Sports

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees’ Domingo Germán pitched his way into the record books Wednesday night, tossing Major League Baseball’s first perfect game in nearly 11 years. Germán, 30, allowed no runner on base by any means – including through a hit, a walk or by hitting a

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — These days, equal prize money is given to the men and women at the well-known grand slam events, the highest tier in tennis: The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. It was a prolonged effort to get to that point, with the US Open becoming the first,

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Lord’s Cricket Ground, London (CNN) — Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted the first day of the second Ashes Test as one England cricketer carried an activist to the boundary. Activists wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts ran toward the wicket at the center of the pitch, spilling orange powder onto the outfield

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — NFL free agent running back Leonard Fournette said he’s “blessed” after escaping a vehicle fire in Florida on Tuesday. According to Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Steve Gaskins, Fournette was driving northbound on Interstate 275 at 10:35 a.m. ET in Tampa when his 2021 Dodge Durango caught fire due

By Ben Morse and David Close, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team (USWNT) star Megan Rapinoe believes the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup will serve as the launching point for global business opportunities for the sport and beyond. “It feels like a real opportunity to blow the lid off just in terms of fanfare

By Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — As she took to the start line of the 100-meter hurdles, Jolien Boumkwo was at first met with confusion, then amusement, then raucous support. The Belgian shot putter emerged as an unlikely hero from the European Athletics Team Championships in Poland on Saturday after injuries to

By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — An independent report into the culture of cricket in England and Wales has found racism, class-based discrimination, elitism and sexism to be “widespread” and “deep rooted” in the sport. The “Holding a Mirror Up to Cricket” report was written by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) and

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Australian teenager Arisa Trew has become the first female to land a 720 – a skateboarding trick involving two full rotations while in the air – as she competed in the Tony Hawk Vert Alert event on Saturday. In 1985, legendary skateboarder Hawk became the first to complete the

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Connor McDavid won his third Hart Trophy – awarded to the NHL’s most valuable player – on Monday after a near unanimous vote. The Edmonton Oilers center earned 195 of 196 first place votes, with the only other first place vote going to the Boston Bruins’ David Pastrňák. McDavid

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Happy Gilmore is heading to college. But nope, there’s no prequel film on the way – this is for real. Born Landon Gilmore, a 17-year-old Indiana golfer has effectively gone by the name “Happy” since, just over a decade ago, he won a long-drive competition – like his namesake

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN London Stadium, London (CNN) — “Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd;“Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back.“Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win, it’s a shame.“For it’s one, two, three