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By Pau Mosquera, Claudia Rebaza and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — The presidents of Spain’s regional soccer federations are calling for the resignation of Luis Rubiales, the suspended president of the National Football Association, in a statement published Monday following an emergency meeting. Rubiales was suspended by FIFA, the world’s governing soccer body, on Saturday

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Roberto Mancini was announced as the new head coach of Saudi Arabia’s men’s team on Sunday, just two weeks after resigning as manager of his native Italy. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mancini wrote that he was “honored to be selected for such a prestigious

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — As the checkered flag waved at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to greet home favorite Max Verstappen over the finish line, the Formula One driver took another step towards history. The win in the Netherlands was Verstappen’s eleventh of the season and ninth in a row, drawing him

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The stage is set for another epic showdown between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open which starts on Monday. The pair have thrilled tennis fans this season with two special matches, first in the Wimbledon final and then most recently at the Cincinnati Open. Djokovic described

By Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — Japanese players and fans were left in tears after the country claimed its first ever victory against European opponents in the FIBA Basketball World Cup on Sunday. Pulling off the biggest comeback of the 2023 tournament so far, co-hosts Japan came from a staggering 18 points down to beat

By Homero De la Fuente and Charlie Webster, CNN (CNN) — Norwegian Viktor Hovland fended off a late surge by American Xander Schauffele to finish at 27 under par and win the Tour Championship on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. With the victory, Hovland becomes the third-youngest FedEx Cup champion in history

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — A week after clinching Spain’s first Women’s World Cup, the country’s soccer federation is at war with the very players who brought home the trophy. The scandal began just moments after La Roja’s historic 1-0 victory against England, when the head of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales,

By Issy Ronald, Martin Goillandeau, Al Goodman and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The soccer world has rallied behind Jenni Hermoso, leaving Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales looking increasingly isolated as the pressure builds on him a week after his unwanted kiss on the Spain star at the Women’s World Cup final last Sunday. Andrés

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The woman most people consider the greatest gymnast of all time keeps adding to her amazing legacy. Simone Biles won a record eighth national all-around title with a strong performance Sunday at the US Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California. The 26-year-old Biles also became the oldest woman to

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — ‘Messi mania’ swept across New York on Saturday as Lionel Messi made his Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season debut for Inter Miami away against the New York Red Bulls. However, fans who attended the match had to wait until the 60th minute for the Argentine

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — With the final grand slam of the season nearly upon us, there are plenty of storylines for fans to get excited about. From a tennis great making a record-extending outing to plenty of home favorites to get behind, the 143rd US Open women’s draw promises to be an exciting

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The remainder of the Miami Dolphins NFL preseason game against the Jaguars in Jacksonville, Florida, was suspended Saturday after Miami rookie wide receiver Daewood Davis suffered an injury and was carted off the field. Davis was hit by a Jacksonville linebacker and could be seen lying motionless on the

By Aimee Lewis and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on Women’s World Cup Winner Jenni Hermoso has triggered a crisis in Spanish soccer, with world governing body FIFA suspending the president and Spain’s women’s coaches resigning en masse. FIFA said it was suspending Rubiales from “all football-related

By Jacob Lev and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Bronny James, the older son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and should fully recover from his cardiac arrest last month, his family said Friday. In July, the 18-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball practice at the

By Aimee Lewis, Alex Stambaugh, Al Goodman and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s football federation has threatened to take legal action against one of the country’s star players, Jennifer Hermoso, accusing her of lying about being kissed by federation president Luis Rubiales. Hermoso said Friday that at no point did she consent to a

By David Close and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Hermoso, Spain’s star player on the winning Women’s World Cup team, said Friday at no point did she consent to an unwanted kiss by the country’s soccer chief. “I want to make clear that, as can be seen in the images, at no moment did

CNN By Patrick Sung and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales has refused to resign from his position as Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president following a week of fierce criticism after video showed him placing an unwanted kiss on a star player of Spain’s winning Women’s World Cup team. Rubiales