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By Travis Caldwell, CNN A sold-out crowd will be on hand in Florida Sunday to watch 40 drivers compete for the crown jewel of NASCAR’s Cup Series, the Daytona 500. A warm, partly cloudy day in expected at Daytona Beach as fans in the stands are set to see intense racing, with slingshot passing and

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Letesenbet Gidey was the pre-race favorite and with the finishing line in sight it seemed as if the Ethiopian was to win gold with ease. But meters from the tape the 24-year-old fell, and in a blink of an eye, victory was dramatically gone. In a spectacular conclusion to the women’s

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN Five days ago, Mac McClung wasn’t on an NBA roster, having played for the Philadelphia 76ers’ G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, this season. On Saturday night, he became the center of the basketball world as he was crowned NBA Slam Dunk champion in Salt Lake City,

By Homero De la Fuente and Ben Morse, CNN After spending nearly 10 months imprisoned in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner is making her return to basketball in the upcoming season, signing a one-year deal with the Phoenix Mercury, the team announced on Tuesday. The two-time Olympic gold medalist was released in December — after

By Issy Ronald, CNN Watching soccer seems to be becoming a favorite pasttime for Hollywood stars. Last week, Will Ferrell was spotted at Wrexham, before watching Manchester City and then Liverpool. This week, it was Tom Hanks who experienced the joyful highs and agonizing lows of being a soccer fan. A long-time Aston Villa fan,

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Soccer star Victor Osimhen is enjoying a season that will live long in the memory. So prolific has the Napoli forward been in helping his team dominate Italy’s Serie A, the striker is arguably currently the world’s best forward. He is certainly the most in-form striker in Europe’s top five leagues.

By Homero DeLaFuente, CNN Hall of Fame horse trainer Bob Baffert will miss the Kentucky Derby for a second straight year after a federal judge denied his request to have a two-year ban by Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) overturned. US District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings ruled Friday that Baffert and his attorneys “failed to

By Jacob Lev, CNN Qatari Shiekh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani has officially made a bid for English Premier League club Manchester United, Al Thani confirmed in a statement Friday. “Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani today confirmed his submission of a bid for 100% of Manchester United Football Club,” Al Thani’s statement read. “The

By Issy Ronald, CNN Aged 64, Mexico’s Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg competed in his 20th Alpine Ski World Championships on Friday. A multicolored, lycra-clad smudge against the snow, Hohenlohe failed to finish his first run of the men’s giant slalom as he raced in what is likely his last World Championships outing, 41 years after

By Kareem El Damanhoury and Yusuf Gezer, CNN The body of Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu was found under rubble on Saturday, according to his agent, almost two weeks after the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce to all well wishers that sadly

By George Ramsay, CNN Three years have passed since Athing Mu was last beaten in an 800-meter race. In that time, she’s been crowned American champion, Olympic champion and world champion in the distance — all before the age of 21. The extraordinary start to her professional running career has led many, with good reason,

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) and Canada’s women’s soccer team gathered in a circle moments before kickoff on Thursday to show solidarity with the Canadians in their equal pay dispute with the national federation ahead of their opening match of the SheBelieves Cup at Exploria Stadium in

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Barcelona and Manchester United played a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg of their Europa League knockout playoff match, leaving the tie finely poised ahead of the second leg at Old Trafford. In a fixture that fans are accustomed to seeing in the Champions League instead

By Matias Grez, CNN Kevin Durant is raring to go in Phoenix. Speaking to the assembled media for the first time since his blockbuster trade from the Brooklyn Nets to the Suns, the 34-year-old lauded the fans for the reception he has received. Durant is yet to appear in a game for Phoenix as he

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin won her seventh career Alpine world championships gold medal on Thursday, after winning the giant slalom in Méribel, France, in the Alps. The American took her overall tally to 13 medals from 16 career world championship races, making her the most successful skier in the modern era. She now

By Matias Grez, CNN The Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office is investigating FC Barcelona over allegations it made $1.5 million in payments over three years to a company owned by a then-leading official with Spain’s referee committee, CTA. Spanish radio station Cadena SER reported Wednesday that the club made a series of payments to a company owned