Sports

By George Ramsay, CNN The Las Vegas Aces moved one win away from securing the franchise’s first WNBA title with a 85-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday in Nevada. 2022 WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson ended the night with 26 points and 10 rebounds, while Kelsey Plum — after a disappointing performance in Game

By Issy Ronald, CNN Fenway Park is one of the US’ most historic ballparks, and it witnessed even more history on Tuesday as Aaron Judge hit his 56th and 57th homers of the 2022 season, guiding the New York Yankees to a 7-6 win against their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox. With these latest

By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN Tom Brady remarked on his latest podcast appearance that he is “close to the end” of his NFL career as he continued to hint at his retirement. Brady, now 45 years old, has had a tumultuous offseason, retiring in February only to later reverse that decision. In the

By Matt Foster, CNN Oleksandr Usyk has shared photos of himself at his family home in Ukraine — the first time the boxing world champion has explicitly posted from Vorzel, near Bucha, since the house was taken by Russian forces earlier this year. Usyk posted photos of himself in front of the house on his

By Matias Grez, CNN For eight seasons, Bayern Munich fans had become accustomed to watching Robert Lewandowski find the back of the net on almost a weekly basis. The Polish striker, one of the greatest forwards in the club’s history, returned to the Allianz Arena on Tuesday for the first time since swapping Bavaria for

By David Close, CNN The NBA has fined Phoenix Suns and Mercury managing partner Robert Sarver $10 million and suspended him for a year after an independent investigation found he engaged in hostile, racially insensitive and inappropriate behavior. The report, commissioned by the NBA last fall, found Sarver had “engaged in conduct that clearly violated

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Ten-time Major League Baseball All-Star Mike Trout hit his seventh homer in seven games with a two-run drive in the fifth inning, but it wasn’t enough as the Los Angeles Angels fell to the Cleveland Guardians 5-4. If Trout goes the distance against the Guardians later on Tuesday, he will join

By Ben Morse, CNN He might’ve brought the Seattle Seahawks their first Super Bowl title, but upon his return to the Pacific Northwest with his new team on Monday, Russell Wilson certainly didn’t get a hero’s welcome. Wilson — now the quarterback of the Denver Broncos after having been traded from the Seahawks following a

CNN By George Ramsay, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN Tamara Walcott can still remember the first time she set foot in a powerlifting gym: the chalked hands, the strapped wrists, the yells and screams as lifters heaved weights off the floor. As she took in the scene, Walcott’s competitive spirit willed her to try

By George Ramsay, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN Tamara Walcott can still remember the first time she set foot in a powerlifting gym: the chalked hands, the strapped wrists, the yells and screams as lifters heaved weights off the floor. As she took in the scene, Walcott’s competitive spirit willed her to try for

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Liverpool faces Ajax in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, but the standout question to Reds manager Jurgen Klopp ahead of this match was not about his team’s poor form, it was whether fans would respect a minute’s silence for Queen Elizabeth II. Asked about the club requesting a minute’s silence

By CNN Sport staff Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards has apologized for a recent social media post in which he used homophobic language. On his Instagram story, which was recorded and shared by others before it was deleted, a person is apparently inside a car with the window partially rolled down and records a small

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Albert Pujols hit his 697th home run, moving him ahead of Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez on the all-time list, to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. The Dominican slugger’s two-run drive at the top of the ninth moved him to fourth on the list, and he’s now only

By Ben Morse, CNN It wasn’t just the one-sided nature of the team’s 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers which would have troubled Dallas Cowboys fans on Sunday night; the sight of their star quarterback leaving with a hand injury was enough to give nightmares. In the Cowboys’ season-opening game in front of a

By Issy Ronald, CNN Holding a seven-point lead with 1:24 left, the Las Vegas Aces seemed to be coasting to a victory until Alyssa Thomas sunk back-to-back shots to pull the Connecticut Sun back within three. But the Aces’ defense ultimately held firm, thwarting DeWanna Bonners’ desperate attempt to tie the game with a three

By Jack Bantock, CNN Shane Lowry ended his three-year wait for a win with a dramatic victory at the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday. The Irishman pipped close friend Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm by a single stroke at Wentworth to claim his first title since The Open Championship in July 2019. His sixth win

By Carolyn Manno and Matias Grez, CNN To many on the outside, Carlos Alcaraz lifting the US Open trophy looked like the culmination of years of hard work, dedication and sacrifice. To Alcaraz himself, however, his first grand slam triumph is only the beginning. It’s telling of the 19-year-old’s determined character and competitive nature that