Sports

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — In the world of sport, there are many reasons for games to be suspended or postponed. Fans are used to seeing games stopped for downfalls of rain, heavy snow, injuries or even, as seen in recent days, smoke from wildfires. But have you ever heard of bees stopping play?

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Miyu Kato’s rollercoaster week has ended in redemption. On Sunday, the Japanese tennis star was in tears after being disqualified from the women’s doubles competition after inadvertently hitting a ball at a ball girl. Fast-forward to Thursday and the 28-year-old won the French Open mixed doubles title with her

By Amy Woodyatt, David Close and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — A string of sports games and practices have been postponed as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to choke the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast parts of the United States. Around 75 million people are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke shrouds major US cities,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Real Madrid has agreed a deal to sign football star Jude Bellingham, the Englishman’s club Borussia Dortmund announced on Wednesday. According to a statement from the German club, Real Madrid will pay €103 million ($110.4m) to acquire the 19-year-old, as well as additional fees. Bellingham will need to complete

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — West Ham ended its 43-year wait for a major trophy after beating Fiorentina 2-1 in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday. The Premier League club scored a late winner through Jarrod Bowen to seal the famous victory, sparking frenzied celebrations inside the Fortuna Arena in Prague. “This is

CNN By David Close and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi said Wednesday he’s going to join the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. “I made the decision that I am going to Miami. I still haven’t closed it one hundred percent. I’m missing some things but we decided to continue my

By David Close and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi said Wednesday he’s going to join the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. “I made the decision that I am going to Miami. I still haven’t closed it one hundred percent. I’m missing some things but we decided to continue my journey

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy has said that the PGA Tour’s merger with the DP World Tour and LIV Golf will be “good for the game,” but maintained that he still hates the breakaway series. Speaking at the Canadian Open the day after the shock announcement, the 34-year-old said he had

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy has said that the PGA Tour’s merger with the DP World Tour and LIV Golf will be “good for the game,” but maintained that he still hates the breakaway series. Speaking at the Canadian Open the day after the shock announcement, the 34-year-old said he had “mixed

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas says he regrets taking sleeping pills after complaining about feeling sluggish in his French Open quarterfinal defeat against Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday. The Greek star was beaten in straight sets – 6-2 6-1 7-6 – by the world No. 1 in a one-sided match

By Ben Morse, Jack Bantock and Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — It came out of nowhere. Tuesday’s announcement that golf’s bitter rivals would join forces took everyone by surprise – even, it seems, the players. The US-based PGA Tour said its merger with the breakaway LIV Golf and the DP World Tour would “unify the