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By George Ramsay, CNN Real Madrid missed out on the chance to return to the top of La Liga as a retaken penalty gave Rayo Vallecano a surprise 3-2 victory over Los Blancos. It was Real’s first defeat in the league this season and gives Barcelona a two-point lead at the top of La Liga

CNN By Ben Morse, CNN Growing up visually impaired, school wasn’t easy for Australian Steffan Nero. He remembers struggling with anxiety and being “very quiet,” “lonely” and “probably weird as well.” His life changed when he discovered visually impaired sports — notably cricket. “I was actually a different person when I was with other vision

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Boston Bruins president Cam Neely apologized and said the team “failed” by signing prospect Mitchell Miller. The National Hockey League (NHL) deemed Miller ineligible to join the team due to a bullying incident the player participated in when he was a teenager. Boston signed Miller to an entry-level contract on Friday,

By Mostafa Salem, CNN Iran’s football authorities have vowed to deal with beach soccer players who showed solidarity with Iranian protesters during an international tournament this week. Iran won the Emirates Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup on Sunday, beating Brazil in the final after Saeed Piramoon scored the winning goal. After scoring, Piramoon imitated cutting his

By Issy Ronald, CNN Dusty Baker was sitting in the dugout, looking down and making a note when his coaching and support staff spontaneously mobbed him, chanting his name, as the Houston Astros secured victory in the World Series on Saturday. “I’m feeling great, these guys are the greatest guys, they always believe. This is

CNN By Matt Foster, Amy Woodyatt and Issy Ronald, CNN Wimbledon will relax its white clothing rule to allow women players to wear dark-colored undershorts if they want to, organizers announced Thurday. The decision comes after the tournament and its organizers faced growing pressure to reduce anxieties as to whether blood is visible on white

By Issy Ronald and Amanda Davies, CNN Clothes aren’t just items to keep you warm or cool — they also indicate status, showcase defiance, and even alleviate anxieties. For tennis legend Billie Jean King, clothes allow female tennis players to express their individuality through colors and prints — a right she and the embryonic Women’s

By John Sinnott, CNN Real Madrid drew Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 stage on Monday in a rematch of last season’s final. Los Blancos beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris in May to win their 14th European Cup. The 2022 final was overshadowed by chaos outside the stadium and there was widespread criticism towards the

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Just a week after Halloween, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers continued their scary start to the season, losing 114-100 to a hot Cleveland Cavaliers team and falling to 2-7 on the year. Thanks to a dominant backcourt performance led by Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland — who combined for

By Ben Morse, CNN Tom Brady is synonymous with making history. And on Sunday, he became the first player in NFL history to reach 100,000 passing yards in his career, combining regular season and playoffs, in a 16-13 comeback win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Los Angeles Rams. The 43-year-old completed a pass

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Boston Bruins have rescinded their contract with Mitchell Miller after the National Hockey League deemed him ineligible to join the team due to a bullying incident the player participated in when he was a young teenager. The decision, announced Sunday, is effective immediately, just days after the Bruins on Friday

By Emma Tucker and Jacob Lev, CNN Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday, claiming the trophy after 312 laps at the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The win gives Logano his second career championship, the first coming in 2018 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Las Vegas. Before his first win, Logano had been