Transgender runner CeCe Telfer is ruled ineligible to compete in US Olympic trials
By Jill Martin, CNN CeCe Telfer, an NCAA Division II track and field champion in 2019, is not allowed to compete in the women’s 400-meter…
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The 7th MLB no-hitter has been thrown this season, tying the modern era record
By Jill Martin, CNN There have now been seven no-hitters thrown this 2021 Major League Baseball season — tying the modern-era record. The…
Continue ReadingTrae Young scores 48 points as Atlanta Hawks beat Milwaukee Bucks in Eastern Conference finals opener
By George Ramsay, CNN Trae Young scored a career playoff high 48 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-113 in the opening game of…
Continue ReadingToobin on Supreme Court ruling: I was struck by Kavanaugh’s opinion
CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin weighs in after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that student athletes can receive education-related payments, in a case that…
Continue ReadingNCAA plans to have temporary student athlete compensation measures in place by July 1
By Jill Martin and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The NCAA plans to implement interim measures that would allow college athletes to profit off their name,…
Continue Reading‘UEFA have got themselves into a really big mess over this’
Piara Powar, Executive Director of Football Against Racism in Europe Network (FARE), talks to CNN about the messy situation UEFA finds itself in…
Continue ReadingPolice officer found guilty of killing former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson
By Eleanor Pickston and Amy Woodyatt, CNN A British police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of former professional soccer player…
Continue ReadingGermany vs. Hungary: UEFA facing criticism over its position on rainbow colors
By George Ramsay and Aleks Klosok, CNN European football governing body UEFA found itself on the defensive over diversity ahead of the Euro 2020…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Olympics superfans who want Tokyo 2020 to go ahead despite Covid-19
By Emiko Jozuka, Blake Essig and Dan Campisi, CNN Kyoko Ishikawa is not your average Olympics enthusiast. Sporting a bandana, fans, whistle and…
Continue ReadingEuro 2020: England looks to pull nation together, but it hasn’t been easy
By Ben Church, CNN Football has a magical way of bringing people together and perhaps no country knows that more than England. After beating Czech…
Continue ReadingUEFA rejects request to light up Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for Euro 2020 game
By George Ramsay, CNN European football governing body UEFA has declined a request to light up Munich’s Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for…
Continue ReadingSadio Mane donates $693,000 to fund hospital in his hometown in Senegal
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Senegal and Liverpool football star Sadio Mane has donated $693,000 (£500,000) to help fund the construction of a hospital in…
Continue ReadingEuro 2020: Fairytale comes true as Denmark grabs place in knockout stages
By John Sinnott, CNN In a campaign overshadowed by the health of Chrisian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening Euro…
Continue ReadingCalls made for Germany’s Euro 2020 game against Hungary to be played in rainbow-colored stadium
By George Ramsay and Stefania Dall’Armi, CNN The Euro 2020 game between Germany and Hungary could be played in a stadium lit with…
Continue ReadingTokyo 2020 organizers to set 50% venue capacity limit for spectators
By Carly Walsh, Emiko Jozuka and Ben Church, CNN Tokyo 2020 announced on Monday that it will allow spectators at the Olympics this year amid the…
Continue ReadingJon Rahm’s search for major ‘magic formula’ (2020)
Before winning the 2021 US Open, former world No. 1 golfer Jon Rahm told CNN Living Golf’s Shane O’Donoghue that he was “getting closer” and working…
Continue ReadingUsain Bolt and partner Kasi Bennett welcome newborn twin sons, Thunder and Saint Leo
By Amy Sood, CNN Jamaican track and field great Usain Bolt announced the birth of his twin sons in an Instagram post on Father’s Day this…
Continue ReadingSix years ago, he was fleeing war. This year, he’s competing at the Olympics
Refugee Aram Mahmoud fled Syria six years ago in search of a better life, leaving behind his family in the process. Now, he is set to take center…
Continue ReadingItaly records third victory of Euro 2020 as Wales also reaches knockout stages
By George Ramsay, CNN Italy defeated Wales 1-0 on Sunday as both sides progressed to the knockout stages of Euro 2020. Topping Group A with nine…
Continue ReadingMax Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton at French Grand Prix to extend F1 title race lead
By George Ramsay, CNN Max Verstappen extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship with a thrilling victory at the French Grand Prix…
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