Sports

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu has been laid to rest in a state-assisted funeral in Accra. Atsu had been playing for Hatayspor in Turkey’s Süper Lig when he went missing after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6. Despite earlier conflicting reports about his whereabouts, his body

By Thomas Schlachter, Jacob Lev, Aya Elamroussi and Issy Ronald, CNN Only the first round has concluded, and already March Madness has delivered some major upsets. So far, No.1 seed Purdue University, No.2 seed Arizona Wildcats and No.4 seed Virginia Cavaliers have been unceremoniously dumped out of the tournament, succumbing to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson, No.15

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN When the bright lights of Hollywood come calling, it’s hard to say no and so there’s a long line of Australian actors — Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman and Margot Robbie to name a few — who have made the journey to California. Another pipeline of talent from Australia to the US

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The world’s top men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic will miss the Miami Open next week, after being denied entry to the United States because he is unvaccinated against Covid-19, tournament director James Blake announced on Friday. The United States still requires international visitors to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and

By Jacob Lev and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Fairleigh Dickinson University achieved a feat on Friday that has only been done once before. The Knights, who are a 16-seed, upset No. 1 seed Purdue University 63-58 to advance to the second round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Down three points with less than ten seconds

By Matias Grez, CNN The Champions League has been whittled down to just eight contestants as the remaining teams found out their quarterfinal fate in Friday’s draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. After comfortably dispatching Liverpool in the previous round, holder Real Madrid was drawn against another English club in Chelsea. Real will be

By Ben Morse, CNN Seeing surprise guests at sporting events is not uncommon. You often catch a glimpse of a movie star at a grand slam tennis event or a musician at a golf major. Soccer is no different. On Thursday, reality TV star Kim Kardashian sprinkled celebrity gold dust over Arsenal’s Europa League game

By Alasdair Howorth, CNN The photos, taken earlier this month, have now been viewed thousands of times: a soccer stadium, packed to the rafters, is overlooked by a rocky escarpment, the luscious green pitch providing a vivid contrast to an azure sky. The scene is the dusty, windswept town of Seiyun in Yemen, where according

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A quick dip in the surf can be refreshing at any time of the day, but one Sydney man has taken it to the extreme, setting a new world record in the process. Surfing coach Blake Johnston smashed the previous world record of 30 hours and 11 minutes early Friday morning,