How Serena Williams’ former coach brought Simona Halep back from the brink of tennis retirement Two-time grand slam winner Simona Halep and Serena Williams’ long-time coach Patrick Mouratoglou joined forces in April in a bid to resurrect the Romanian’s career after an injury hit 2021 took the 30-year-old to the brink of retirement. CNN has…
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save HOUSTON — The famous football program at Michigan, which spent the first two decades of the young century in that murky wilderness of good-but-not-great, even fading into afterthought at times, spent Monday night completing a dizzying three-year climb to the summit it always craves. It…
Queens, New York CNN — Coco Gauff, the world No. 10 women’s singles player, has defeated Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 with a dramatic comeback in the women’s US Open final. The star-studded crowd erupted with applause after Gauff’s home-turf victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens. The win is 19-year-old Gauff’s first career…
Goran Ivanisevic has seen it happen so many times over the past four years. His star pupil, Novak Djokovic, shows up to the practice court in a foul mood, griping that his game is a disaster, that he needs to get better… at everything. His serve, his attacking play, even his backhand — one of the…
At just 17 years, three months, and 22 days old, Lionel Messi makes his official league debut for Barcelona, coming on as a substitute late in the game. against Espanyol. At the time, he becomes the youngest player to represent the club in an official game after joining the club’s famed La Masia academy in…
The Rams are in the playoffs for the fifth time in seven seasons under coach Sean McVay, who has led them to two Super Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl title. But the Rams have never played their first playoff game on the road before a hostile, borderline maniacal crowd. That will change Sunday night…
