Sports

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Morteza Mehrzadselakjani knows a thing or two about winning. With two Paralympic gold medals to his name already, the Iranian is the not-so-secret weapon of his country’s men’s sitting volleyball team and is aiming for a three-peat at the 2024 Paris Games. At two meters, 46 centimeters (eight-foot-one-inch) tall,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Head coach Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes narrowly avoided beginning the season with a surprise defeat as they came from behind to beat the North Dakota State (NDSU) Bison 31-26 on Thursday. Colorado trailed 20-17 at halftime but scored 14 unanswered points in the second half to retake

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shocking defeat in the second round of the US Open on Thursday, falling to Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets. The Dutchman, ranked 74 in the world, downed the 21-year-old Spaniard in straight sets 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Both the men’s and women’s world No. 1’s – Jannik Sinner and Iga Świątek – eased into the third round of the US Open on Thursday. Sinner advanced thanks to a straight-sets victory over American Alex Michelsen, with the Italian prevailing 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium, taking

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers will wear the No. 1 jersey in his rookie NFL campaign, becoming the first Giants player to wear the number since 1935. No. 1 was last worn by Ray Flaherty 89 years ago and was taken out of circulation after he retired

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Given what Shohei Ohtani can do on the field, it should be unsurprising that his dog is almost as talented. The pair shared the stage on Wednesday as crowds flocked to Dodger Stadium to see MLB’s newest double-act. While Ohtani homered and stole two bases in the LA Dodgers’

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark has made WNBA history once again, setting a record for the most three-pointers made by a rookie in a season during the Indiana Fever’s 84-80 win against the Connecticut Sun. Clark drained her 86th triple of the season in the first quarter to eclipse the previous record

By Amy Woodyatt and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Only a few weeks after the end of the Paris Olympics, the opening ceremony for the Paralympics kicked off in spectacular style, held outside of a stadium for the first time in history. 140 artists, including 16 performers with disabilities, took center stage with the parade

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — After a short respite following the Paris Olympics, the city is soon jolting back to life for the Paralympics. One of the most intense and exciting sports on the schedule is sitting volleyball, which also offers a chance to watch the not-so-secret weapon of Iran’s sitting volleyball team, Morteza

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Goalball is unique to Paralympic sports – a fast, skillful game without an Olympic counterpart in which visually impaired players seek to score by throwing balls into a goal defended by the other team. Remarkably, considering that the ball weighs 1.25kg (roughly 2.75 pounds) and is about the same

By Ben Morse and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The 36 teams competing in the upcoming 2024/25 UEFA Champions League – the most prestigious competition in European club football – learned who they will play in the competition’s newly revised format after the draw took place in Monaco on Thursday. Teams were assigned their eight opponents – two

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — No, you weren’t seeing double at the US Open. Aryna Sabalenka had a solid day on the tennis court Wednesday in New York, defeating Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 6-1 in just over an hour. But the highlight of the day for the world No. 2 may very well have been

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Paralympian turned astronaut John McFall could soon be the first disabled person to go to space – and he credits the Paralympics with helping to challenge preconceptions of what disabled people can achieve. Following a motorcycle accident that caused him to have his right leg amputated at the age

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A’ja Wilson exploded for 42 points against the Dallas Wings on Tuesday, but it was in a losing cause as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces went down 93-90. The victory, played in front of a sell-out crowd at College Park Center, stopped the Wings’ seven-game losing streak

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Dan Evans outlasted Karen Khachanov in the longest match in US Open in history on Tuesday, holding off the Russian in a mammoth, five-set epic which lasted for five hours and 35 minutes. The pair’s first three sets went to tie breakers in New York, with Khachanov leveling

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Many sports at the Paralympics have an Olympic cousin. There are only two without counterparts, one of which is boccia. Boccia has been in the Paralympics since 1984 and has grown in popularity rapidly since then. So much so that on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website, it describes