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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - MARCH 16: Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid CF smiles during the LaLiga EA Sports match between CA Osasuna and Real Madrid CF at Estadio El Sadar on March 16, 2024 in Pamplona, Spain. (Photo by Ion Alcoba Beitia/Getty Images)

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Ballon d’Or favorite Vinícius Jr world exclusive: ‘I want to make history with Real Madrid’

Aug 26, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits to Radu Albot of Moldova on day one of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

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Novak Djokovic’s US Open title defense begins with first-round win against Radu Albot

Sven-G?ran Eriksson greets Lazio fans before a match against Roma on March 19, 2023 in Rome, Italy.

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Sven-G?ran Eriksson, former England manager, dies aged 76

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 26: Coco Gauff of the United States returns against Varvara Gracheva of France during their Women's Singles First Round match on Day One of the 2024 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 26, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Coco Gauff says TikTok comment changed her perspective as she begins US Open title defense with emphatic victory

Aryna Sabalenka celebrates after defeating Jessica Pegula of the United States 6-3, 7-5 to win the women's championship of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2024 in Mason, Ohio.

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Aryna Sabalenka is ready to ‘fight for every point’ in her quest for US Open glory

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young (9) walks onto the field before an NFL preseason football game against the Buffalo Bills, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Orchard Park, N.Y.

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NFL preseason Week 3: 2023 top-five picks Bryce Young and Anthony Richardson headline up-and-down weekend for QBs

Former Toronto Blue Jays and current Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen made Major League Baseball history by appearing in the same game for two teams.

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MLB player makes unconventional?history after playing for 2 teams in same game

Free colonoscopies and million dollar paydays: How countries rewarded their Olympic champions

American soccer icon Megan Rapinoe has jersey retired by former NWSL club Seattle Reign

Lydia Ko completes ‘Cinderella-like story’ with Women’s Open victory after Olympic gold in Paris

University of Michigan receives notice of allegations from NCAA related to sign-stealing investigation

Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris dies at age 70

Alabama teen dies after head injury during high school football game

Umpire at Yankee Stadium taken off on a gurney after being struck by broken bat

Minnesota Lynx defeat Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever on Maya Moore’s jersey retirement night

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Taekwondo - Women K44 -49kg Repechage Quarterfinal - Makuhari Messe Hall B, Chiba, Japan - September 2, 2021. Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan makes her entrance for her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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Three years after the fall of Kabul, this Paralympian hopes to inspire women around the world through her act of defiance

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Paris Games in focus

American rapper Flavor Flav shows his support during the Women's Preliminary Round Group B match between Team Italy and Team United States on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Aquatics Centre on July 31, 2024, in Paris, France.

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Flavor Flav helps Paralympic athlete raise money to have parents watch him compete in Paris

Athletes have spoken about what comes after the Olympics.

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For even the most successful Olympians, life after the Games can be like ‘going down that cliff’

Sharath Kamal Achanta and V. Sindhu Pusarla, flagbearers of Team India, wave their flag on the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024.

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No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Overview of the Trocadero venue, with the Eiffel Tower looming in the background while the Olympic flag is being raised, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/Pool via REUTERS

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Gallery The best photos from the 2024 Paris Olympics

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‘Even Jordan?doesn’t have his face on a sneaker’: How Stan Smith became both a tennis and fashion icon

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Bronze Medallist Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba of Refugee Olympic Team bites her medal during the Boxing Women's 75kg medal ceremony after the Boxing Women's 75kg Final match on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

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Refugee Olympic Team’s historic first medalist Cindy Ngamba hopes to inspire millions

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Katie Ledecky: The rise of an Olympic great

Gold medallist Canada's Summer Mcintosh poses after the women's 200m butterfly swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on August 1, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

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The history-making Canadian swimming sensation experiencing a summer like no other

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<p>This time next week Paris will be gearing up for the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games on the iconic Place de la Concorde. It's a games that'll?feature more than 4,400 athletes competing in 22 sports for a total of 549 gold medals. Masters, a dual Summer and Winter Paralympian, collected her first gold medals in the summer edition by winning both the road race and individual time trial. She's been telling?CNN's Coy Wire?about the motivating factors behind her golden medal streak.</p>

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17-time Paralympic medalist Oksana Masters motivated for more 2:29

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‘Devastating’: Raygun speaks out after Olympic performance backlash 1:09

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TOPSHOT - Botswana's Letsile Tebogo celebrates after winning the men's 200m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Letsile Tebogo makes history for Botswana with 200m gold 5:35

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New to the WNBA? Here’s what you should keep an eye on 2:45

