National Sports

By Homero De la Fuente and Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — As the NBA world gears up for All-Star Weekend, few players have had the kind of full-circle moment that Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry is experiencing. Set to make his 11th All-Star appearance, Curry will have the rare privilege of playing in front

By Thomas Schlachter and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban from tennis to settle a case which has lingered over the sport for months after he twice tested positive for a banned substance, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Saturday. The men’s world No. 1 will be banned

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov had been abandoned. “I couldn’t come to the Soviet Union, of course. I was an

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The New York Giants ownership is considering the sale of a minority stake in the franchise, the team confirmed on Thursday. The Giants did not outline the percentage of the stake potentially for sale, but did confirm they had acquired the services of an investment bank to explore the

By Jamie Barton and Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — What would you do if you had just pulled off the biggest win of your career so far, one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, but you couldn’t tell anyone about it? That is the question Grant Hill – before he was seven-time NBA All-Star

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Some world records stand for years, even decades. Others just five days. That was the case with the men’s indoor mile record on Thursday as Norwegian middle-distance star Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a time of 3:45.14 in Liévin, France, beating Yared Nuguse’s short-lived record by more than a second. As

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The New York Jets officially announced on Thursday that they will be “moving forward without” quarterback Aaron Rodgers. “Last week we met with Aaron and shared that our intention was to move in a different direction at quarterback,” new head coach Aaron Glenn and new general Darren Mougey said

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest paid athlete of 2024, according to a list compiled by Sportico, earning a reported $260 million, but no female athletes featured in the top 100. Soccer star Ronaldo’s impressive earnings came from $215 million in salary and winnings for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia and

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Shohei Ohtani is expected to throw his first bullpen session this weekend as he returns from the elbow injury that prevented him from pitching in his first year with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season. The three-time MVP has not appeared on the mound since August 23, 2023, in

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Nerves were rarely an issue for Steffi Graf during her decorated tennis career, even though she found herself playing on the sport’s biggest stages time and again. “I did something that I was so comfortable with, that I’ve done all my life,” Graf, who won 22 grand slam singles

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Stefano Vukov, the former coach of top women’s tennis player Elena Rybakina, has been suspended following an independent investigation by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the governing body announced. Vukov had been the long-time coach for Rybakina, who won her first and only grand slam title at Wimbledon in

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce says he won’t make any “crazy decisions” about his future in the NFL, as he contemplates retiring from the sport following defeat at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. Speaking on the latest episode of his “New Heights” podcast, Kelce spoke to his brother

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid did what it always seems to do in the Champions League and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Manchester City in the first-leg of its playoff knockout tie on Tuesday. An 80th-minute penalty converted by Erling Haaland looked to have given City a 2-1