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Why tennis players grunt during matches

By Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — It’s the climactic week at Wimbledon, the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament, and the usual sights and sounds are on display: Players competing in their traditional white. Well-dressed celebrities in the royal box. Fans eating bowls of strawberries and cream. And … the grunting. Lots of grunting. If you’ve

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Bayern Munich and PSG players react to Jamal Musiala's injury.

Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany says his blood is ‘boiling’ after star player Jamal Musiala suffers horror leg injury

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany said his blood was “boiling” after young forward Jamal Musiala suffered a fracture to his leg associated with a broken and dislocated ankle in Saturday’s Club World Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. The 22-year-old suffered the horror injury after his leg got caught awkwardly

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (right) speaks to umpire Nico Helwerth during her match against Sonay Kartal.

Wimbledon hit with electronic line call controversy as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova says game was ‘stolen’ from her

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Wimbledon organizers have apologized and explained that “human error” was the reason behind the electronic line-calling system being turned off during a match on Sunday – and the tournament subsequently has removed the ability for operators to manually halt the tracking of the ball. The move comes after controversy

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