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☆ Kylian Mbappe’s Real Madrid transfer: The full inside story
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Mario Cortegana | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Real Madrid have been trying to land Kylian Mbappe for years — and now they finally have their man. Several meetings were held on the matter, but some senior figures at Madrid were not convinced it was a good idea. First of all, there were concerns the club’s interests could be damaged again after Mbappe’s rejection two years ago. On February 13, a Tuesday, Real Madrid played away against RB Leipzig in the first leg of a Champions League last-16 tie. In his acceptance speech, he did acknowledge Al-Khelaifi, who in 2021, 2022 and 2023 repeated that his star player would not leave PSG for free.

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☆ Lizzo reveals how she really feels about that ‘South Park’ obesity episode
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lizzo appeared to be left stunned after “South Park” referenced the singer in an episode satirizing the increasing popularity of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro. The “About Damn Time” singer posted a live reaction video on Instagram and TikTok of her watching a scene from “South Park: The End of Obesity.”In the scene, Sharon and Sheila are discussing the “amazing” new drugs that Sharon has been taking to manage her weight. “Lizzo helps you eat everything you want and keep physical activity to a minimum… Ask about the power of not giving a f**k, with Lizzo,” the commercial added, along with a series of side effects. In her reaction video, Lizzo said, “that’s crazy, I just feel like damn, I’m really that b***h.”Lizzo attended the 2024 Met Gala. Lizzo has long advocated for body positivity and spoken out about the body shaming she faces on social media.

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☆ Grayson Murray: Korn Ferry Tour’s Harry Higgs reflects on how best to remember US golfer, who died on Saturday
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —US golfer Harry Higgs, who plays on the PGA Tour’s developmental tour, delivered a powerful speech on Sunday after winning the Visit Knoxville Open in which reflected on how best to honor Grayson Murray following his death at the weekend. Murray’s death was announced by the PGA Tour on Saturday, a day after the 30-year-old withdrew from competition, citing illness, at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. Higgs poses with the trophy after winning the Visit Knoxville Open. 2 in the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, virtually ensuring his automatic qualification for the PGA Tour in 2025. “Say something nice to a loved one and say something nice to somebody you don’t know and try to accomplish that daily.

Persons: Harry Higgs, Grayson Murray, Charles Schwab, “, ”, Higgs, Grayson, Murray, Brennan Asplen, it’s, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, PGA, Visit Knoxville, Knoxville Open’s, Visit, Holston, Country Locations: Fort Worth , Texas, Knoxville , Tennessee, Visit Knoxville

☆ PGA Championship: Xander Schauffele holds his nerve to clinch long-awaited first major
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —American golfer Xander Schauffele won the 106th PGA Championship on Sunday, holding off compatriot Bryson DeChambeau in a nail-biting finale to clinch a long-awaited first major title. A final round six-under 65 was just enough to clinch a maiden major title for Schauffele, shredding his unwanted title as one of the most talented golfers to never win one of golf’s four flagship events. Andrew Redington/Getty ImagesDeChambeau laments his ‘B’ gameA fired up DeChambeau played a near-perfect round to push Schauffele to the death, shooting a bogey-free 64 as he hunted a second major crown. 1 and tournament favorite Scottie Scheffler before Friday’s second round. Scheffler escapes a bunker during the final round.

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☆ PGA Championship analysis: 10 notes to know on Xander Schauffele’s win
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Justin Ray | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementHere are the top numbers and notes to know from the final round of the 106th PGA Championship. At 20-under, DeChambeau became the first player to shoot minus-20 or lower in a major championship and not win. Morikawa was looking to join Woods as the only men to win the PGA Championship twice in their first five tries in the stroke play era. Tied with Morikawa in fourth place was Thomas Detry, who enjoyed the best finish of his young major championship career. One day after recording his first over-par score since August, Scottie Scheffler finished his chaotic PGA Championship week with a more familiar 65.

