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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Italian soccer club Napoli has said that it “never intended to offend or make fun of” star player Victor Osimhen after coming under fire for posting – and then deleting – a video of the striker missing a penalty on TikTok. In a statement posted on the club website

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Detroit Lions laid down a marker for their season with a statement victory over the Green Bay Packers on Thursday evening. Lions running back David Montgomery ran for 121 yards and three touchdowns as Detroit convincingly beat their division rivals 34-20 at Lambeau Field. Montgomery’s performance was the

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Million-dollar lawsuits, “toxic” cultures facilitating harassment and sexual abuse and college sport programs suspended. The dan­gerous – and sometimes deadly – consequences of hazing are prevalent at US universities, placing their sports programs in particular under growing scrutiny. Athletic programs at Boston College, New Mexico State University and Northwestern University are just three

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler was not even born the last time the United States won a Ryder Cup on European soil. At the 44th edition of golf’s biennial team tournament in Rome on Friday, the world No. 1 spearheads the charge to remedy his country’s 30-year bout of travel sickness. Despite

By Patrick Sung, George Ramsay and Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — FC Barcelona and several of the soccer club’s current and former executives are officially being investigated as suspects for “the sustained crime of active bribery,” according to a court document obtained by CNN – the latest twist in an alleged improper payment scandal overshadowing

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — A 24-time tennis grand slam champion driving the green at the flagship event in men’s golf, toasting it with a footballer’s signature celebration and watched on by a Formula One driver – the 2023 Ryder Cup celebrity All-Star match was a dizzying medley of sporting excellence. Fresh off a

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Every athlete grows up dreaming of standing on an Olympic podium, with a medal around their neck. For a moment in 2022, American figure skater Vincent Zhou thought he was living that dream at the Winter Games in Beijing, before it all turned into a nightmare. Shortly after winning

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Manchester City suffered a first defeat of the season against Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup as star striker Erling Haaland was left on the bench. Alexander Isak’s goal gave Newcastle, last year’s beaten finalist, a 1-0 victory at St James’ Park after a much-improved second-half performance. City dominated

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Portland Trail Blazers are trading seven-time All-Star guard Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team trade also involving the Phoenix Suns, the team confirmed on Wednesday. Lillard wrote on social media that he’s “excited” for his next chapter. “The casuals won’t be addressed but the

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. accomplished something no one else in Major League Baseball history has done before, becoming the first player ever to hit 40 home runs and steal 70 bases in a single season. “I’d be lying to you if I said that I

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Inter Miami lost in the US Open Cup final on Wednesday, falling 2-1 to the Houston Dynamo with its talismanic player, Lionel Messi, watching from the sidelines. Messi, who has already helped catapult the team to its first major trophy in its history since joining in July, missed the

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Michigan State University (MSU) fired head football coach Mel Tucker on Wednesday amid accusations of sexual harassment. The move comes after USA Today first reported Tucker was under investigation for alleged sexual harassment, leading the university to suspend him without pay. “The university terminated Tucker’s contract for his admitted

By James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Namibian rugby star Johan Retief has been ruled out of his country’s final World Cup game against Uruguay later Wednesday, after being “bitten by a spider” at the team’s hotel in Aix-les-Bains, eastern France. Announcing the Namibian side on Monday, head coach Allister Coetzee described Johan Retief’s situation and

By Caitlin Danaher, Benjamin Brown and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Armenian soccer player Henrikh Mkhitaryan has called on international leaders to “stand up against ethnic cleansing” in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the Caucasus Mountains that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but is home to around 120,000 ethnic Armenians,

By David Close and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Breanna Stewart has been named the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second time in her career, becoming the first New York Liberty player in history to pick up the award. Stewart ranked second in scoring for the 2023 season, averaging 23 points per game, and

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Most starting quarterbacks are the face of their franchise. This often means that at their team facilities, it’s hard to move around without their name or face being seen somewhere. However, for Josh Dobbs, his journey with the Arizona Cardinals hasn’t come with the same kind of attention, even

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona continued its unbeaten start to the season but dropped points at the top of La Liga with an eventful 2-2 draw against Mallorca. Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen gifted Mallorca the game’s opening goal inside 10 minutes as he failed to clear the ball from Barça’s box, enabling Vedat

By Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi of China clinched gold in women’s skateboarding at the Asian Games on Wednesday, becoming the country’s youngest gold medalist as teenage girls continue to dominate the sport. According to interviews with multiple Chinese state media outlets, Cui first began skating on roller blades at just three

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has written a letter to the New York Jets offering his services to the struggling team. In a letter released by the rapper J Cole on Instagram, Kaepernick – who addresses Jets general manager Joe Douglas – says he would be “honored” to join

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Namibia has always been an underdog at the Rugby World Cup. With a population of just over 2.5 million – akin to that of Qatar, Botswana and Gabon – it doesn’t have the same talent pool as some of the behemoths of the sport. Just reaching the pinnacle of