National Sports

By George Ramsay, Don Riddell, Patrick Snell and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — In the small Norwegian town of Bodø, located just inside the Arctic Circle, the days can be short and the winters bitterly cold. It’s hardly the type of place you’d expect to find an elite soccer team, especially when shovels are sometimes

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel was one of more than 100 people killed after the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed on Tuesday. At least 300 people were inside Jet Set nightclub, in the capital of Santo Domingo, when the roof collapsed around 1

By Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Former world No. 1 Jason Day has said that Masters tournament organizers pre-empted any of his planned fashion statements to ensure there would be no repeat of last year’s infamous sweater vest. In fact, Augusta National asked to see what outfits Day had planned before this year’s tournament, given

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Only a few days after Ja Morant was fined by the NBA for a contentious celebration, the Memphis Grizzlies star was at it again. Having apparently retired the finger-gun gesture which saw him fined $75,000 by the league, Morant celebrated a three-pointer against the Charlotte Hornets by pretending to

By Andy Scholes and Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — On February 1, Dallas Mavericks fans woke up wincing from a close loss to the Detroit Pistons the night before. Their team was still in eighth place, fighting to move out of the play-in spots in the NBA’s playoff race, and was three games above .500.

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Don’t be alarmed when you think you see the same player twice at the Masters this week. You’ll likely be watching one of the Danish twins, Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard, as they make history at Augusta National, becoming the first set of twins to ever compete at the historic

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Boston Red Sox star Jarren Duran said he attempted to take his own life when struggling with his mental health following two difficult on-the-field seasons in 2021 and 2022 to begin his MLB career. In episode four of a new, eight-part Netflix docuseries, “The Clubhouse: A Year With the

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — When Robert Macintyre lost the British Amateur Championship final in 2016, he thought his dream was over; he was just 19 years old, and he was absolutely distraught. “I remember pretty much crying the whole way home,” he recalled to CNN Sports, “because I thought I’m never going to

By George Ramsay and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Meredith Gaudreau, the widow of late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, has announced the birth of her third child, seven months after the death of her husband. “Another baby boy. Carter Michael Gaudreau – same middle name as his daddy,” Gaudreau wrote in an Instagram post, adding:

CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Gators won the NCAA men’s basketball championship on Monday, defeating the Houston Cougars in a heart-stopping contest that went all the way down to the final play. The Gators led for a grand total of 64 seconds in the game and trailed by

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers made their anticipated trip to the White House on Monday, visiting with Donald Trump to celebrate their World Series title and keeping up a longstanding tradition of sports champions meeting the US president. Trump called Dodgers manager Dave Roberts “one of the greatest managers ever