Sports

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — For the third year running, the first day of the college football season featured a game in Dublin, Ireland. Nearly 50,000 fans packed into a sold-out Aviva Stadium, Ireland’s national soccer and rugby stadium, to watch Georgia Tech stun No. 10 Florida State 24-21. The Seminoles, led by senior transfer

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — American F1 driver Logan Sargeant escaped unharmed after losing control of his car during practice at the Dutch Grand Prix Saturday, as it crashed into a wall, crumpled on impact and burst into flames. Sargeant sat in the car for a moment afterwards, saying “I’m good” over the team

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani became just the sixth MLB player to join the 40-40 club on Friday and he did so in dramatic fashion – with a walk-off grand slam. Ohtani accomplished the feat of hitting 40 home runs and stealing 40 bases in a single season

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Several Los Angeles Chargers players and staff got stuck in a hotel elevator on Friday and had to be rescued by the Dallas fire department, the team announced later that day. When Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived on the scene, they helped everyone escape from the “inoperable elevator … through its

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — WNBA star Angel Reese made more history on Friday after another impressive performance for the Chicago Sky. Despite the Sky losing to the Connecticut Sun 82-80 on the road, Reese joined Tina Charles as the only rookies in WNBA history to record multiple 20+ rebound games. After scoring 13

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where everyone makes the playoffs! Well, not everyone, but, for the first time, 12 schools will be playing in college’s postseason and this is how it will work. Get ready for a new look college football. New conference layout The realignment dust

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Chelsea striker Marc Guiu left Stamford Bridge stunned after producing an early contender for the worst miss of the season in the team’s 2-0 win over Servette in the first leg of their Conference League playoff. After Christopher Nkunku had given Chelsea the lead from the penalty spot five

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler appeared to struggle with tightness in his lower back after shooting 1-under during the first round of this week’s BMW Championship on Thursday, but played down concerns it might threaten his participation in the event. The new Olympic gold medalist told reporters afterwards that

By Jacob Lev and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Chicago Bears safety Douglas Coleman III has been released from a Kansas City area hospital hours after suffering a frightening injury Thursday night. The 26-year-old was taken off the field on a stretcher during the team’s preseason game against the Super Bowl champion Chiefs at Arrowhead

By Rory Fleming, CNN (CNN) — “Darkness” is the first word that comes to Zakia Khudadadi’s mind when she thinks back to the events which unfolded in her native Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. It is a date etched in the annals of the nation’s history, the day that saw the Taliban recapture the capital

By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz joined a select group in his team’s 11-7 road win over the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming only the fifth MLB player to achieve the rare 60/20 feat. In stealing his 60th base of the season at Rogers Centre on

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton named rookie Bo Nix as the team’s starting quarterback for the upcoming season on Wednesday. “We’ve kind of gone through our process. In the very beginning of it all, just speaking with [General Manager] George [Paton] and [Owner & CEO] Greg [Penner] and

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — 2023 Wimbledon champion Markéta Vondroušová will miss the upcoming US Open after undergoing shoulder surgery, she announced on social media. The 25-year-old’s defense of her Wimbledon title ended in a huge first-round upset to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in July and Vondroušová wrote she has been “struggling with shoulder pain

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — The final of the 2030 FIFA World Cup is five years and 11 months away, and the design for the stadium which hopes to host the match has finally been revealed. The Grand Stade Hassan II soccer stadium in Morocco – one of three countries co-hosting the tournament alongside

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Golf’s first superstar, Bobby Jones, once described the sport as “the closest game to the game we call life.” Decades later, golf is being compared to broccoli. The analogy is being made by the co-founder of Whim Golf, a luxury apparel brand and design studio encouraging those with no interest

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees have defended star player Aaron Judge amidst claims that the slugger ignored a team of Little League players during the 2024 Little League World Classic earlier this week. South Shore Little League manager Bob Laterza said that Judge “failed” to acknowledge his team ahead of

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta Dream center Tina Charles moved up to second place on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list on Wednesday. The 35-year-old came into the team’s game against the Phoenix Mercury needing 10 points to move past Tina Thompson’s 7,488 career points. The Dream defeated the Mercury 72-63 and Charles finished