Sports

By Aimee Lewis, CNN It has been an eventful offseason for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Last month the 24-year-old signed a five-year extension to his contract, making him the highest-paid player in NFL history on a per-year basis and keeping him with the franchise through 2028. And on Friday, the star quarterback received his

By Issy Ronald, CNN Chelsea won its third consecutive Women’s FA Cup in front of a record crowd at Wembley, triumphing 1-0 over Manchester United in the final thanks to a well-taken Sam Kerr goal in the 68th minute. It is a pattern which has been repeated all season: Chelsea soaking up pressure, sitting back

By Issy Ronald, CNN Rather than providing an escape, soccer only compounded British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s woes as he watched his team Southampton succumb to a 2-0 loss against Fulham, condemning it to relegation from the Premier League. It marked the end of a difficult 10 days for Sunak after his Conservative Party suffered

By Aimee Lewis, CNN Lionel Messi endured a difficult return to Paris Saint-Germain’s starting line-up as some of his own team’s fans booed the Argentine before and during PSG’s convincing victory over Ajaccio at the Parc des Princes. This was the first time Messi had featured for PSG since he received a club-imposed suspension earlier

By Jacob Lev, CNN The NBA’s Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Monty Williams, the team announced on Saturday. The firing comes two days after the Suns were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals by the Denver Nuggets in six games in their best-of-seven series. Expectations for the team were high after acquiring NBA superstar

By Aimee Lewis, CNN When LeBron James is on the team anything is possible. The LA Lakers star put in a commanding performance Friday to help the Lakers reach the Western Conference finals. The 38-year-old scored 30 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as the Lakers eliminated defending champions Golden State Warriors with a 122-101

By Jacob Lev and Issy Ronald, CNN Brittney Griner’s name has been called countless times by stadium announcers throughout her career, including before WNBA All-Star games, Olympic finals, and WNBA finals. But this time was different, even though it was a preseason game, for it marked her first competitive game since she spent nearly 300

CNN By Thomas Schlachter and Amanda Davies, CNN On June 12, 2021, Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed in the corner of the pitch during a European Championship match against Finland. As his teammates surrounded him, arm-in-arm, shielding him from the eyes of the world, doctors began working to save the midfielder’s life. “Well, what should I

By Thomas Schlachter and Amanda Davies, CNN On June 12, 2021, Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed in the corner of the pitch during a European Championship match against Finland. As his teammates surrounded him, arm-in-arm, shielding him from the eyes of the world, doctors began working to save the midfielder’s life. “Well, what should I say?

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN Dogs taking over a front office, Josh Allen becoming a paperboy, and Angela from “The Office” starring alongside Peyton Manning can only mean one thing — the NFL schedule has just been released. The entire NFL 2023 season schedule was released on Thursday, and once again teams from across the league

By Ben Church, CNN José Mourinho, who in 2004 famously referred to himself as the ‘The Special One‘ as he was introduced to the media as the new Chelsea manager, is having quite a week. Under the 60-year-old’s watchful gaze, Italian club Roma is well placed to reach this season’s Europa League final having beaten

By George Ramsay, CNN Another parent’s attempts to “psych her out” spurred Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to compete in her son’s sports day, the Olympic sprinter said in an interview with The Guardian this week. Fraser-Pryce, a two-time Olympic champion in the 100 meters, inevitably ended up winning the parents race with ease and footage of her

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN For the second year running, the Phoenix Suns have been blown out of the Western Conference semifinals as they fell to a 125-100 defeat against Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets. In a series which many predicted would contain the eventual winner of the Western Conference, only one team showed up

By George Ramsay, CNN Erling Haaland’s arrival at Manchester City last summer was met with equal measures of excitement and curiosity. At the age of 22, the Norwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football — first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia