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By Matias Grez, CNN The shirt Diego Maradona wore during the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal against England — the match in which he scored the ‘Hand of God’ and the ‘Goal of the Century’ — is estimated to fetch more than £4 million ($5.25 million) at auction. The iconic blue jersey has been in the

By CNN Sport Staff The Los Angeles Lakers missed out on a place in the NBA playoffs this year after suffering a seventh consecutive defeat on Tuesday. Once again missing star LeBron James through injury, the Lakers fell to a 121-110 loss to the Phoenix Suns. It’s just the fourth time in James’ 19-season career

By Reuters Five-times European champion Barcelona will visit Australia for the first time to play an A-League All Stars team in a friendly next month, the club announced on Wednesday. The match will take place at Sydney’s 80,000-seater Olympic Stadium on Wednesday May 25, a few days before the A-League season concludes with the championship

By George Ramsay, CNN Nicole Farley readily admits her industry is “cut-throat,” but that does little to dampen her ambitions of reaching the top. A football coach who has worked with youth and academy teams on both sides of the Atlantic — Chelsea, Arsenal and Reading in England and LA Galaxy and New York Red

By Ben Morse, Wayne Sterling and Ray Sanchez, CNN Tiger Woods says “as of right now I feel like I am going to play” in the Masters — and he thinks he can win it. “I don’t have any qualms about what I can do physically from a golf standpoint,” he said Tuesday at a

By Ben Church, CNN Video produced by Amy Li, CNN With nothing but her small boat for company, British lawyer Victoria Evans battled high winds, big waves and sleep deprivation to record the fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. After setting off from Tenerife, Spain, on February 11, the 35-year-old covered 4,740 kilometers

By Matias Grez, CNN A transgender cyclist says she has been “harassed and demonised” by the media after the UCI, world cycling’s governing body, ruled she couldn’t compete at the National Omnium Championships in the United Kingdom over the weekend. Emily Bridges, who was set to race against British Olympic stars such as Laura Kenny

By Issy Ronald, CNN Jennifer Kupcho won the Chevron Championship by two strokes, claiming her first victory on the LPGA Tour and the first major of her career. The 24-year-old is the first American to win the event since 2015. Kupcho’s victory celebrations began when she leaped into Poppie’s Pond, as is tradition, accompanied by

By Ben Morse, CNN When you’re being praised both by the “King of Clay” and Spanish royalty it’s clear you’re having a special moment. On Sunday, 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz won the Miami Open, beating Casper Ruud in the final to become the youngest winner of the tournament in its 37-year history. After winning his

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods said “it will be a game-time decision” on whether he will compete at the 2022 Masters, which begins Thursday at Augusta National in Georgia. “I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice,” Woods wrote on Twitter Sunday. “It will be

By Jacob Lev, CNN UNC will play Kansas in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game after defeating Duke 81-77 Saturday night in the Final Four. The win by No. 8 seed North Carolina effectively ends Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s legendary career. In a back-and-forth thriller, Tar Heels guard Caleb Love finished with 28 points,