Sports

By Issy Ronald and Amanda Davies, CNN Clothes aren’t just items to keep you warm or cool — they also indicate status, showcase defiance, and even alleviate anxieties. For tennis legend Billie Jean King, clothes allow female tennis players to express their individuality through colors and prints — a right she and the embryonic Women’s

By John Sinnott, CNN Real Madrid drew Liverpool in the Champions League round-of-16 stage on Monday in a rematch of last season’s final. Los Blancos beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris in May to win their 14th European Cup. The 2022 final was overshadowed by chaos outside the stadium and there was widespread criticism towards the

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Just a week after Halloween, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers continued their scary start to the season, losing 114-100 to a hot Cleveland Cavaliers team and falling to 2-7 on the year. Thanks to a dominant backcourt performance led by Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland — who combined for

By Ben Morse, CNN Tom Brady is synonymous with making history. And on Sunday, he became the first player in NFL history to reach 100,000 passing yards in his career, combining regular season and playoffs, in a 16-13 comeback win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Los Angeles Rams. The 43-year-old completed a pass

By Jacob Lev, CNN The Boston Bruins have rescinded their contract with Mitchell Miller after the National Hockey League deemed him ineligible to join the team due to a bullying incident the player participated in when he was a young teenager. The decision, announced Sunday, is effective immediately, just days after the Bruins on Friday

By Emma Tucker and Jacob Lev, CNN Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday, claiming the trophy after 312 laps at the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The win gives Logano his second career championship, the first coming in 2018 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Las Vegas. Before his first win, Logano had been

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Coy Gibbs, co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, son of team patriarch Joe Gibbs and father of NASCAR driver Ty Gibbs, has died at the age of 49, the racing team announced. “It is with great sorrow that Joe Gibbs Racing confirms that Coy Gibbs (co-owner) went to be with the Lord

By Issy Ronald, CNN Lionel Messi has already said that the 2022 Qatar World Cup will be his last chance to add a World Cup winner’s medal to his otherwise complete, glittering trophy cabinet. It adds a certain amount of tension to the Argentine’s World Cup build-up, one that became a little tauter on Saturday

By Issy Ronald, CNN A week after she obliterated the 1500m short-course record, Katie Ledecky broke another — this time in the 800m as she stormed to victory at the FINA World Cup in Indianapolis. The American shaved almost two seconds off Mireia Belmonte’s previous record of 7:59.34, setting a new best time of 7:57.42.

By Hannah Brewitt, CNN The two most recent Super Bowl winners face off on Sunday when the Los Angeles Rams (3-4) travel south to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5). This will be just the eighth time in the past 20 seasons that the two most recent Super Bowl champions will meet in the regular

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the NASCAR Cup Series making its final stop of the 2022 season at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, four drivers will compete to be crowned champion. The format is simple: whoever takes the checkered flag ahead of the others takes home the title. Here’s what to know about Sunday’s season finale

By Kevin Dotson, CNN In what was being advertised as the game of the year in college football, the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs knocked off the Tennessee Volunteers at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday. The Volunteers had debuted at No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season but

By Jacob Lev, CNN Gareth Bale’s dramatic, late goal helped Los Angeles Football Club win the Major League Soccer Cup for the first time in a thrilling, frantic final against Philadelphia Union at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Jack Elliott looked to have won the game for Philadelphia when he scored in stoppage

By Kevin Dotson, CNN NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday said Mitchell Miller, who was previously involved in a bullying scandal, is not currently eligible to play in the league, and added league officials were not consulted by the Boston Bruins before the team signed Miller. “He’s not coming into the NHL, he’s not eligible