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Min Woo Lee won his first PGA Tour title on Sunday, holding off late charges from the chasing pack to win the Houston Open – and joining an exclusive club with the victory.

Australia’s Min Woo Lee is on the brink of winning his first ever PGA Tour title, after enjoying a brilliant third round at the Houston Open on Saturday to open up a four-shot lead over his competitors.

US star Ilia Malinin defended his world figure skating title on Saturday with a dominant display on the ice inside Boston’s packed TD Garden.

Josh Giddey hit a game-winning, halfcourt buzzer-beater over LeBron James as the Chicago Bulls stunned the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the wildest endings to an NBA game you are ever likely to see.

The New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed how to confidently use the still-in-trial Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) in a Spring Training game against the Boston Red Sox last week – so confidently that he started jogging to first base before a decision was even made.

LeBron James and Michael Jordan are seen as the two gold standards in the NBA. When it comes to discussing who is the greatest of all time, the debate between the two can often get heated.

Costa Rican authorities believe it could take two or three months for investigators to determine Miller Gardner’s cause of death because of overloaded forensic laboratories in the Central American country.

Atlanta Drive GC may have been the third-best team in the inaugural TGL season, but they flipped a switch in the playoffs to clinch the championship.

On Tuesday, an already underwhelming 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign reached its nadir as Brazil suffered an embarrassing 4-1 defeat away to great rival Argentina.

Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, may have died from asphyxiation related to food poisoning, Costa Rican officials told CNN on Tuesday.

University of Southern California’s star sophmore guard JuJu Watkins had to be carried off the court in Monday’s game with a season-ending knee injury.

When Michelle Wie West was barely a teenager, she dreamed not just of being a professional golfer, but of playing professionally against the men full-time.

President Donald Trump said he plans to host the Kansas City Chiefs at the White House to celebrate their Covid-19-affected Super Bowl victory from five years ago.

Oscar Piastri won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday in what was a dominant race for McLaren with his teammate Lando Norris finishing second.

George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist whose legendary rivalry with Muhammad Ali culminated in the famous ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ title bout, died Friday according to a verified social media account dedicated to Foreman. He was 76.

Billy Monger was just 17 when his world was turned upside down by an accident that left him fighting for his life.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position.

Carlos Alcaraz has said that he doesn’t support legal action launched by the Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA) against the sport’s tours and governing bodies earlier this week.

Winning the Masters comes with a lot of accolades – a fancy trophy, a fetching green jacket and millions in prize money. But just when you think it can’t get any better, a year passes and you get yet another treat.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who was the subject of global attention during the Paris 2024 Games, says she’s aiming to defend her Olympic title at Los Angeles 2028 and brushed off criticism from President Donald Trump.

When British racing driver Katherine Legge was given her long-awaited chance to compete in a NASCAR Cup series race for the first time, she would have been hoping to fly under the radar.

Alabama State kicked off the 2025 edition of March Madness with a thrilling 70-68 win over Saint Francis (PA) and North Carolina dominates San Diego State 95-68 in First Four games.

Despite a tenure in which keeping the Olympics and politics separate has at times been difficult, Thomas Bach has a clear message for his successors during an uncertain time: keep the Olympics out of it.

Rory McIlroy clinched the second Players Championship of his career with a comfortable victory over American JJ Spaun in a rare Monday playoff.

Golf fans will have to wait an extra day to see who will win The Players Championship after Rory McIlroy and JJ Spaun finished the final round tied atop the leaderboard at 12-under par.

An enthralling final round of The Players Championship was suspended Sunday due to lightning in the area at the Florida venue.

Lando Norris claimed a dramatic victory in the opening race of this year’s Formula 1 season in Australia on Sunday.

American golfer J.J. Spaun signed off with a spectacular long-range putt to take a one shot lead into what will be an uncustomary early final round of The Players Championship, as the threat of severe storms led tournament organizers in Florida to push Sunday’s start time forward.

It was roughly 7 a.m. on Thursday when Danny Walker, in a restroom of the TPC Sawgrass locker rooms, felt his phone begin to buzz.

Mirra Andreeva etched her name into the history books once again by reaching the final of Indian Wells.

Staring down the barrel of an early exit, Thursday was about as bad as it could be for Justin Thomas at The Players Championship. Friday, by contrast, was just about the best in history.

Rory McIlroy took matters into his own hands at The Players Championship earlier this week after being heckled by a fan.

After one of the most intriguing offseasons in recent memory, Formula 1 racing is back.

With great putting comes great responsibility – “Spider-Man” is back to his best at The Players Championship.

The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is one of golf’s great arenas. Come here to witness both triumph and disaster, glory and tragedy.

There is almost always drama when local rivals Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid play each other, but Wednesday’s match in the last 16 of the Champions League takes some beating.

When American golfer Gary Woodland won the US Open tournament in 2019, he was on top of the world. Just four years later, he quite literally thought his world was going to end.

The NCAA tournament might be college basketball’s most high-profile showcase of the desperate, win-or-go-home style of basketball that makes March one of the most special times of the year.

The dream home can take many forms. Few, however, would envision their perfect property built on the grounds of a major sporting venue.

Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he has suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon, forcing him off the course for a lengthy period of time as he recovers.

Manchester United may be experiencing one of the most chastening seasons in its recent history, but the club is planning for a much brighter future.

Standing at just five feet, eight inches tall, Yuki Kawamura is perhaps an unlikely basketball star. “It’s not like I can do any dunk shots,” he tells CNN Sports.

Jim Best admits that he’s not the best golfer, but he does spend most of his time on some of world’s best golf courses.

We may still be two months away from the end of this year’s English Premier League, but it seems like a champion is set to be crowned as Liverpool sits 15 points ahead of Arsenal in the table.

LeBron James left the game with an injury as the Los Angeles Lakers’ eight-game win streak came to an end following a loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order establishing a White House task force for the 2026 World Cup that will oversee preparations for the high-profile tournament.

For months, the tennis world has simmered with controversy in the wake of two doping cases involving top-ranking players: first, men’s player Jannik Sinner and months later, women’s player Iga Świątek.

The 2026 World Cup is still more than a year away, but top travel executives are warning the US could struggle to effectively stage the tournament unless big changes are made quickly.

Harry Kane set numerous British records as he scored twice to help Bayern Munich beat its German rival, Bayer Leverkusen, 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.

The NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers clinched the first playoff spot of the season after holding off the shorthanded Miami Heat 112-107 at home Wednesday night.