Sports

By Issy Ronald, CNN President Joe Biden has spoken with Louisiana State University basketball star Angel Reese in a phone call to congratulate her on the Tigers’ NCAA championship win, the White House said Friday. Biden also spoke with the Tigers’ head coach, Kim Mulkey, the White House said, and left a message for Dan

By Issy Ronald, CNN As one of the best tight ends in the NFL, Travis Kelce’s reputation for catching balls is second to none. But the Super Bowl winner might not be so acclaimed for throwing them after his wild ceremonial first pitch on Friday before the Cleveland Guardians’ game against the Seattle Mariners. He

By Jack Bantock, CNN What a difference a year makes. Brooks Koepka leads The Masters by three strokes after storms suspended the second round. The American’s previous Friday at Augusta National, having missed the cut, ended very differently. “I think last year, I don’t even know if I should be saying this, but pretty sure

By Ben Morse, CNN For 137 years, being crowned world champion has long been the pinnacle of chess. However, this year’s World Chess Championship is somewhat different following reigning champion and five-time winner Magnus Carlsen’s withdrawal and, therefore, abdication of his crown. Garry Kasparov, who held the world title for 15 years, has gone as

By Ben Morse, CNN Louisiana State University star Angel Reese said she will visit the White House with her LSU team, just days after saying that she wouldn’t. “Just going back on it, you don’t get that experience (to visit the White House) ever,” Reese said in an interview with ESPN on Friday. “I know

By Ben Morse, CNN Magnus Carlsen lost against Hikaru Nakamura in the losers final of the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023 thanks to a dramatic slip of his mouse in what is his last tournament as the world champion. After drawing their first two games, the duo faced off in an Armageddon clash —

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN The NBA has announced that BTS star SUGA has been named as a brand-new NBA Ambassador for the rest of the 2022/23 season. The rapper, songwriter and producer is a huge basketball fan and his love for the game has been widely publicized throughout his music career — he can even

By Ben Church, CNN Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani made even more MLB history on Wednesday — only this time for all the wrong reasons. The new pitch clock rules have caused much confusion since being introduced this season and Ohtani was the latest victim, becoming the first player to receive a violation

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Chicago White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks has finished his treatments for cancer, the 34-year-old announced on social media Wednesday. Hendriks posted a video of him ringing a victory bell after his final round of chemotherapy, according to Major League Baseball. “These past 5 months have been both the quickest and slowest

By Jack Bantock, CNN For the 87th time, the center of the golfing world shifts to Augusta National for The Masters on Thursday. The first major of the season will see Scottie Scheffler attempt to defend the green jacket he eased into with a dominant victory at last year’s tournament. The American finished three-shots ahead

By Ben Church, CNN Kenya has a proud tradition of track and field but right now the country is grappling with a serious doping problem. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which works to combat doping in track and field, says it has found “striking similarities” in two recent doping cases which points to a “medically-savvy”