against host Australia, sources close to the team tell CNN Sports, just days after the squad refused to do so in

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — North Carolina runner Molly Born won the USA Track & Field (USATF) women’s half marathon championship by a slim margin of just over four seconds on Sunday in Atlanta – but the result is only half the story. To say Born’s win was mired in controversy would be

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s now 100 days until the FIFA World Cup is set to begin in North America, and the intensifying war in the Middle East has raised further questions around what is already a controversial tournament. Chief among those questions right now: Will Iran participate in the tournament now that

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — In 1938, the Owls Club, a group of talented Black women in Seattle, Washington, won the first-ever Black women’s professional softball championship. The next year, behind left-handed pitcher Lillian Brown’s dominant performance — where she struck out 12 Manette batters — the team, then renamed the Brown Bombers, won

By Aleks Klosok, Amanda Davies, CNN London (CNN) — Arsenal star Bukayo Saka has exclusively told CNN Sports that his side has “the opportunity to make history” after the 24-year-old committed his long-term future to the current Premier League leaders. The forward, who joined the club’s academy at the age of eight, recently signed a

By Mia Fishman, CNN (CNN) — United States Olympic women’s hockey team captain Hilary Knight called President Trump’s invitation to the White House “a distasteful joke” on Wednesday during an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter. The invite came after Trump extended a welcome to the men’s team via a phone call on Sunday, as celebration ensued