CNN — Born into poverty – he used to kick a grapefruit around Brazil’s Minas Gerais state – Pelé finished his career as arguably soccer’s greatest ever player. He was that rarity; like Muhammad Ali, Pelé was a sports star, who transcended his sport. The Brazilian brought joy and creativity to a sport often stuck […]
CNN — Amir Malik is a man in love with golf. Yet golf has not always loved him back. A devoted sports fan since his childhood in Kingston upon Thames, London, he was fascinated with golf long before he took his first swing. But knowing nobody else who played, Malik settled for a sideline view. […]
CNN — Trying out golf for the first time, something just didn’t feel right about the conventional swing for Eliezer Paul-Gindiri. Uncomfortable, he adjusted his grip. His solution, quite literally, changed his life single-handedly. “It was a moment (that) just came out of nowhere,” Paul-Gindiri told CNN. “I held it in one hand and it […]
CNN — With his surname, you could say that David Cannon was predestined for a career behind the lens. Upon receiving the PGA of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Photojournalism in May, the 67-year-old was lauded for his “technical mastery and artistic proficiency.” Yet while his first professional camera was a Canon, the Englishman’s journey […]
CNN — As Linn Grant left the course at Halmstad Golf Club in Tylösand, Sweden, she found herself swarmed by a group of young fans. Clamoring for anything and everything in the Swede’s golf bag, they excitedly waved pens in the hopes of securing an autograph. Grant duly obliged, signing everything from hats to golf […]
CNN — Like most 15-year-olds, Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat thinks about school, exams, and college plans. But Ratchanon is not like most kids his age – he’s already a history-making amateur golfer competing against some of the game’s best professionals. In April – five weeks on from his 15th birthday – he made international headlines when […]
CNN — Brendan Lawlor is a man of his word. In October 2020, the Irishman told CNN Sport he hoped to “keep the ball rolling” for the next generation of golfers with disabilities. Now No. 1 in the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability, Lawlor has driven that ball across the fairway and over the […]
Business & FinanceSports 04 March 2022, 1:21 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich will not rush his divestment of English football team Chelsea FC, even as Britain is considering sanctions against him. Chelsea FC tapped Joe Ravitch, the co-founder of investment bank Raine Group LLC, to find a buyer after Abramovich decided […]
Sports 01 August 2021, 2:13 pm 1 minute Reuters was the first to report how a Belarusian sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes to board a flight back home after she publicly complained about national coaches at the Tokyo Olympics. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who was due to compete in the women’s 200 metres, told […]
CNN — Lewis Hamilton has become accustomed to making history and, at a rain-soaked Turkish Grand Prix, the Englishman put his name in the record books once again as he equaled Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world titles. To win Formula One’s drivers’ championship at Istanbul Park, the Mercedes driver needed to finish ahead of […]