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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — UFC fighter Brian Ortega says that he went unconscious for 30 minutes while trying to make weight for his fight in Shanghai last month. Ortega was scheduled to face Aljamain Sterling in a 145-pound featherweight bout at UFC Shanghai, but it was moved to a catchweight of 153 pounds

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — With under a year to go until the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it’s time for fans to try to book their spot at the global soccer celebration. The tournament is the first ever World Cup to be played in three different countries, with the US, Canada

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The story of LeBron James penning an op-ed for Chinese state media, focusing on how basketball could be an avenue for diplomacy amid tensions with the US, was not as it seemed. Multiple Chinese state media outlets this week published an article purportedly written by the Los Angeles Lakers

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia Eagles defensive star Jalen Carter was given a retroactive one-game suspension for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott prior to the first play from scrimmage in the teams’ season opener on Thursday, the NFL announced Tuesday. Carter will also be docked his Week 1 game check as

By George Ramsay, Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Philadelphia Phillies fan Drew Feltwell wants people to lay off the woman who harangued him and his son over a home run ball at a game last week. During the fourth inning of the Phillies’ game against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park on September 5, Feltwell

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — After almost seven months away, the NFL is back in emphatic fashion. All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display. Here are three big takeaways from the opening week of action. King

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota quarterback JJ McCarthy led an inspired fourth-quarter comeback in his NFL debut to help the Vikings beat their division rivals, the Chicago Bears, 27-24 on Monday. McCarthy struggled for the majority of his first appearance in a regular-season game, with the Vikings offense unable to manufacture yards and

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Inter Miami forward Luis Suárez has received a three-match ban from Major League Soccer (MLS) after a spitting incident following last week’s Leagues Cup final. The game on August 31 ended with the Seattle Sounders beating Miami 3-0, but a scuffle broke out on the field shortly after full-time,

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — “If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.” This was a phrase coined and made famous by iconic Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders during his time in the NFL throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Two decades later and those words

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy claimed his second title at the Irish Open with a thrilling playoff victory against Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren. The Northern Irishman needed to produce a stunning eagle putt on the 72nd hole to take Lagergren, who had made a brilliant eagle himself on the 16th, to a playoff.

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NFL offseason was dominated by talk of where Micah Parsons would be lining up in Week 1. As one of the most dynamic pass rushers in the NFL, Dallas Cowboys fans were desperate to keep him under a new contract, while fans of other teams wished the 26-year-old

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — So often in life, the mundane and the extraordinary exist side-by-side. The day of the US Open final can change a tennis player’s life, ending with a confetti-soaked celebration or lonely commiseration. Much of it is watched by the thousands inside Arthur Ashe Stadium and millions more on TV.

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Davey Johnson, who won two World Series titles as a player with the Baltimore Orioles and one as a manager with the New York Mets has died at the age of 82, according to the MLB. During his 13-season playing career in the MLB, Johnson spent most of his

By Thomas Schlachter, Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — Angel Reese has been suspended by the Chicago Sky following comments she made about her teammates, head coach and the organization. The forward will miss the first half of the Sky’s game on Sunday against the Las Vegas Aces after her criticisms were published earlier this