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By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Brad Pitt was among a number of celebrities and Royals who were treated to an epic men’s Wimbledon final on Sunday. The Hollywood star was on Centre Court to watch Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz slug it out in a thrilling five-set match. After nearly five hours, Alcaraz prevailed

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Crashes in the Tour de France are commonplace, but a pile-up during Sunday’s Stage 15 was particularly eye-catching as a number of riders fell after a fan apparently tried to take a picture. The incident happened around 129km from the finish line. The riders were travelling from Les Gets

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The wait has been long but Britain finally has a Wimbledon boys’ singles champion. Unseeded 17-year-old Henry Searle won the title in straight sets on Sunday, becoming the first Briton to do so since 1962. Stanley Matthews, the son and namesake of the famous English footballer, was the last

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Is there anything Steph Curry cannot do? We’ve become accustomed to him wowing us with his skills from long distance with a basketball, but on Saturday the NBA star did so with a golf ball. Curry made a sublime hole-in-one on the par-3, 152-yard seventh hole at Edgewood Tahoe

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Wimbledon losses are often imprinted in the memory just as much as those euphoric title-winning celebrations, so heart-breaking can losing in one of sport’s greatest tournaments be. Ons Jabeur was the favorite to win the women’s title on Saturday with many expecting the Tunisian to become the first Arab

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is reportedly expected to make his Inter Miami debut on July 21, club managing owner Jorge Mas told a small group of reporters Monday, according to the Miami Herald. Inter Miami faces Mexico’s Cruz Azul in a Leagues Cup opening match that day at DRV

By Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Soccer great Lionel Messi signed for Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami on Saturday, the club announced. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, who is under contract with the club until the end of the 2025 MLS season, said he was “very excited,” while co-owner David

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner marked a successful return to the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, her first since being released from a Russian penal colony last December. The nine-time WNBA All-Star Griner finished with 18 points, including scoring her team’s first six points and dunking twice,

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — NBA superstar LeBron James will switch back to jersey number 23 for the Los Angeles Lakers’ upcoming season, the team announced on Saturday. James, who has worn the No. 23 jersey in 14 of his 20 seasons in the NBA, has sported the No. 6 jersey the

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz beat reigning champion Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set men’s final on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon title. The Spaniard prevailed after nearly five hours on Centre Court, eventually winning 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4, and jubilantly fell onto the grass in

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A pre-Women’s World Cup friendly between the Republic of Ireland and Colombia was abandoned after it was deemed “overly physical,” the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) said in a statement. The behind-closed-doors match in Brisbane, Australia ended after 20 minutes, the FAI said on Friday, with the team proceeding

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — For a basketball sharpshooter, there’s no higher praise than being complemented by Steph Curry. The NBA’s all-time leader in three-pointers made has had a transformative effect on the way the sport is played, such is his accurateness from beyond the three-point arc. So when Curry calls something in the

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Markéta Vondroušová had overcome the odds throughout the last fortnight at Wimbledon and the Czech did so again in the women’s final on Saturday, beating favorite Ons Jabeur to become the first unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the famous tournament. The world No. 42, who was playing in

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Age is clearly just a number to Novak Djokovic, who is now just one match away from securing a record-equaling eighth Wimbledon title after the Serb beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-4 7-6 in Friday’s first men’s semifinal. Victory ensured the 36-year-old reached a record-breaking

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern has fired head baseball coach Jim Foster, the school announced on Thursday. According to the Chicago Tribune, the firing comes amid allegations that Foster “engaged in bullying and abusive behavior.” Per the report, Foster was investigated by the school’s human resources department. The investigation found “sufficient evidence” that Foster

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas announced her return to competitive gymnastics on Thursday in an Instagram post. “Hey guys long time no post,” the 27-year-old wrote. “As you all know I stepped back from the socials and in that time I did a lot of journaling, reflecting, soul searching

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — What do you do immediately after reaching your first Wimbledon final? Book a cat sitter, if you’re Markéta Vondroušová. The unusual priority means the Czech tennis star’s husband and sister, both back home looking after Frankie the Sphynx cat, can attend Saturday’s final, which will see the unseeded Vondroušová

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Arsenal has completed the signing of West Ham and England midfielder Declan Rice in the biggest deal of the European summer transfer window so far. It has been widely reported in the British media that Rice moves to Arsenal for a £105 million ($137.45 million) fee, which would make

CNN By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — With the NFL, the NBA, MLB and MLS, the US sports industry is a fiercely contested market, but Mason Gordon, the founder and CEO of SlamBall, is hoping that this gladiator-esque sport can attract fans. First launched in 2000, SlamBall has become well known for viral social media