Sports

By Ben Morse, CNN Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has apologized for using a derogatory term for little people. Speaking in a press conference on Tuesday at the team’s training camp, Jones was paying tribute to former players and staff who have passed away recently. In particular, Jones spoke about Larry Lacewell, the team’s former

By Issy Ronald, CNN Mike Trout has been diagnosed with a rare back condition — a costovertebral dysfunction at T5 — that is likely to affect him for the rest of his playing career. “The doctor (Robert Watkins III), who is one of the most well-known spine surgeons in the country — if not the

By George Ramsay, CNN Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has announced he will retire from Formula One at the end of the current season. Vettel, who won all of his championship titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013, is among the sport’s most successful drivers having recorded 53 race wins and 122 podiums over

By Ben Church, CNN It was less than a year ago that Cristiano Ronaldo made his sensational return to Manchester United, but the superstar is once again involved in another transfer saga. Not happy with his current club’s position, it appears the 37-year-old is on the hunt for a new adventure that can satisfy his

By Issy Ronald, CNN It seems somewhat of an understatement to call the Tour de France a bike race. It transcends cycling, shutting down every mountain pass, village, town and city it passes through, drawing huge crowds along the roadside like some kaleidoscopic carnival. But — except for a brief period between 1984 and 1989

By Ben Morse, CNN Former US President Donald Trump will play a round with Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson ahead of the LIV Golf event which begins on Friday. The third event of the controversial Saudi-backed tour is being played at Bedminster, New Jersey, which is a Trump-owned course. A source with LIV Golf told

By George Ramsay, CNN Video produced by Amy Li As Cody Simpson stood behind the starting blocks at his first Olympic swimming trials last year, the experience felt completely new but also strangely familiar. With a big crowd watching on and fans chanting his name, it transported him back to the thick of his music

By Matias Grez, CNN The bitter taste of defeat is something Germany’s women have rarely experienced at the European Championships. Even on a night like tonight, when for much of the second half it felt as though the team was merely hanging on for survival against a ferocious and tenacious French side, Germany somehow found

By Ben Morse, CNN Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh has told ESPN that “the abortion issue is one that’s so big that it needs to be talked about” after saying he’d raise an unwanted baby from a player or staff member of his. Harbaugh, a Catholic, and his wife Sarah spoke last week at

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN It is “impossible” for Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi to return to Barcelona at the moment, the club’s manager Xavi Hernández said. When asked if he wanted Messi to return to the club, Xavi told reporters: “Yes, but at the moment, Leo has a contract with another club, so