<p>Swedish golfer Ludvig ?berg caught up with CNN World Sport's Patrick Snell timed to the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first event of the three-part?FedExCup?Playoffs.?As a result of his impressive performance throughout the?FedExCup?Regular Season, ?berg also?finished in sixth place in the?Comcast Business TOUR Top 10, which emphasizes player performance by rewarding the top players in the?FedExCup?standings at the end of the?FedExCup?Regular Season.</p>

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Catching up with Ludvig ?berg ahead of the FedEx Cup Playoffs 3:53

<p>Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh dedicated her high jump world record on Sunday night to the nearly 500 athletes and coaches who’ve been killed since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022. She joined World Sport's Amanda Davies to talk about it all.</p>

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Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh dedicates gold medal to fallen athletes, coaches 5:00

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‘I solely did it for myself’: Simone Biles on special meaning of Paris Olympics 0:44

<p>CNN's Coy Wire speaks to swimmer Katie Ledecky, the most decorated female US Olympian of all time, about her success and having her family with her to celebrate.??</p>

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Most-decorated women’s swimmer shares her process 2:17

Golf

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the trophy after winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind on August 18, 2024 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama watches five-shot lead disappear before winning FedEx St. Jude Championship

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 15: Jordan Spieth of the United States looks on from the 12th hole during the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind on August 15, 2024 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)

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Jordan Spieth to undergo wrist surgery and miss the rest of the season

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 11: PGA Tour golfer Matt Kuchar plays the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Sunday. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

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In surreal scene, Matt Kuchar finishes PGA Tour tournament alone Monday on empty course

Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez during the 1973 Open Championship at Troon in Scotland, UK, in July 1973.

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World Golf Hall of Famer Juan ‘Chi Chi’ Rodriguez dies at age 88

Football

Chelsea's Marc Guiu during a match against Servette in London, England on August 22, 2024.

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Marc Guiu produces early contender for worst miss of the season in Chelsea’s Conference League victory over Servette

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 18: Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammates Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Manchester City FC at Stamford Bridge on August 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

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Erling Haaland scores 91st goal in 100 games as Manchester City begins Premier League title defense with win

MALLORCA, SPAIN - AUGUST 18: Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid looks on during the La Liga match between RCD Mallorca and Real Madrid CF at Estadi de Son Moix on August 18, 2024 in Mallorca, Spain. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

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Real Madrid held to draw by Mallorca in Kylian Mbappé’s La Liga debut

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, center, celebrates with teammates after the game.

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Barcelona kicks off La Liga campaign with a 2-1 away win over Valencia

Tennis

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 30: A general view of Grandstand Court as Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece plays against Dominic Stricker of Switzerland during their Men's Singles Second Round match on Day Three of the 2023 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 30, 2023 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Which ‘cranky’ star will be crowned US Open champion in New York?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 22: Jannik Sinner of Italy looks on during a practice session prior to the start of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 22, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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Men’s tennis world No. 1 Jannik Sinner says he hasn’t ‘done anything wrong’ after avoiding doping suspension

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 15: Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic plays a backhand during the Women's Singles Final against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia on day thirteen of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 15, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

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Markéta Vondrou?ová to miss US Open after undergoing shoulder surgery

Jannik Sinner of Italy plays a backhand against Daniil Medvedev in the Gentlemen's Singles Quarter Final match during day nine of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 09, 2024 in London, England.

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World No. 1 Jannik Sinner won’t be suspended after twice testing positive for banned substance

US Sports

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets players celebrate after upsetting the No. 10 Florida State Seminoles at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

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Georgia Tech stuns No. 10 Florida State in college football opener in Ireland

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after hitting a walk-off grand slam home run, his 40th home run of the season.

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Shohei Ohtani joins famed 40-40 club after extraordinary walk-off grand slam

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese looks to pass the ball during a WNBA game between Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun on August 23, 2024, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese makes yet more WNBA history

Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen looks on prior to the game between the Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 17, 2024.

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MLB player set to make quirky history Monday by playing for two teams in one game

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 11: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs holds the Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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The best photos from the 2023 NFL season

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 16: Sam Kerr of Australia looks dejected after the team's 1-3 defeat following the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Semi Final match between Australia and England at Stadium Australia on August 16, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Maddie Meyer - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

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The best photos of the 2023 Women’s World Cup

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A doping free-for-all Enhanced Games calls itself the answer to doping in sports. Opponents say it poses a danger to health

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These young female athletes died by suicide. They all had head injuries in common

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Saudi Arabia is trying to disrupt soccer’s world order. The reasons why might surprise you

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Meet the Black women pushing for equality in swimming