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CNN By Jack Bantock and Louis Leeson, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN Last summer, Alice Dearing made history. Competing in the women’s 10km marathon swim at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, the 24-year-old became the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at an Olympic Games. Only two Black swimmers had represented

By Jack Bantock and Louis Leeson, CNN Video by Amy Li, CNN Last summer, Alice Dearing made history. Competing in the women’s 10km marathon swim at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, the 24-year-old became the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at an Olympic Games. Only two Black swimmers had represented Britain

By Ben Morse, CNN It just couldn’t have gone much better than that. For England, Tuesday night was like a fairytale after it thumped Sweden 4-0 to advance to the Women’s Euro 2022 final. Following two recent semifinal heartbreaks, goals from Beth Mead, Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo and Fran Kirby helped ease fears of more

By Liam Reilly and Ben Morse, CNN A 9/11 survivors’ group has said it is “appalled” by the “offensive, disrespectful and hurtful” Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour as the event prepares to stage its next competition about 50 miles (80km) from the site of the deadly terror attack. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference near

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has caused a stir after smashing a world record in the women’s 100-meter hurdles in the semifinals at the World Championships this Sunday. Amusan came in with a record time of 12.12 seconds, beating Kendra Harrison’s 2016 record of 12.20 by 0.8 of a second. She went on

By Ben Morse, CNN An Australian rugby league club has apologized for its “mismanagement” of the release of its pride jersey after several players said they would boycott playing in it. The National Rugby League’s (NRL) Manly Warringah Sea Eagles announced a special, one-off shirt in which all the white spaces on the traditional kit

By Issy Ronald, CNN Muhammad Ali’s historic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ WBC belt has sold for $6.18million at auction to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The NFL team owner confirmed on Twitter that he had added the belt to his collection. “Proud to be the steward!” he said. Ali won the WBC heavyweight championship belt

By Matias Grez, CNN Lewis Hamilton estimated he lost “around three kilos” during the French Grand Prix after a drinks bottle malfunction left him unable to rehydrate. On a sweltering Sunday afternoon at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the seven-time world champion recorded his best finish of the season by coming second behind Red Bull’s Max

By Ben Church, CNN Houston Texans rookie John Metchie III is unlikely to play in the NFL this season after being diagnosed with Leukemia. The wide receiver, 22, announced the diagnosis on Sunday but said he’s in “good spirits” and that he expects to make a recovery. “Recently I was diagnosed with APL (Acute Promyelocytic

CNN By Sana Noor Haq and Louis Leeson, CNN Omie Dale has fond memories of splashing in the sea as a child, of racing through water parks and swimming in backwaters and rivers. “There’s so much joy that can be had once you learn to swim, once you’ve abandoned those fears and you can get

By Sana Noor Haq and Louis Leeson, CNN Omie Dale has fond memories of splashing in the sea as a child, of racing through water parks and swimming in backwaters and rivers. “There’s so much joy that can be had once you learn to swim, once you’ve abandoned those fears and you can get in

By Ben Morse, CNN Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record as the World Championships concluded on Sunday, while Team USA wrapped up an historic medal haul. The Swede, in the final event of what’s been an enthralling 10 days in Eugene, Oregon, made it over 6.21 meters, one centimeter higher than his

By Amir Vera, Wayne Sterling and Jack Bantock, CNN Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour de France title in Paris on the famed Champs-Élysées Sunday. The 25-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider beat two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia by three minutes and 34 seconds. Last year, Vingegaard finished second to Pogacar. Vingegaard, winner of

By Kevin Dotson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN American runner Sydney McLaughlin broke her own 400-meter hurdles world record to take gold on Friday night at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She blazed to a time of 50.68 seconds, beating her previous record time of 51.41, which she set at the US Championships

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Sweden beat Belgium 1-0 at the Leigh Sports Village stadium near Manchester on Friday night, after veteran Linda Sembrant mustered a late winner in injury time to secure her side’s spot in the Women’s Euro 2022 semifinals. Although the Swedes are the highest-ranked team left in the competition, they dragged

By Issy Ronald, CNN Germany’s vastly experienced captain and star striker Alexandra Popp is featuring in her first ever Women’s Euro after missing the 2013 and 2017 tournaments due to injury. Popp is making up for lost time, becoming only the second player ever to score in four consecutive Euro matches and sealing Germany’s 2-0

By Ben Church, CNN It was a spectacular night of sprinting at the World Championships on Thursday as records tumbled in both the men’s and women’s 200m finals. First, Shericka Jackson set a new national and championship record after beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to gold. The Jamaican dominated the race and won in a time of

By Ben Morse, CNN David Ojabo hangs up his phone and lets out a guttural roar of relief and joy. His circuitous route to the NFL — which began in Nigeria, had stops in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and Michigan — finally has come to an end in Baltimore. With the 45th pick of the 2022 draft,