By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Morocco has experienced a World Cup fairytale like no other. The Atlas Lions are already the most successful African team in World Cup history — becoming the first ever nation to reach the final four of the tournament. To reach the semifinal stage, Morocco has beaten European heavyweights Belgium, Spain and
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Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach died following complications from a heart condition, the school announced on Tuesday. He was 61. Leach enjoyed a long career, with head coaching stops at Texas Tech, Washington State, and Mississippi State. But for one year, he called the Coachella Valley his home, working as a linebacker coach for
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Lionel Messi’s lifelong dream of guiding Argentina to World Cup glory will remain alive until the last day of Qatar 2022, as La Albiceleste outclassed a weary-looking Croatia in a 3-0 victory in Tuesday’s semifinal. Two first-half goals, the first a Messi penalty and the second a solo effort from Julian
Continue Reading CNN By David Close, CNN Mississippi State University has hired Zach Arnett as the team’s next head football coach following the death of Mike Leach on Monday. Hired in 2020, Arnett served as the team’s defensive coordinator for the last three seasons. The school says he agreed to a four-year deal worth $3 million per
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, CNN Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach died Monday night from heart condition complications, the university announced on Tuesday. He was 61. “Mike was a giving and attentive husband, father and grandfather,” the Leach family said in a statement via the school. “He was able to participate in organ donation at
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Basketball great Michael Jordan can add another accolade to his mighty list of accomplishments — but this time, rather than receiving the trophy, he is the trophy, after the NBA unveiled the Chicago Bulls legend as the face of its latest Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. The Michael Jordan Trophy, which
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Things went from bad to worse for the Arizona Cardinals on Monday, who suffered a 27-13 loss to the New England Patriots after starting quarterback Kyler Murray was carted off the field in the first quarter. On the third play of the game, Murray suffered a non-contact knee injury, going down
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Kenyan runner David Rudisha, a two-time Olympic 800m gold medalist, survived a plane crash in Kenya on Saturday, according to a statement from the non-profit conservation organization Big Life Foundation. Rudisha and five others were leaving an event known as the Masai Olympics in Kimana, Kenya when the small airplane they
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. As a starry-eyed, soccer-mad 11-year-old, Al-Haddad screamed with joy as she watched former FIFA President Sepp Blatter open an envelope, revealing Qatar’s name, live on television, in 2010. That one of the
Continue Reading CNN By Ben Church, CNN Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. As a starry-eyed, soccer-mad 11-year-old, Al-Haddad screamed with joy as she watched former FIFA President Sepp Blatter open an envelope, revealing Qatar’s name, live on television, in 2010. That one of
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The Firebirds hit their home ice Monday morning for their first skate on the main rink at Acrisure Arena ahead of their home opener on Sunday, Dec. 18. The Firebirds, 12-4-3 through their first 19 games have been on the road since the start of their inaugural season. That continues Tuesday as the team travels
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The body of prominent American journalist Grant Wahl has been returned to the US and an autopsy is being performed after he died while covering the World Cup in Qatar, his manager said. Wahl, 49, died Friday after he collapsed while covering a match between Argentina and the
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Frehse and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The body of prominent American journalist Grant Wahl has been returned to the US and an autopsy is being performed after he died while covering the World Cup in Qatar, his manager said. Wahl, 49, died Friday after he collapsed while covering a match between Argentina and
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Panama, Mauritania, Georgia and Eritrea are four countries with roughly the equivalent population sizes of Croatia. Those four nations share one World Cup appearance between them and that was when Panama played at Russia 2018, finishing the group stage with three defeats and conceding 11 goals. Croatia’s World Cup pedigree is
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Lionel Messi is just two matches away from World Cup glory but his Argentina side must first find a way past Croatia at the Lusail Stadium on Tuesday. The European side has, once again, upset the odds to reach yet another World Cup semifinal after beating tournament favorite Brazil in the
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN It’s been dubbed the ‘Arabian Riviera,’ where the streets are immaculate and are interspersed with luxury hotels offering shimmering views across the marina. Welcome to ‘The Pearl.’ Work on this artificial island — now one of Doha’s most exclusive areas — started in 2004 and was named after the traditional practice
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, CNN Former NBA All-Star and longtime head coach Paul Silas has died at the of age 79, the league announced Sunday. “We mourn the passing of former NBA All-Star and head coach Paul Silas. Paul’s lasting contributions to the game are seen through the many players and coaches he inspired,
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN Going from Mr. Irrelevant in the 2022 NFL Draft to spoiling Tom Brady’s homecoming, San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy has almost seen it all following Sunday’s 35-7 blowout win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 22-year-old Purdy outdueled Brady, throwing for 185 yards and two touchdowns. Purdy also added
Continue Reading CNN By Don Riddell, CNN It was 5 a.m and I couldn’t sleep; my mind was replaying the extraordinary drama of Argentina’s penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands, over and over again. And then I checked my phone. I thought I was going to throw up. The American soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who’d also been
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, CNN A day after leaving the 2022 World Cup in tears as his chances to win the tournament for the first time in his career were shattered, Portugal superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo said bringing a World Cup title to Portugal was “the biggest and most ambitious dream” of his career but “the
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