Sports

By Ben Morse, CNN Tom Brady is taking some time away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to “deal with personal things,” according to the team’s head coach Todd Bowles. The 45-year-old quarterback missed practice on Thursday, and Bowles told reporters that he will not return until after the team’s second preseason game on August 20.

By Matt Foster, CNN The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced on Thursday it will permanently retire Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell‘s No.6 jersey throughout the league. Russell, who passed away on July 31 at the age of 88, won 11 NBA titles with the Boston Celtics and becomes the first player to have his

By Ben Church, CNN As he urges the world not to forget about those still facing imminent danger from Russian forces, Ukrainian soccer icon Andriy Shevchenko says sport has a major role to play in uniting people behind his country. Fighting is still a daily occurrence in Ukraine with millions of people unable to return

By Matias Grez and Steve Almasy, CNN Rory McIlroy says “common sense prevailed” after a US federal judge denied three LIV Golf players a temporary restraining order that would have allowed them to play in the first event of the PGA Tour postseason. Last week, 11 golfers on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series filed

By Matias Grez, CNN There has been one question that has left fans of European football scratching their heads this summer: just how is Barcelona signing all of these players? The club’s dire financial state has been public knowledge for more than two years now; a combination of financial mismanagement, extortionate player wages and the

By Ben Morse, CNN Cleveland Browns fans will get their first opportunity to see Deshaun Watson in game action on Friday after it was announced he would be starting their preseason opener, despite facing a suspension for sexual misconduct allegations. Watson, as well as many other of the team’s starters, will play against the Jacksonville

By Issy Ronald, CNN Carrying a bouquet of flowers and wiping a tear from her eye, Serena Williams waved to the raucous crowd on Wednesday a day after her announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis. The 23-time grand slam champion was defeated 6-2 6-4 by Belinda Bencic in the second round of the Canadian Open

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a blazing, world-leading 10.62 seconds in the women’s 100-meter final at the Monaco Diamond League on Wednesday. The five-time 100m world champion, who raced to victory by a full meter, has now become the first woman to break 10.7 six times in one season. Her compatriot Shericka Jackson

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Lewis Hamilton says his “worst fears came alive” after his dramatic title race against Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last season. The seven-time world champion saw a potential record-setting eighth title slip away after he was beaten by the 24-year-old Red Bull driver, following a controversial season

By Issy Ronald, CNN Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw from her opening match of the Canadian Open on Tuesday due to a back injury, further hampering her preparations for the US Open. While trailing Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (4) 3-0, the four-time grand slam champion received treatment on the court but eventually retired and

By George Ramsay, CNN When Hellen Obiri moves 14,000 kilometers from Kenya to Colorado later this year, she already knows she’ll miss some of the comforts of home. That includes Kenyan food and the country’s staple of ugali — a dense porridge made from maize flour. “Kenyans, we like eating ugali,” Obiri tells CNN Sport.