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By Dana O’Neil, CNN Camden, New Jersey (CNN) — A little after noon on a dreary Monday morning, kids wearing school uniforms spilled onto the playground in downtown Camden. It was recess at LEAP Academy, and the kids milled about the macadam or waited their turn on the swings, contentedly unaware that, just a few

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. Bodhana Sivanandan from northwest London represented England at the tournament in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which ended on Sunday. In an interview released on YouTube on Sunday, she

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Naples, Italy (CNN) — When Louisa Nordstrom was growing up, the posters hanging in her bedroom didn’t portray pop stars or movie actors; instead, legendary British skipper Ben Ainslie was smiling from the wall, together with a dedicated autograph. Twenty years later, it is Nordstrom – now an accomplished sailor who’s

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Benjamin Satterley, an English wrestling star known by his ring name Pac, has died at 40, according to All Elite Wrestling. “A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans

By Thomas Schlachter, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Manchester City has been found guilty of all but one of the many charges it faced in regards to breaching Premier League financial rules, according to multiple reports and first reported by David Ornstein at The Athletic. According to reports, City has been found

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our biweekly newsletter on all things global soccer – men’s and women’s. To subscribe, click here. Hello everyone, Spanish Editor Patrick here. Ben is enjoying a well-earned mini-vacation on the Emerald Isle, hence I am taking

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — It’s the third week of the NFL season and some issues are becoming blatantly apparent as teams start to figure out their identities. In some places, injuries are piling up and threatening to derail teams before the season gets out of its first month. In others, there are clear

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — Major League Soccer (MLS) team Columbus Crew fired Federico Higuaín, the head coach of its reserve team, following an incident in a game that a referees’ association deemed “physical abuse and sexism” toward a female referee. Higuaín – who was appointed head coach of the franchise’s reserves squad,