Sports

By Ben Church, CNN Despite a preparation like no other for an international football fixture, Ukraine produced a momentous performance to beat Scotland 3-1 in its World Cup playoff semifinal at Hampden Park in Glasgow Wednesday. The emotional victory, that brought many watching Ukrainian fans — sporting yellow and blue colors — to tears, puts

By David Close, CNN The National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder have been called to testify before a Congressional committee as part of the House Committee for Oversight and Reform’s investigation into Snyder and the team’s reported hostile workplace culture. Last October, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN West Ham defender Kurt Zouma was on Wednesday ordered to complete 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping a cat, according to PA Media. The UK animal welfare charity, RSPCA launched an investigation into the French international player after a video of the incident filmed by

By Jack Bantock and Andy Scholes, CNN There may be another 100 days to go until the start of the NFL season, but fans will still be able to get their football fix on Wednesday when four of the league’s top quarterbacks swap the gridiron for the golf course. Featuring four of the past five

By Matias Grez and Matt Foster, CNN Hours after the LIV Golf Invitational Series announced the field for its inaugural event next week, the PGA Tour threatened “disciplinary action” for PGA Tour golfers who participate in the new Saudi-backed series. In a strong rebuttal to the controversial new golf tour, the PGA Tour said on

By Ben Church, CNN It’s approximately 3,000 kilometers from Severodonetsk to Glasgow. As Russian pressure increases in the strategically key eastern Ukraine city where two-thirds of properties have been reported as destroyed, an international football match in the Scottish city would seem somewhat irrelevant. Ukrainian Taras Berezovets, who worked as a political analyst before the

By Eoin McSweeney, CNN The chief executive of Qatar Airways has defended a plan to operate more than 160 extra flights to shuttle spectators from the region to Doha and back each day, for what has been advertised as the first “carbon neutral” FIFA World Cup. Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it had partnered with

By Issy Ronald, CNN A week ago, Coco Gauff celebrated her high school graduation under the Eiffel Tower. Now, the 18-year-old will compete in her first-ever grand slam singles semifinal following a 7-5 6-2 victory against compatriot Sloane Stephens in an all-American quarterfinal at the French Open. Gauff’s extraordinary talent has been evident since she

By Amanda Watts, CNN Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas said trans women are “not a threat to women’s sports” in an interview with ABC on Tuesday. Speaking to ABC’s Juju Chang, Thomas said: “Trans people don’t transition for athletics. We transition to be happy and authentic and our true selves.” Thomas has recently become the face

By Matias Grez, CNN Leading sports stars are having their mental well-being and performance impacted by “horrific online abuse” and are receiving a “torrent” of hateful messages for showing solidarity with social causes, according to a new study released on Tuesday. For a number of years, social media companies have been implementing new safeguarding protocols

CNN By Darren Lewis, Sana Noor Haq and Aleks Klosok, CNN Jude Bellingham is just 18, but he’s already reached the brutal conclusion that racist abuse is something as a Black footballer in the 21st century he is going to be confronted with. “After (the) majority of games I’ll get a racist message in my

By Darren Lewis, Sana Noor Haq and Aleks Klosok, CNN Jude Bellingham is just 18, but he’s already reached the brutal conclusion that racist abuse is something as a Black footballer in the 21st century he is going to be confronted with. “After (the) majority of games I’ll get a racist message in my Instagram

By George Ramsay, CNN There is a blame game going on after the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, with differing positions adopted by lawmakers in the UK and France amid allegations of “appalling” and “brutal” treatment of fans. The match was delayed by 35 minutes after Liverpool fans struggled to enter the

Story by Reuters Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen suffered with menstrual cramps as she lost to Poland’s Iga Swiatek in the French Open fourth round on Monday after taking a set off the world’s number one tennis player. Zheng, 19, looked on track for a major upset when she claimed the opener in a tiebreak before