Can the NHL get out of its own way? On the ice, the quality of the NHL has never been higher. Play is faster, and players are more skilled — and feel more freedom to try out the kind of highlight-reel plays that wouldn’t have been tolerated in previous eras. Whether it’s Edmonton’s Connor McDavid…

CNN  —  Ukrainian tennis player Anhelina Kalinina refused to shake hands with Veronika Kudermetova, her Russian opponent, following the former’s victory in the semifinals of the Rome Masters in Italy on Friday. Speaking to reporters after the match at Foro Italico, Rome, Kalinina said, “We didn’t shake hands because the girl is from Russia basically….

CNN  —  Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina said that she was unsure why Belarusian opponent Aryna Sabalenka waited at the net for a handshake after their French Open match. With the war in her home country ongoing, Svitolina has declined to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players since returning to tennis following the birth…

How Afghanistan women’s football team made it to Australia Playing football for your national team is a dream for many, but in Afghanistan, it could have been a death sentence for the players of the women’s side. Reserve goalkeeper Montaha explains her love of the game, why she had to burn her trophies and medals…

World’s only openly gay active pro footballer is concerned for LGBTQ community ahead of Qatar 2022 The only openly gay player in men’s top flight football Josh Cavallo has told CNN that the World Cup shouldn’t be held in a country like Qatar that criminalizes homosexuality. Cavallo speaks exclusively to Amanda Davies.

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