National Sports

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Little over two months ago, Xander Schauffele was regarded as one of the most talented golfers to never win one of the sport’s biggest prizes. On Sunday, the American clinched the Open Championship to claim the second major of his career. The world No. 3 tore away from a

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It’s quite a view from the windowsill of Blackrock House; waves gently lapping the shores of the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Arran towering far beyond, as Tiger Woods taps in for par just a stone’s throw away. The Open Championship is in full swing at Royal Troon

By Wayne Sterling and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale set a new WNBA All-Star game record of 34 points while Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese set rookie records as they helped lead Team WNBA to a 117-109 win over Team USA on Saturday in Phoenix. All Ogunbowale’s 34 points came

By Sam Joseph, CNN London, England (CNN) — The US men’s basketball team fought back from a double-digit deficit to edge past South Sudan 101-100 in a dramatic pre-Olympic friendly in London, England on Saturday. Despite its star power, Team USA has occasionally flattered to deceive recently and has looked unconvincing at times in victory.

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Biniam Girmay made history at this year’s Tour de France and the Eritrean cyclist wants to use his success to inspire others to follow his path. Earlier this month, the 24-year-old became the first Black African rider ever to win a Tour de France stage.⁠ He has since gone

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Billy Horschel will carry the slenderest of leads into the final 18 holes of the Open Championship in Scotland, as the American capitalized on Shane Lowry’s grisly slide to edge clear in a rain-soaked third round. The eight-time PGA Tour winner navigated a testing Royal Troon in two-under 69

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It had been a relatively unremarkable Open Championship for Kim Si-woo as he stepped up to Royal Troon’s notorious penultimate tee on Saturday. One perfect thump of his three-iron later, the South Korean made history. The four-time PGA Tour winner struck the first hole-in-one ever recorded on the 17th

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — There have been 776 drivers in the 74-year history of the Formula One World Championship, but the sport had never had a Chinese racer until the arrival of Zhou Guanyu. After getting his chance in 2022, the Kick Sauber (formerly Alfa Romeo) driver has blazed a trail for his

By Denise Royal and Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal class action lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of ticketed fans who were not allowed into the Copa América finals match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, after “thousands of unticketed fans” breached security, prompting them to shut the stadium gates. Listed as defendants in the lawsuit

By Jacob Lev and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Churchill Downs lifted the suspension on Friday of thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert after the Hall of Famer admitted to wrongdoing in the horse Medina Spirit’s failed drug test in the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Medina Spirit tested positive for a banned substance after initially being declared the

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Rivals and cameramen, make way – Shane Lowry is coming through at the Open Championship. The Irishman lifted the red mist that momentarily descended upon him at Royal Troon in Scotland to wrestle control of the major, as his second round two-under 69 on Friday sent him into the

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Adidas has apologized for “any upset or distress caused,” after releasing an ad campaign for some retro sneakers based on a model first released during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Munich Olympics are infamous as the event in which 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and murdered by the

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The fallout from Enzo Fernández and the Argentina national team’s racist chant has intensified as Argentina’s undersecretary of sport was sacked, while former France captain Hugo Lloris called it “an attack about French people.” Earlier this week, Fernández apologized for the video, which was posted on Instagram from the

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods has made an early exit from the Open Championship, but the US golfer has vowed to be back for the 2025 major. A second round six-over 77 at Royal Troon in Scotland on Friday improved upon an opening 79, but left the 48-year-old well short of the

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has praised Ralf Schumacher after the former F1 driver revealed on Monday that he was in a same-sex relationship. Schumacher, the younger brother of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, posted a picture with his partner on Instagram, who was later named as Etienne

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Almost everyone knows the opening sequence, film buff or not: the windswept beach, the foaming waves, the soaring, triumphant music against the sound of runners’ feet patting on wet sand. So begins the 1981 Oscar-winning film “Chariots of Fire,” introducing a group of British athletes as they train for

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It was only last month that Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau were dueling for the US Open in the North Carolina sun. Yet, as the duo lumbered around a damp and windy Royal Troon on Thursday, that high-octane shootout might as well have taken place a lifetime ago. Reigning

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods said he endured a sleepless flight to the Open Championship after watching coverage of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The 48-year-old golfer set off from Florida on Saturday for the 152nd edition of the major in Scotland this week, but was left weary for his first

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Team USA put in a much improved team performance on Wednesday to earn a dominant 105-79 win over Serbia and reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. After an underwhelming win over Australia on Monday, USA big man Anthony Davis lamented the team’s lack of effort, but there was plenty of