National Sports

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US sprinter Hunter Woodhall doesn’t need to look far for inspiration at this year’s Paralympic Games. The 25-year-old heads to Paris with the chance of winning two gold medals – in the 100m T64 and 400m T62 – having watched his wife Tara Davis-Woodhall become the Olympic long-jump

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — American Frances Tiafoe, who reached the US Open semifinals two years ago, is making another deep run in New York – and needed to shout out a certain member of the crowd before leaving the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Tiafoe, who had the fans loudly behind him Sunday

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Coco Gauff will not retain her US Open title as American Emma Navarro advanced past her compatriot in the fourth round, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It’s Navarro’s second consecutive win against the 20-year-old Gauff, and it comes at the same stage in a grand slam tournament: At Wimbledon in July,

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Mackenzie McDonald and Maria Mateas didn’t expect still to be in New York, but on Sunday they have a chance to extend their stay in the US Open mixed doubles. The American couple had a wild card entry to the competition and defeated Fabrice Martin and Alexandra Panova in three

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held on to take a thrilling Grand Prix win at his team’s home race in Monza, Italy, somehow shepherding his increasingly battered and tired tires to the checkered flag ahead of a marauding Oscar Piastri. Piastri had led for much of the race after overtaking his

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — British archer Jodie Grinham became the first ever athlete to win a Paralympic medal while pregnant when she took bronze in the women’s individual compound open on Saturday, organizers said. Competing while seven months pregnant came with a unique set of challenges for Grinham, like asking her baby to

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Poor water quality in the River Seine has once again interrupted Paris’ summer of sport with the postponement of the Paralympic triathlon competitions. Hours before the events were scheduled to start on Sunday, World Triathlon released a statement saying that the latest tests revealed a “decrease in water quality”

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Being the world’s most prodigious eater wasn’t quite the life or the career that Joey Chestnut had planned for himself when he was studying engineering and construction management at San Jose University, but a lobster-eating contest changed everything. He already had a reputation for being the fastest around his

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — While Taylor Swift is on the bleachers watching her boyfriend Travis Kelce play for the Kansas City Chiefs, she has already started drawing up plays for the team, according to quarterback Patrick Mahomes. “She’s really interested in football and she asks a lot of great questions,”

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The NCAA has banned Oklahoma State football from using QR codes on player helmets, the school announced on Saturday. In a move that Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy had called a “revolutionary step forward,” the school announced earlier this month that a 1.5 square inch QR code decal would be applied to the

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — When Karolína Muchová is healthy… That’s the start of a sentence tennis fans have uttered multiple times throughout the 28-year-old Czech’s career. Muchová has gone deep before in grand slam events, but she’s also been halted before by injuries. Now, in New York at the US Open and unseeded,

By Sara Smart, Homero De la Fuente and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the NFL team said in a statement. Pearsall “is in serious but stable condition,” the 49ers confirmed. A 17-year-old boy

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Blind soccer often produces some of the most memorable moments at the Paralympics. Remarkable videos of players showing incredible coordination and skill, slaloming through entire teams and scoring have gone viral at previous Games – and you can expect more of the same in Paris. First introduced to the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Mercedes has announced that Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli will replace the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton next season. The 18-year-old Antonelli, a graduate of the team’s junior program, will partner with George Russell at Mercedes following the departure of seven-time F1 champion Hamilton. “Kimi has consistently shown the talent and

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Jaco van Gass was lying in a French hospital bed a week ago, battered and bruised after a car hit him while he was out training on his bike, leaving his hopes of defending his Paralympic title hanging by a thread. “I was totally heartbroken, I was like, this

By Homero De La Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 31 points to lift the Indiana Fever past Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky 100-81 in a battle between the WNBA rookies on Friday night in Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. Considered the two front-runners for the WNBA Rookie of the Year award, the

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — After a hard-fought comeback win in a five-set thriller against fellow American Ben Shelton in the third round at the US Open, an exuberant Frances Tiafoe pounded his chest, and then he pointed down at the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “This is my f**king house,” said Tiafoe, who

By Homero De la Fuente and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Beloved NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were honored around the sports world on Friday following their tragic death in New Jersey late Thursday night. Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and Matthew Gaudreau, 29, were fatally struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — After two seasons, Premier League defenses are still grappling with the same question: how do you stop Erling Haaland? The Norwegian striker has scored at a phenomenal rate since joining Manchester City and is shows few signs of slowing down, netting four times in his first two games of

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — There’s been another massive upset at the US Open. One night after No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz was stunned by unseeded Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets, No. 2 Novak Djokovic has been bounced by No. 28 seed Australian Alexei Popyrin in the third round at Arthur Ashe Stadium.