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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

By Mia Fishman, CNN (CNN) — Lindsey Vonn credited her doctor with saving her leg from amputation in an Instagram video posted Monday, going in-depth on the severity of the injury she suffered in her devastating crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics. In the video, Vonn explained the details of the leg injury she sustained

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Growing up in Houston, Texas, I would beg my parents all the time to take me to my local card shop. If I got birthday money from an aunt, “Please, can we go to the card shop? I’ll do extra chores if we can go Friday.” Opening packs of

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Milan (CNN) — Outside the arena here, it felt like all of Canada had arrived, not so much for a hockey game but for a statement. This, this sport played on ice, belongs to us. You Americans may keep your football; we get hockey. And so, they sipped their beer, using

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Norway’s director of elite sport sounded a little hoarse when he answered the phone to CNN Sports. Tore Øvebrø said he had just caught a cold, but he admitted that his raspy voice might also have something to do with his cheering over the last two weeks. “It didn’t

By Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — If Team USA is looking for inspiration ahead of the men’s Olympic hockey final Sunday against fierce rivals Canada, it need look no further than the iconic exploits of the “Miracle on Ice” heroes from 1980. It’s been 46 years since the last time the United States won gold

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — As Jordan Stolz hung in the pack of speedskaters, the distance between them and two daring breakaway skaters stretching further and further, Stolz found himself sort of fighting with himself. He could sense, without being told, that everyone was waiting for him – the guy with two

By Don Riddell, Glen Levy, CNN (CNN) — On the eve of the new Major League Soccer (MLS) season, MLS Commissioner Don Garber has expressed his interest in Real Madrid superstars Vinícius Júnior and Kylian Mbappé eventually becoming part of the league and playing their club soccer in North America. The 31st season of MLS

By Ben Church, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — Two minutes and four seconds. That’s all that stood between Team USA and a gutting loss in the women’s hockey final on Thursday. For much of the game, the US players had huffed and puffed but failed to find a way past Canada’s stubborn defense – more

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Dressed in his all-white tuxedo and matching skates, camera operator Jordan Cowan has become an accidental star at this year’s Olympic figure skating events in Milan. Videos of the 35-year-old filming skaters as they leave the ice have gone viral, in part due to his attire but also the

By Dana O’Neil, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — When she finally crossed the finish line a second-and-a-half faster than anyone else, Mikaela Shiffrin did the strangest thing. Nothing. She did nothing. As the memory of eight races, four years and whatever other numbers that people used to reduce a lifetime of achievement into a

CNN By Dana O’Neil, CNN Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — When she finally crossed the finish line a second-and-a-half faster than anyone else, Mikaela Shiffrin did the strangest thing. Nothing. She did nothing. As the memory of eight races, four years and whatever other numbers that people used to reduce a lifetime of achievement into

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — There was a welcome addition to the end of Wednesday’s Olympic women’s cross-country skiing team sprint free race, when a dog joined some of the athletes for the final sprint to the line. Footage from the broadcast showed the happy-looking pup running behind two skiers, with the crowd cheering