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Matt Foster, Alex Hardie and Al Goodman, CNN Brazilian football player Dani Alves is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault that took place in Barcelona last month, the Catalonia Higher Court of Justice confirmed on Tuesday. “Barcelona investigating magistrate’s court number 15 has opened proceedings for an alleged crime of sexual assault due to

By Ben Church, CNN Sébastien Haller savored the “amazing” opportunity to play his first game for Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday after testicular cancer sidelined the striker for six months. The 28-year-old underwent two surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy after receiving his diagnosis in July having just signed for his new club. He eventually made

By Ben Morse, CNN When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach, he said the NFL had “a problem” with hiring Black coaches and diversity. “I realize the amount of Black head coaches there are in the National Football League,” Smith told reporters just under

By David Close and Ben Church, CNN “A new NWSL begins today.” That’s how the president of the union representing soccer players expressed optimism about the future of the sport after the National Women’s Soccer League banned a number of former coaches following years of alleged systemic abuse. On Monday, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman announced

By Matt Foster, CNN A superstar NFL player is investing in the other football — for the second time. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is joining the ownership group of NWSL’s Kansas City Current, the team announced Tuesday. Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, co-founded the team alongside Chris and Angie Long in December 2020. Mahomes said

By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN More than three decades since its pioneering, round-the-world voyage, the Maiden racing yacht is again sailing the high seas — and changing the lives of young women in the process. Skippered by British sailor Tracy Edwards, Maiden became the first all-female crew to sail around the world in

CNN By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN More than three decades since its pioneering, round-the-world voyage, the Maiden racing yacht is again sailing the high seas — and changing the lives of young women in the process. Skippered by British sailor Tracy Edwards, Maiden became the first all-female crew to sail around the world

By Ben Church, CNN Melbourne Victory FC has been fined $310,000 (AUS$ 450,000) and hit with a number of sanctions by Football Australia (FA) after the ugly scenes that forced its derby match against Melbourne City to be abandoned in December. Fans had planned to protest the decision to move the next three A-Leagues Grand

By Coy Wire and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A week after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing the Cincinnati Bengals, doctors are hoping Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is healthy enough to be released from a Buffalo hospital within 24 to 48 hours, Michael Hughes, senior vice president and chief administrative officer at Kaleida Health, told

By Steve Almasy, CNN The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs scored on their first six drives and dominated No. 3 Texas Christian University 65-7 to win their second consecutive College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night in Inglewood, California. In the convincing win, Heisman Trophy-finalist quarterback Stetson Bennett passed for four touchdowns and ran for

By Ben Church, CNN Five-time Champions League winner and Welsh football icon Gareth Bale has retired at the age of 33. The forward announced his decision on social media Monday, saying the game had given him some of the “best moments of my life.” “After careful and thoughtful consideration, I announce my immediate retirement from