Payet had made his way over to take the set piece in the fifth minute of the Ligue 1 game at Lyon’s Groupama Stadium, but as he was lining up to send the ball into the box, a bottle thrown from the stands clipped the back of his head. Referee Ruddy Buquet instructed the teams […]
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The running back scored five touchdowns in the Indianapolis Colts’ 41-15 dismantling of the previously high-flying Buffalo Bills on Sunday. In doing so, Taylor set a new franchise record, and thrust himself into the race for this season’s NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP). “We gotta start talking about (Taylor) for MVP,” Colts wide receiver Michael […]
Despite also winning Olympic gold, two more Masters 1000 titles and finishing with a tour best 59 wins in 2021, Zverev ended the year without reaching a grand slam final. The 24-year-old German star, who boasts one of the most explosive games in tennis, admitted after Sunday’s thumping win over Medvedev that breaking his grand […]
Back in 2017, a stomach issue had meant he’d lost a lot of weight and golf wasn’t going so well, leaving him considering retiring from the sport he loves. On top of that, his mind was taking him “down a rabbit hole.” He remembers fearing he wasn’t good enough and wasn’t well liked. Such were […]
The ejection is only the second in James’ career — the first coming in 2017 for comments made to a referee. Sunday’s altercation occurred with 9:18 remaining in the third quarter and the Lakers trailing 78-66 in Detroit. As a free throw was being attempted, James swung his arm backward while boxing out for a […]
Woods, who has not played in a golf tournament since his car accident in February, shared a three-second video on social media with the caption “making progress.” In the video, Woods is seen taking a swing, with a basket filled with golf balls at his side and noticeably wearing a black sleeve on his right […]
The two were accompanied on the video call by Chair of the Athletes’ Commission Emma Terho and IOC Member in China Li Lingwei. CNN was not given access to the video. “At the beginning of the 30-minute call, Peng Shuai thanked the IOC for its concern about her well-being,” according to the IOC statement. “She […]
Solskjaer has overseen a disappointing start to the season, with the club sitting in seventh place in the Premier League. They have lost four of their past five league matches, including a 5-0 home thumping at the hands of rivals Liverpool. The former United striker took over as an interim boss in 2018 and was […]
The eight-time Olympic champion — widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all-time — was speaking to CNN’s Becky Anderson at Expo 2020 in Dubai this week, where the Jamaican took part in a charity race for athletes with special needs. “When I was younger, it was rough for me because I lived to put […]
This year, in one of the most dominant racing seasons seen in over a decade, he overtook his teammate and former winner Chase Elliott to claim the sport’s ultimate prize. After 312 laps at the Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, Larson secured the championship title to cap off a year-long pursuit to redeem himself on […]