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By Matias Grez and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Seven people were arrested on Tuesday in relation to incidents of racist abuse directed at Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. this season. Spanish police said four young men had been detained for allegedly hanging an effigy of Vinícius off a bridge in Madrid in January, while

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the US Open at Los Angeles Country Club next month as he continues to recover from a recent surgery, the USGA announced Monday. The 47-year-old, who missed last week’s PGA Championship, last competed at the Masters in April but

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Rick Hoyt, the man who was pushed in a wheelchair by his father in 32 Boston Marathon races, died Monday morning. Hoyt, 61, died due to complications with his respiratory system, according to a family statement posted on The Hoyt Foundation’s Facebook. “It is with profound sadness that the

By Jacob Lev and Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — After spending more than 300 days in Russian custody last year, Brittney Griner made an emotional return to her WNBA home court in the Phoenix Mercury’s 75-69 defeat by the Chicago Sky. Before tip-off at the Footprint Center in Phoenix on Sunday, the Mercury players were

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Daniil Medvedev revealed one reason behind his incredible form this year after winning the Italian Open: new racket strings. The Russian world No. 2 has been using a different version of Technifbre strings and said the change to his game has been “unbelievable” since making the switch ahead of

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The joy of sport is its unpredictability. There are the favorites, the perennial winners, but there is also a place for the underdogs – the dreamers. But for too many years such against-the-odds romance has been absent from Germany’s Bundesliga, with Bayern Munich winning a record 10 consecutive league

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The Miami Heat are just one win away from the NBA Finals after a crushing 128-102 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. With Jimmy Butler so far almost single-handedly dragging the Heat to this point, Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals was the night Miami’s role players

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Throughout her storied career, triathlete and Paralympian Marieke Vervoort captured the imagination of her native Belgium and the wider world. But it wasn’t just her stack of sporting achievements that drew attention. Vervoort lived with a degenerative spinal and muscle condition and had long been vocal about how one

By Matt Foster and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Vinícius Jr., Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward, was subjected to persistent racist abuse during his team’s 1-0 defeat to Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium in Spain’s La Liga. The flashpoint of the game came in the second half, where after a stoppage in play, an animated Vinícius

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a Block party all week at the PGA Championship, and the man at the heart of festivities is not done partying just yet. Michael Block, the 46-year-old club pro who teaches golf lessons at a public course in California, is schooling many of the game’s biggest stars