Sports

By CNN Sport staff Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Belarusian opponent Victoria Azarenka after their US Open match on Thursday. Kostyuk had told Azarenka via text before the second-round match that she intended to decline the usual post-match handshake given Belarus’ role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The pair instead

By Ben Church, CNN Russell Wilson has signed a five-year extension to his current contract with the Denver Broncos and says he wants to finish his career at the franchise. After signing the extension, which is reportedly worth $245 million, the 33-year-old quarterback is contracted to the Broncos through to 2028. “It’s not really about

By Jacob Lev and Issy Ronald, CNN The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired three-time NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Mitchell later tweeted a picture of himself as a child wearing Cleveland gear and shared his excitement about playing with new teammate Darius Garland,

By George Ramsay, CNN The race may have happened half a century ago, but Dave Wottle can still feel every emotion he experienced that day in Munich — from the dejection of the first 100 meters to the charge of adrenaline when he saw his name flash up on the stadium screen two minutes later.

By Ben Morse, CNN Rafael Nadal overcame accidentally hitting himself in the face with his own racket to beat Fabio Fognini in the US Open second round. The 36-year-old had to battle back from a slow start to beat Fognini over four sets 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 on Thursday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium. But

By Steve Almasy and Jill Martin, CNN Serena Williams’ illustrious doubles career has likely come to an end after she and her sister Venus fell in straight sets to the Czech duo of Linda Nosková and Lucie Hradecká in the first round of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The 23-time

By George Ramsay, CNN It was a performance that had Tiger Woods on his feet and pumping his fist — a sight usually witnessed on the 18th hole of a golf course, rather than the stands of Arthur Ashe Stadium. Serena Williams progressed to the third round of the US Open in what could be

By Issy Ronald, CNN At every stage of this year’s US Open, Wu Yibing has made history. No Chinese man had ever reached the main draw of the US Open in the Open Era until Wu and his compatriot Zhang Zhizhen both qualified for this year’s tournament last week. Wu then became the first Chinese

By Ben Church, CNN Nick Kyrgios was left frustrated by the smell of marijuana coming from the stands in his second round win at the US Open on Wednesday. The Australian, who battled past France’s Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 4-6 6-4, was his vocal self during the match, including when he complained to the

By Ben Morse, CNN Famed for being a tough league to adapt to, Erling Haaland is taking to the Premier League like a duck to water. After scoring his first hat-trick for Manchester City at the weekend — in its 4-2 win over Crystal Palace — having joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, Haaland

By CNN Sport staff Aaron Judge continued his scintillating form as he blasted his 51st home run of the season in the New York Yankees’ 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Judge’s fourth-inning homer on Tuesday was his fifth in the last eight games and takes him within 10 of Roger Maris’ 61-year-old American

By George Ramsay, CNN Rafael Nadal dropped his opening set at the US Open but recovered to defeat Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3. It means Nadal remains unbeaten in his 20 grand slams matches this year having triumphed at the Australian Open and French Open before withdrawing from the Wimbledon semifinals due

By Ben Church, CNN It was a night to forget for two of tennis’ biggest names as Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu both crashed out of the US Open first round on Tuesday. On a rainy night in New York, Osaka was beaten by American Danielle Collins in straight sets — 7-6(5) 6-3 — while

By Andrew McNicol and Heather Chen, CNN Singapore’s first and only Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling has apologized for consuming cannabis while training and competing in Vietnam. Schooling, a swimmer, confessed on Tuesday to having used the drug in May during a period when he was competing in the Southeast Asian Games, at which he

By Steve Almasy, CNN A day after her sister Serena advanced to the second round of the singles play at US Open tennis tournament, Venus Williams was not as fortunate, losing in straight sets to Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium. Appearing in an Open-era record 23rd US Open, Williams lost her first-round match 6-1, 7-6