Sports

By George Ramsay, CNN Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas were crowned the best players in men’s and women’s football at FIFA’s annual awards ceremony in Paris on Monday. Messi, who guided Argentina to World Cup glory at the end of last year, was honored as the Best FIFA Men’s Player for the second time in

By Ben Morse, CNN The Los Angeles Lakers’ rollercoaster season shows no sign of slowing down. During the Lakers’ 27-point comeback victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, TV cameras caught LeBron James saying he heard his foot “pop” when landing from a layup. The 38-year-old was seen walking gingerly after the game despite being

By Ben Church, CNN At just 16 years old, Mia Brookes became the youngest snowboarding world champion after winning gold in the women’s slopestyle at the Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia on Monday. Brookes claimed her win in style — becoming the first woman to land a CAB 1440 double grab

By CNN’s Meron Moges-Gerbi and Jalen Brown The men’s swimming and diving team at Howard University won the 2023 Northeast Conference Championship on Saturday, the team’s first title in more than 30 years, the school’s athletic department tweeted. The all-Black swim team earned 928 points during five days of competition in Geneva, Ohio, surpassing four

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN A prominent human rights group has written to Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali to raise serious concerns over what it claims is the sport’s ongoing role in “sportswashing” ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The new season gets underway in Bahrain on March 5, ahead of which the Bahrain Institute for

By Ben Church, CNN Tick tock, tick tock. The new MLB rules are coming fast at players; just ask Cal Conley. The Atlanta Braves hitter looked as confused as everyone else on Saturday when the new pitch clock regulation sparked confusion during a spring training game between the Braves and the Boston Red Sox. With

By Jack Bantock, CNN Shirtless and mud-spattered — golf fans tuning in to the Honda Classic on Saturday would have been forgiven for thinking they’d switched over to the wrong channel. Because not just once, but twice during his third round, American golfer Akshay Bhatia was forced into an impromptu wardrobe change at the PGA

By Jack Bantock, CNN It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind. A nail-biting playoff victory over compatriot Eric Cole at The Honda Classic

By Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN Novak Djokovic has achieved another milestone in his illustrious tennis career, surpassing Steffi Graf to spend the most weeks at No. 1 in the world. On Monday, Djokovic started his 378th week as the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 1, spending the most weeks in that

By Matias Grez, CNN Paris Saint-Germain took control of the title race in Ligue 1 on Sunday with a huge 3-0 win away at bitter rival Marseille to extend its lead at the top of the table to eight points. It was a masterclass in attacking football from Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi, who combined

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Damian Lillard set an NBA record in his monster scoring night on Sunday, racking up 71 points in 39 minutes, including 13 three-pointers, as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 121-114. With his effort, Lillard became the first player in NBA history to score more than 70 points in

By Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN In a show of support for children impacted by the earthquake in Turkey, soccer fans threw stuffed animals onto the pitch during a match between Beşiktaş and Antalyaspor on Sunday. The game stopped at four minutes and 17 seconds to correspond with the time the earthquake struck

By Issy Ronald, CNN Betrayal has formed part of European politics since polities started forming — just ask Julius Caesar, who asked “Et tu Brute?” as his friend stabbed him for the good of the Roman Republic. Fast forward to April 2021 and the machinations behind the proposed European Super League (ESL) that would have

By Homero De la Fuente and Tara Subramaniam, CNN YouTuber Jake Paul suffered the first defeat of his fledgling boxing career on Sunday night as pro boxer-turned reality TV star Tommy Fury edged him out in a split decision in Saudi Arabia. Two judges both scored the fight 76-73 for Fury, with the third judge