Sports

CNN By Matias Grez and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner, has announced she will retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist from London 2012, will play in her fourth and final

By Matias Grez and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner, has announced she will retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist from London 2012, will play in her fourth and final World

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — There was a period during Andy Murray’s second-round match against fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas where it seemed the former champion was going to roll back the years and produce another memorable victory on Wimbledon’s Centre Court. But the 36-year-old Briton ultimately fell to a 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (2-7) 4-6

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Cubs earned their first win in franchise history at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, as pitcher Jameson Taillon led the team to a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Taillon, who played for the Yankees in 2021 and 2022, threw eight scoreless innings to help snap

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — There was emotion aplenty at Pebble Beach on Friday as golf great Michelle Wie West bade farewell to the sport after failing to make the cut at the US Women’s Open. It was perhaps fitting that Wie West, a trailblazer in the women’s game, played this historic event, the

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — A year after tennis players from Russia and Belarus were banned from playing at Wimbledon following the invasion of Ukraine, organizers have accepted entries from players from the two countries for the 2023 grand slam tournament if they have complied with “appropriate conditions” and compete as neutral athletes. Though tournament

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Not since LeBron James entered the NBA has there been so much hype surrounding a new prospect and fans finally got the chance to see French sensation Victor Wembanyama in a San Antonio Spurs jersey for the first time. However, it’s fair to say the reality of ‘Wemby’s’ Spurs

By Jacob Lev and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern University has suspended head football coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay following an investigation into allegations of hazing within the Wildcats’ program, the school announced Friday. The independent investigation, conducted by a former Illinois inspector general, began in December to review a complaint

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Making her major and LPGA Tour debut at one of the world’s most iconic venues, Irish amateur golfer Áine Donegan probably anticipated a hectic week at the US Women’s Open. But even she couldn’t have predicted just how much drama was in store for her at California’s Pebble Beach

CNN By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Thai golfer Natthakritta Vongtaveelap made it through just five holes of her US Women’s Open debut on Thursday before she was disqualified due to her caddie’s use of a rangefinder. The 20-year-old LPGA Tour rookie was even-par to start her tournament at California’s famous Pebble Beach course before

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid have signed 18-year-old soccer sensation Arda Güler from Turkish side Fenerbahçe, the Spanish club announced on Thursday. Güler is one of the most highly sought-after prospects in the sport and his signing was rumored to be a contest between numerous big-name teams. But Real eventually won the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — For the second time in as many months, Mirra Andreeva has reached the third round of a grand slam – well before her 17th birthday. The Russian star advanced at Wimbledon on Thursday when her opponent, Czech 10th seed Barbora Krejčíková, retired from their second-round match with Andreeva leading

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Seemingly not content to dominate only the college basketball scene, Caitlin Clark stole the show at a PGA Tour event this week. The superstar Iowa Hawkeyes point guard drew huge fanfare as she played in a pro-am tournament prior to the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could move up the ranks of Japan’s traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd: curious tourists. He is one of six ex-wrestlers putting on sumo demonstrations catering to overseas travelers, who are returning in