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CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Racing driver Katherine Legge is preparing to tackle one of the most daunting feats in all of sport: The Memorial Day “double.” Also known as the Indy-Charlotte double, she’s only the sixth driver, and the first female, attempting to race the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Racing driver Katherine Legge is preparing to tackle one of the most daunting feats in all of sport: The Memorial Day “double.” Also known as the Indy-Charlotte double, she’s only the sixth driver, and the first female, attempting to race the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Pep Guardiola will leave his role as Manchester City manager at the end of the season, the club said Friday, bringing an end to an era-defining legacy. In a club press release, Guardiola reflected on his departure: “When I arrived, my first interview was with (Oasis frontman) Noel Gallagher.

By Emile Nuh, CNN London (CNN) — An intense soccer match is being played at a packed out Wembley Stadium. Barely a minute into the second half, the 90,000-strong crowd has already seen eight goals in a 4-4 match when a player receives the ball just inside his own half and starts striding off. About

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Lucky New York City residents will be able to purchase World Cup tickets at a reduced price, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced at a press conference on Thursday. These 1,000 tickets will be available at $50 each – split across the five group stage games and two knockout games played

By Christiane Amanpour, Ben Church, Alicia Lloyd, CNN (CNN) — It’s undeniable that Rafael Nadal enjoyed one of the greatest tennis careers in the history of the sport. A total of 22 grand slams, including a record 14 French Open titles and 209 weeks as world No. 1, all while playing in arguably the most

By Ben Church, CNN Wembley Stadium, London (CNN) — When US billionaire businessman Todd Boehly arrived at Chelsea in May 2022, he had massive plans. “We’re all in – 100%,” he told fans, promising the BlueCo consortium would help bring in the very best players and cement the club’s long-term future at the top of

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Newton Square, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Somewhere around the 16th tee, just as Aldrich Potgieter was about to take a cut, a man in the gallery asked a pertinent question: “Is there anyone in this group worth watching?” At the time, Potgieter, at 5-under, was atop the leaderboard at the PGA Championship.

By Hannah Keyser, CNN New York (CNN) — Before hiring a manager for his mid-market franchise, a general manager and five other team stakeholders sat in a room with a whiteboard to brainstorm what they believed to be the attributes of a championship skipper. The last manager had been fired at the end of a

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — They say three things are certain in life. Scottie Scheffler being among the frontrunners at a major championship is definitely one of them. With favorites falling to the wayside all over the undulating greens at Aronimink Golf Club, the ever-unflappable Scheffler sits atop the leaderboard after the opening day’s

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (CNN) — After signing his scorecard to make official a round of golf he’d largely like to forget, Bryson DeChambeau cut through the player’s parking lot and kept going, directly to the driving range. He plopped two buckets next to him and started swinging, stopping only to either

By Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — The famed Wanamaker Trophy is the largest and heaviest in golf, but don’t think for one minute it can’t ever be lost. A star-studded field is converging on Pennsylvania this week for the PGA Championship at Aronimink Country Club to battle it out for the coveted title, but it