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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Inter Milan will contest the Champions League final next month after Lautaro Martínez’s second-half goal ended the challenge of fierce city rival AC Milan. Inter’s 1-0 victory in Tuesday’s second-leg semifinal at a rocking San Siro stadium secured a 3-0 aggregate win and a place in the final on

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was named the 2023 George Halas Award winner by the Professional Football Writers of America on Monday. The annual award is given to an NFL player, coach or staffer “who overcomes the most adversity to succeed.” Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Oakland Athletics have agreed to a new ballpark on the Las Vegas strip at the Tropicana casino site. The Major League Baseball team reached a binding agreement with Bally’s Corporation, along with Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), to build a stadium on Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue,

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — It’s not often a player who has yet to feature in the NBA has the sport’s established stars unanimously gushing. “He’s like a [NBA] 2K created player, every point guard that wants to be seven foot. Cheat code type vibes,” said four-time NBA champion Steph Curry, while Kevin Durant

By Matias Grez, CNN Goalkeeper Santiago Ramírez scored an absurd long-range goal to cap off a wild semifinal between his Atlético Morelia team and Celaya in Mexico‘s Liga de Expansión. Trailing 2-1 in the second leg and 3-2 on aggregate, Celaya threw everything forward in a desperate attempt to find an equalizer in stoppage time.

By George Ramsay, CNN Australian golfer Jason Day claimed his first PGA Tour victory for more than five years at the AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas, paying tribute to his late mother after the win. A former world No. 1, Day has endured a challenging period in his career since he was last in the

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics put on a masterclass in Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals to earn a 112-88 win against the Philadelphia 76ers. The stakes don’t get much higher in sport than a Game 7 against one of your fiercest rivals, but with legacies on the

By George Ramsay, CNN It’s an image that encapsulates the power of friendship through adversity: Kevin Sinfield, a legendary figure in the sport of rugby league, stops short of the finish line of a marathon to gather Rob Burrow, his friend and former teammate, into his arms. The poignant moment came at the end of

By Zayn Nabbi and Stephanie Halasz, CNN French soccer team Toulouse did not select several players for its Ligue 1 game against Nantes on Sunday after they refused to participate in a league wide anti-homophobia campaign. “Some players of the professional squad have expressed their disagreement regarding the association of their image with the rainbow

By Matias Grez, CNN Barcelona’s ascent back to the top of Spanish football has been faster than anyone — even the most optimistic of ‘Culés’ — could have imagined. With a 4-2 away victory at city rival Espanyol on Sunday, Barcelona secured the team’s first La Liga title in four years after a turbulent period

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN A Dutch soccer match between FC Groningen and Ajax was called off on Sunday because fans twice threw fireworks onto the pitch. “FC Groningen – Ajax has been suspended after 10 minutes of playing due to multiple incidents in which fireworks were thrown onto the pitch,” the Amsterdam-based club