Sports

By Jacob Lev, CNN NBA free agent Miles Bridges, who didn’t play this season, has been suspended for 30 games without pay after a domestic violence incident last summer, the league announced Friday. The league deemed Bridges, a forward who last played for the Charlotte Hornets, would get credit for 20 missed games as part

By Matt Foster, CNN An English Premier League footballer who was arrested on suspicion of child sex offenses in July 2021 will not face further action or prosecution, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed Friday. The player was suspended from his club after the arrest in 2021. CNN is unable to name the player or

By Kevin Dotson and Homero De la Fuente, CNN The Dallas Mavericks were fined $750,000 for “conduct detrimental to the league” after resting All-Star Kyrie Irving and several other role players during a game against the Chicago Bulls on April 7, the NBA announced Friday. The team’s leading scorer for the season, Luka Dončić, played

By Ben Morse, CNN Diar DeRozan became a sensation over the course of a 48-minute NBA game on Wednesday — and she never touched the ball. Diar, the daughter of Chicago star DeMar, could be heard screaming her loudest during the Bulls’ game against the Toronto Raptors in an attempt to put off Toronto players

By Ben Morse, CNN Former Australian rugby and NFL player Jarryd Hayne has been jailed ahead of his sentencing hearing after being found guilty of raping a woman in 2018. Hayne had his bail revoked by the New South Wales Supreme Court on Friday. Earlier this month Hayne had been found guilty by a jury

By Thomas Schlachter and Jacob Lev, CNN The Tampa Bay Rays have made history with their incredible unbeaten start to the Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Following a 9-3 win against the Boston Red Sox Thursday, the Rays picked up their 13th consecutive win. The Rays are now tied with the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers and

By Matias Grez, CNN It was all going so well for Manchester United against Sevilla. Then, in the blink of an eye, everything changed. A totally dominant first-half display from Erik ten Hag’s side opened up a comfortable 2-0 lead at halftime thanks to Marcel Sabitzer’s brace, a lead that should have been extended in

By Ben Church, CNN Irish rally car driver Craig Breen has died after an accident at a pre-event test ahead of next week’s Croatia Rally, his team Hyundai Motorsport said Thursday. The team did not give many details about the incident but said it had occurred just after midday local time on Thursday. “Hyundai Motorsport

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Novak Djokovic suffered a shock defeat in the Monte Carlo Masters round-of-16 Thurday with the Serb falling to a 4-6 7-5 6-4 loss at the hands of Italian 21-year-old Lorenzo Musetti. Djokovic, 35, looked out of sorts from the start of the rain-affected clay court tie and world No.21 Musetti went

By Jacob Lev, CNN MLB umpire Larry Vanover, who was hit in the head by a throw during Wednesday’s New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians game, remains hospitalized on Thursday, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. In the top of the fifth inning, Guardians second baseman Andres Gimenez tried to make a

By Matt Foster, CNN Sadio Mané will not feature in the Bayern Munich squad for the team’s weekend game against Hoffenheim as a result of “misconduct” following Bayern’s 3-0 defeat against Manchester City on Tuesday, according to a team statement. BILD and Sky Germany both reported that Mané, 31, and teammate Leroy Sané argued in

By Wayne Sterling, CNN The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced Thursday that it will return to hosting tournaments in China in the fall after suspending all events in the country in 2021 due to the uncertainty over tennis player Peng Shuai’s safety. “After 16 months of suspended tennis competition in China and sustained efforts at

By Ben Morse, CNN TV viewers tuning into watch the Chicago Bulls’ game against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night were probably wondering what that loud shrieking sound was whenever the home team stepped up to take a free throw. The origin of that noise was the daughter of Bulls star DeMar DeRozan, working her

By Ben Church, CNN As far as Champions League quarterfinals go, Real Madrid had a relatively comfortable night against Chelsea on Wednesday. The Spanish giant breezed past its English visitor 2-0 to take a strong advantage going into next week’s second leg but, despite the relative ease in which it won, Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois