Sports

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Just days ahead of Brazil’s national elections on Sunday, soccer star Neymar Jr. has appeared in a campaign video endorsing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The Paris Saint-Germain forward and Brazil captain appeared on a TikTok video singing Bolsonaro’s campaign jingle in which he lip synchs, “Vote, vote, and press ‘confirm’ for

By George Ramsay, CNN An investigation is set to be launched in the wake of cheating allegations made by world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, FIDE — the sport’s global governing body — announced on Thursday. On Monday, Carlsen accused fellow grandmaster Hans Niemann of cheating, saying that his rival’s “over the board progress has been

By Ben Morse, CNN Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar was one of two climbers who died after an apparent accident in California, officials announced on Wednesday. Escobar was 31 years old. Firefighters attempted to reach two injured rock climbers at Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild in the San Bernardino National Forest, the Cal Fire

By Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and the team’s owners, the Glazer family, both announced on Thursday that they will make donations towards Hurricane Ian relief efforts. Hurricane Ian made landfall along the southwestern coast of Florida near Cayo Costa as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday.

CNN, US COAST GUARD, WKMG, WPLG, WCSC By Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and the team’s owners, the Glazer family, both announced on Thursday that they will make donations towards Hurricane Ian relief efforts. Hurricane Ian made landfall along the southwestern coast of Florida near Cayo Costa as

By Ben Morse and Issy Ronald, CNN Yes, you read the headline correctly. NBA superstar LeBron James is once again expanding his sports portfolio — this time into the US’ new favorite pastime. James is part of a consortium which is buying an expansion franchise in Major League Pickleball (MLP) as the competition grows from

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Former Everton and Russian national team soccer player Diniyar Bilyaletdinov received a summons from Russia’s military registration and enlistment office, his father, Rinat Bilyaletdinov, told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. “Diniyar really received a summons. It’s hard to talk about emotions, because he didn’t serve, although he did

By Jacob Lev, CNN Qatar World Cup organizers disputed Denmark kit manufacturer Hummel’s claims of human rights violations in the host country following the unveiling of the Danish kits the country will wear at this year’s tournament. On Wednesday, Hummel revealed “toned down” kits that Denmark will wear during the men’s World Cup. Hummel says

By Ben Morse, Wayne Sterling and David Close, CNN The Tampa Bay Buccaneers practiced for the first time in Miami on Wednesday having relocated to south Florida as Hurricane Ian made landfall. The team moved their football operations to Miami this week because of the impact Ian could have. It made landfall along the southwestern

By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN It was a moment in time — as brief as half a second — that captured the intensity of the relationship and rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Poised on the side of the court with her camera at the ready, photographer Ella Ling expected Federer’s farewell

CNN By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN It was a moment in time — as brief as half a second — that captured the intensity of the relationship and rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Poised on the side of the court with her camera at the ready, photographer Ella Ling expected Federer’s