National Sports

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Results in NFL preseason tend not to have a bearing on the outcome of a team’s season. But they do offer fans some hope and a first opportunity to see new players with new teams or in new schemes. Week 1 of the 2024 NFL preseason concluded on Sunday,

By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Even for the most successful heptathlete in Olympic history, the stresses and strains of a survival of the fittest-type competition are plain to see. Seven disciplines crammed into the space of two tightly contested days where fine margins count for everything and yet nothing at the

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — There is longevity as a coach, and then there is Anson Dorrance. The 73-year-old, who spent 45 seasons coaching the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) Tar Heels women’s soccer team, called time on a legendary career on Sunday. In terms of titles won, Dorrance is the most

By Ben Morse, Matias Grez, George Ramsay, Patrick Sung and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Truly, what an incredible Olympics it was here in France. It’s hard to condense a two-week period as jam-packed with memorable moments as these incredible Paris Olympics, but this is our best attempt. Here are the 12 things we’ll

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said he would “consider” running to become the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next year. His comments come after current president Thomas Bach announced he would not seek to extend his current term beyond June 2025, telling reporters on Saturday

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The New England Patriots won their first game in over 24 years without legendary coach Bill Belichick in charge, beating the Carolina Panthers 17-3 in their opening preseason game on Thursday. It was the debut for Patriots first-year head coach Jerod Mayo, as well as the team’s first-round pick

By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s badminton gold medalist An Se-young envisioned a glorious return from Paris, popping open a bottle of champagne with the coveted medal around her neck. But that wasn’t the scene at South Korea’s Incheon Airport last Wednesday, when reporters surrounded the Olympian, peppering her with questions about her criticism of the Korean Badminton

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — It was a party in the Stade de France as an electric two-and-a-half weeks of the Summer Olympics wrapped up on Sunday with a celebration of the athletes, the people who made the Games happen and a preview of what to expect in four years. Here are

By Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — With big blocks, last-minute goals and shocking upsets, netball is making a big impression on the world stage, and it is growing every year. The sport now appears in the Commonwealth Games and has leagues around the world, as well as the Netball World Cup every four years. Despite

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s the final day of the Summer Olympics and the USA and China have tied in the overall gold medal rankings from these 2024 Summer Olympics. While Team USA is far ahead in the total medal rankings with 126 in Paris, it went into the last competition of

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sunday that the bronze medal given to American gymnast Jordan Chiles in the floor exercise at the Paris Games will be awarded to her Romanian counterpart Ana Bărbosu. It comes after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on Saturday that

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Stephen Curry’s career highlight reel is filled with dagger three-pointers in huge moments. In just three minutes on Saturday, he added four more that might be sweeter than any of the others. As the clock ticked down inside the final few minutes, Team USA was reeling and the

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The USA men’s basketball team on Saturday won its fifth straight Olympic gold medal, defeating a spirited French team 98-87. Behind Stephen Curry’s 24 points, the Americans finally put away France in the final minute after a back-and-forth game that thrilled the fans at Paris’ Bercy Arena. Going

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — New era, new head coach, but a familiar result for the US Women’s National Team. The most decorated team in women’s soccer won a fifth Olympic gold medal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, defeating Brazil 1-0 in the final. Mallory Swanson’s second-half goal gave the US the

CNN By Joseph Ataman and Christina Macfarlane, CNN Paris (CNN) — For two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, Paris 2024’s boxing was unusually poignant. Watching Algerian fighter Imane Khelif weather a firestorm of abuse over allegations about her gender, she couldn’t help think back to the similar trials she suffered from her teenage

By Joseph Ataman and Christina Macfarlane, CNN Paris (CNN) — For two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, Paris 2024’s boxing was unusually poignant. Watching Algerian fighter Imane Khelif weather a firestorm of abuse over allegations about her gender, she couldn’t help think back to the similar trials she suffered from her teenage years

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Team USA’s narrow escape over Serbia in the semifinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament lends fresh drama to Saturday’s final against France, which will be playing with a home-court advantage that has to be heard to be believed. The so-talented-it-is-hard-to-comprehend US roster carved up Serbia, South Sudan

By Amanda Davies, George Ramsay and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Not even three months into her time as head coach of the US women’s soccer team, Emma Hayes is already going for an Olympic gold medal. Only Brazil and the legendary Marta stand between the US and a record-extending fifth Olympic title, which would