Sports

By Ben Church, CNN Gary Lineker will resume his duties on the BBC’s flagship soccer show after an impartiality storm over his criticism of the government’s asylum policy that plunged Britain’s public broadcaster into scheduling chaos over the weekend. In a statement on Monday, the BBC’s Director General Tim Davie said he recognized it had

By Homero De la Fuente and Jacob Lev, CNN The Alabama Crimson Tide, Houston Cougars, Kansas Jayhawks and Purdue Boilermakers were named as the No. 1 seeds in the men’s NCAA tournament on Sunday. Alabama enters the NCAA tournament after a tumultuous season off the court. The Crimson Tide earned the top seed for the

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN March is upon us and the best of the best in women’s college basketball are set to go head-to-head to decide who takes home the prestigious NCAA Division I title — let the madness commence. Since the addition of the women’s tournament in 1982, it has become an important part of

By Ben Morse, CNN The conclusion of the men’s college basketball season is upon us and that can only mean one thing: it is time for the ‘Big Dance.’ March Madness has arrived and will pit the best of the best and some overachieving “Cinderellas” duking it out for an opportunity to be crowned the

By Issy Ronald, CNN Emma Raducanu secured back-to-back victories for the first time since September as she advanced to the third round at Indian Wells on Saturday, but the youngster says she still isn’t “pain free” after a series of injuries and illnesses derailed the start of her season. The 20-year-old triumphed 7-6 (7-3) 6-2

By Jacob Lev, CNN The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) will be returning to Utah in 2024 after the league revealed the Utah Royals as the latest expansion team on Saturday. The Royals were part of the NWSL from 2018 to 2020 and will be the league’s 13th team. Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Real Salt

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Longtime Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant died Saturday at 95, the “absolutely heartbroken” team said in a statement. “We, like all Vikings and NFL fans, are shocked and saddened by this terrible news,” the statement said. Grant coached the Vikings for 18 seasons from 1967 through 1983 and again in 1985.

By Ben Church, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin won her 87th World Cup race on Saturday to break the overall record set by skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark. The American triumphed in the slalom in Åre, Sweden, to become the sport’s all-time winningest athlete. “Pretty hard to comprehend,” Shiffrin said in her post-race interview. “My brother and sister-in-law

By Issy Ronald, Jorge Engels and Jessie Gretener, CNN The BBC’s weekend soccer coverage has been plunged into chaos following its announcement Gary Lineker would “step back” from presenting, after he became embroiled in an impartiality row when he criticized British government policy on Twitter. The broadcaster now faces a boycott from pundits, presenters and

By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN It was a eureka moment for the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT). In November the team earned more money — $6.5 million — from its male equivalent reaching the knockout stages of Qatar 2022 than it did from winning its own World Cup tournaments in 2015 and 2019. However, for