By Issy Ronald, CNN Carrying a bouquet of flowers and wiping a tear from her eye, Serena Williams waved to the raucous crowd on Wednesday a day after her announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis. The 23-time grand slam champion was defeated 6-2 6-4 by Belinda Bencic in the second round of the Canadian Open
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a blazing, world-leading 10.62 seconds in the women’s 100-meter final at the Monaco Diamond League on Wednesday. The five-time 100m world champion, who raced to victory by a full meter, has now become the first woman to break 10.7 six times in one season. Her compatriot Shericka Jackson
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There is no denying the passion out in the east valley, specifically at Desert Mirage, home of the Rams. Every time they take the field, it’s an opportunity to get better. It means everything for them to compete and represent their school. “We are ready to shock the valley we are no longer ready to
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The 2022 high school football season is around the corner. Below is the full schedule for all of our area teams. Week 1 – Friday 8/19 Rancho Verde at Palm Desert *Thursday 8/18Eisenhower at 29 Palms *Thursday 8/18Shadow Hills at IndioYucaipa at Palm SpringsHemet at Rancho MirageXavier Prep at SalesianCanyon Springs at Coachella ValleyIndian Springs at Desert
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Lewis Hamilton says his “worst fears came alive” after his dramatic title race against Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last season. The seven-time world champion saw a potential record-setting eighth title slip away after he was beaten by the 24-year-old Red Bull driver, following a controversial season
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw from her opening match of the Canadian Open on Tuesday due to a back injury, further hampering her preparations for the US Open. While trailing Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (4) 3-0, the four-time grand slam champion received treatment on the court but eventually retired and
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN When Hellen Obiri moves 14,000 kilometers from Kenya to Colorado later this year, she already knows she’ll miss some of the comforts of home. That includes Kenyan food and the country’s staple of ugali — a dense porridge made from maize flour. “Kenyans, we like eating ugali,” Obiri tells CNN Sport.
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The Mighty Arabs are after another title this year, following a DVL crown in 2021. CV says one championship is nice, but two, back-to-back, they want a piece of that. “I’d say the teams I’ve been a part of and coached on, this team has been one of the top it terms of work ethic,”
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Jill Martin, CNN A US federal judge has ruled in favor of the PGA Tour, denying three LIV Golf players a temporary restraining order that would have allowed them to play in the first event of the Tour’s postseason, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced in a memo Tuesday evening. Last
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Indio enters the season under head coach Daniel Hayes for the second season, in the hopes of building off last year. The Rajahs are ready to rock and roll – not looking for just a bounce back but also statement season. “Oh we are ready”, said Fabian Garcia. “It’s going to be a great show,”
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports. In an essay released Tuesday
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN Former NFL running back and Super Bowl winner Marshawn Lynch was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Responding officers stopped Lynch at Fairfield Avenue and West Utah Avenue, just north of the famed Las Vegas Strip, and concluded Lynch was
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, CNN NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that the league feels Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson should face harsher punishment for his “egregious” and “predatory” behavior. At an owners meeting in Minneapolis, Goodell spoke about the NFL’s appeal of the suspension given to Watson last week by former federal judge Sue L.
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN Toni Minichiello, the athletics coach known for helping Jessica Ennis-Hill to gold at the 2012 London Olympics, was handed a lifetime ban by UK Athletics on Tuesday for repeated instances of alleged sexually inappropriate conduct, emotional abuse and bullying. The 56-year-old was suspended by UK Athletics, the governing body of the
Continue Reading CNN By Matias Grez, CNN The curtain will soon come down on one of the greatest careers the world of sport has ever seen and Flushing Meadows, the home of the US Open, will provide a fitting stage for Serena Williams’ final act. Williams announced earlier this month that she would “evolve away from tennis”
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Serena Williams has announced that she will “evolve away from tennis” after this year’s US Open to focus on “other things that are important to me.” In an article in Vogue, the 23-time grand slam winner said that, although she will try to win at the US Open, it is time
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Serena Williams won her first singles match in 430 days on Monday as she defeated Spain’s Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6-4 6-3 at the Canadian Open in Toronto. Williams, whose last singles victory came at the 2021 French Open, had to battle hard to overcome Párrizas Díaz in close to two hours,
Continue Reading By Jill Martin, CNN Unlike in the NBA, WNBA teams aren’t permitted to use charter planes for travel. And, much like other airline passengers flying commercial these days, that has caused headaches for WNBA teams in the midst of travel. The latest example has come with the Los Angeles Sparks. One of their star players
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La Quinta football rounds out our DEL football previews. The Blackhawks have struggled in league in recent years. In fact, LQ hasn’t won a league game since the 2018-19 season. This year the Blackhawks are looking to flip the script. Finishing with DEL 🏈 Previews with La Quinta 👀 The past in the past…Blackhawks want
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, CNN Oklahoma Sooners assistant football coach Cale Gundy has resigned from the Big 12 school after reading aloud a “shameful and hurtful” word during a film session. Last week, Gundy said one of his players was “distracted” during the film session, so the coach picked up the player’s iPad and read aloud
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