Sports

By Ben Church, Coy Wire and Glen Levy, CNN Lewis Hamilton is one of the greatest sportsmen of his generation, a seven-time world champion and an influential philanthropist. But there was a time when his life wasn’t quite as glamorous. In an interview with CNN Sport‘s Coy Wire, Hamilton recollected some of his first jobs:

By Ben Morse, CNN The biggest contract saga of this NFL offseason came to a close over the Draft weekend when Lamar Jackson officially signed to return with the Baltimore Ravens. After months of “he said, she said” as Jackson himself puts it, the 26-year-old inked a five-year, $260 million contract to remain in Maryland

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Allegra Goodwin, CNN A 26-year-old man has died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during celebrations by soccer fans in Naples, Italy, after Napoli won its first Serie A title in 33 years on Thursday, Napoli Police told CNN. The man died in Cardarelli hospital in Naples, according to

By Ben Morse, CNN On April 29, 1990, ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ by Sinead O’Connor topped the charts in the US, the Detroit Pistons had just begun their road to a second successive NBA title and cranes began pulling down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. In Naples, Marco Baroni was leaping into the

By Ben Church and Matt Foster, CNN Napoli won its first Serie A title in 33 years after coming from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Udinese at the Dacia Arena, Udine, on Thursday. The league title is the club’s first since 1990, when the late Diego Maradona — after whom the team’s home

By Samantha Beech and Kara Scannell, CNN An investigation has been launched into allegations of employment discrimination and a hostile work environment at the National Football League (NFL), according to a joint statement from New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta. It comes just over a year since the NFL

By George Ramsay and Matt Foster, CNN Nearly five months after she was released from Russian detention, WNBA star Brittney Griner says it feels “a little overwhelming” to return to public life given the widespread interest in her case. Griner spent nearly 300 days in custody before being released as part of a prisoner swap

CNN, RUSSIA 24, RIA, RUSSIAN FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE, GETTY IMAGES By George Ramsay and Matt Foster, CNN Nearly five months after she was released from Russian detention, WNBA star Brittney Griner says it feels “a little overwhelming” to return to public life given the widespread interest in her case. Griner spent nearly 300 days in

By Ben Morse, CNN Emma Raducanu says she will be away from the tennis court “for the next few months” while she recovers from surgery on both wrists and one of her ankles. In an Instagram post which included a photo of her in hospital with a cast on her right hand, Raducanu said she

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN When it comes to baseball records, there is no better company to be alongside than the great Babe Ruth and, after notching his 500th MLB strikeout on Wednesday, Shohei Ohtani joined a prestigious club. In the Los Angeles Angels’ 6-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals, Ohtani recorded 13 K’s across

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Arthur Webber made history this year. On the rainy evening of March 31, 2023, he captained what he says is the first ever all trans masculine soccer team in Europe in a match. Players stepped out onto the pitch in blue and pink patterned kits — the same colors that adorn

By Jacob Lev, CNN Jordanna Barrett, the wife of Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett, spoke out for the first time on Wednesday since the couple’s two-year-old daughter drowned in a swimming pool on Sunday. Officers responded to a Beach Park home in Tampa at 9:30 a.m. after a child had fallen into a pool,

By David Close, CNN Officials from the Churchill Downs racetrack, the home of the famed Kentucky Derby, have described the recent deaths of four horses as “unacceptable” and “troubling.” The four race horses have died in separate incidents within a five-day stretch. Since the start of Kentucky Derby week — on April 29 — two