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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi helped guide Argentina to this year’s Copa América final after scoring in his nation’s 2-0 win against Canada in the semifinals on Tuesday. The 37-year-old scored early in the second half to double Argentina’s lead after Julián Álvarez had given La Albiceleste a first-half lead. It means Argentina

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — A dance tune with two simple instructions and involving thousands of bouncing, orange-clad soccer fans has gone viral at this year’s European Championships. ‘Links Rechts’ or ‘Left Right’ by ‘Snollebollekes’ has become the unofficial anthem of the Dutch national team and videos of fans dancing in their thousands before

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Lamine Yamal made history by becoming the youngest player to score in a men’s European Championship as Spain edged past France 2-1 to reach Sunday’s Euro 2024 final. France took the lead inside 10 minutes after Randal Kolo Muani headed home from Kylian Mbappé’s cross, but Spain leveled the

By Federico Jofre, CNN (CNN) — Two players from the French national rugby team were arrested Monday in Buenos Aires as part of an investigation of the alleged sexual assault of a woman, Martín Ahumada, spokesman for the Judiciary of Mendoza, a province in western Argentina, said to CNN. A judicial source told CNN that Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Dutch golfer Joost Luiten will not be competing in this month’s Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee ruled it would not expand the field to include him, despite qualifying and winning a court case that seemed set to send him to Paris. Luiten announced last month that the

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — US tennis star Emma Navarro’s dream Wimbledon run was ended on Tuesday as Italy’s Jasmine Paolini earned an emphatic 6-2 6-1 victory in the quarterfinals. The 28-year-old Paolini, who had never won a match at Wimbledon until 10 days ago, needed just 58 minutes to convincingly dispatch Navarro and

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has been knocked out of Wimbledon after losing his quarterfinal match against Russian Daniil Medvedev in five sets Tuesday. Medvedev, the No. 5 seed, advances to his second Wimbledon semifinal with a 6-7 (9-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 6-3 victory and is aiming to

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton has been suspended without pay by the NFL for eight games for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy, the league announced on Monday. Sutton turned himself in to Florida authorities on March 31, nearly one month after a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Keegan Bradley was unveiled as Team USA’s 2025 Ryder Cup captain on Monday, a surprise turn of events after Tiger Woods was widely tipped to assume the role. Six-time PGA Tour winner Bradley was controversially snubbed by Zach Johnson for last year’s beaten team in Rome and will be

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Fritz advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a gripping comeback win from two sets down – 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3 – against Alex Zverev on Monday. After two sets, the match was firmly in world No. 4 Zverev’s control. The 27-year-old stormed to a two-set lead and

By Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — BMX rider Saya Sakakibara is all too aware of the risks of her chosen profession. Her brother sustained a traumatic brain injury while racing, and Sakakibara has had two severe concussions, the second of which made her seriously consider quitting. The Australian was leading during one of the semifinals

CNN By Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — BMX rider Saya Sakakibara is all too aware of the risks of her chosen profession. Her brother sustained a traumatic brain injury while racing, and Sakakibara has had two severe concussions, the second of which made her seriously consider quitting. The Australian was leading during one of the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic produced another impressive performance at Wimbledon on Monday to cruise into the quarterfinals, but the 24-time grand slam champion was far from happy after his win. The Serb took just over two hours to beat Holger Rune – 6-3 6-4 6-2 – on Centre Court but was

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Olympic Games will be chock full of iconic images of Parisian landmarks – the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, the Pont Alexandre III bridge and Hôtel des Invalides are all set to play a starring role. But one of the most stunning backdrops for the quadrennial competition won’t be in

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina wore a black ribbon during her win over Wang Xinyu at Wimbledon after Russian missile strikes hit targets in cities across Ukraine on Monday, including Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital – the country’s largest children’s medical center – killing more than 30 people. After an impressive 6-2 6-1 win,

By Ben Morse and Bea Adeleke, CNN (CNN) — French rugby player Melvyn Jaminet has left the team’s tour of Argentina after he was suspended for using a racist remark in a video posted on his social media accounts. He has since apologized. In the post which has since been deleted, but has been widely shared

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson made history on Sunday as she became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer in a comfortable win against the Dallas Wings at home. The two-time WNBA MVP scored 28 points in the 104-85 victory to bring her Aces total to 4,301 points, taking her

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US already boasts a promising roster of young tennis stars but there is a new name on the scene. Emma Navarro is quickly establishing herself as a force to be reckoned with on the senior tour, with the 23-year-old reaching the quarterfinals at this year’s Wimbledon. As if