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☆ Former Augusta National Golf Club employee pleads guilty to stealing millions worth of Masters memorabilia and merchandise
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A former employee of the Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) in Georgia has pleaded guilty to stealing millions worth of Masters Tournament merchandise and memorabilia. A view of a Members Only sign outside of Augusta National Golf Club prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament on April 7. The 11th green is prepared prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 6. CNN has contacted Augusta National for further comment. Unlike the other majors, The Masters is played at the same course every year, with Augusta National hosting the event since the year it was founded.

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☆ Scottie Scheffler: The new father and man of faith with the golfing world at his feet
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Scottie Scheffler is a man well-accustomed to making global headlines, but almost never for events beyond the confines of the golf course. In 2014, at 17, as an amateur he made a hole-in-one and the cut on his first PGA Tour start. Without a PGA Tour victory heading into 2022, by April of that year he was a four-time victor, the world No. 1’s image as the self-effacing star of the PGA Tour, a perception he is content to endorse. His 10th PGA Tour title, it made him the first golfer since Woods in 2006 to win a PGA Tour event the week after triumphing at a major.

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☆ PGA Championship: When Y.E. Yang became ‘The Tiger Killer’ to clinch Asia’s first men’s major trophy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Tiger Woods, world No. Yang?’Despite his giant-slaying efforts, Yang was still relatively unknown when he pitched up to PGA Tour qualifying school the following season. Yang clinched his first PGA Tour title on his fourth start of the season at the Honda Classic to join K.J. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images“I wasn’t that nervous because it’s a game of golf,” Yang told reporters. The 24-year-old American stamped a last-minute ticket to Valhalla with his first PGA Tour victory at the inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday.

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☆ Scottie Scheffler weathers storm to claim fourth win in five starts. Is he the most dominant golfer since Tiger Woods in his prime?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

1 mastered the elements once more at a stormy RBC Heritage to reel in his fourth win in his last five starts. “I didn’t show up here just to have some sort of ceremony and have people tell me congratulations,” Scheffler told reporters Monday. Only two players had ever previously won or finished runner-up in five consecutive PGA Tour starts; Vijay Singh in 2004, and Woods on three separate occasions between 1999 and 2008. 1 prepares to chase a historic sixth this week, Scheffler is throwing in the towel – but not before one last jab. The Tour moves on to Los Angeles on Thursday for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana.

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☆ Tiger Woods hurts ‘every day,’ but believes he can win one more Masters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —These days, Tiger Woods merely being among the field at The Masters is a story in itself, but the five-time champion insists he’s not returning to Augusta National to make up the numbers – he’s playing to win. “I haven’t got to that point where I don’t think I can’t.”One more Masters win would see Woods (pictured, 2000) tie Nicklaus (right) with six wins at Augusta National. Six months earlier, he had ended an 11-year-wait for his 15th major title at Augusta National. Mike Blake/ReutersEven if he doesn’t win come Sunday, Woods will make history simply by making it to the weekend. Woods has made the cut in 23 consecutive starts at Augusta National, a record he shares with Fred Couples and Gary Player.

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☆ Paul McCartney says Beyonce’s ‘Blackbird’ cover ‘reinforces’ civil rights message behind it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

“Anything my song and Beyoncé’s fabulous version can do to ease racial tension would be a great thing and makes me very proud,” he added. The powerful meaning behind the original song adds to the emotional depth of Beyoncé’s 2024 cover, which is amplified by the voices of four up-and-coming Black female country artists featured on the track: Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Reyna Roberts. McCartney in his post on Thursday wrote that he spoke to Beyoncé on FaceTime and she thanked him for writing “Blackbird” and for letting her cover it. “I told her the pleasure was all mine,” he wrote. “I thought she had done a killer version of the song.”

Persons: CNN — Paul McCartney, Cowboy Carter, ”, McCartney, ” McCartney, Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, “ Organizations: CNN, Little Locations: United States, Arkansas

☆ No, Lizzo didn’t quit music. But she says she’s done ‘letting negative people win’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lizzo would like to issue a clarification. “When I say ‘I quit,’ I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” she said in a video posted to her Instagram page on Tuesday. “And once again, I just want to say thank you. In a statement at the time, Lizzo denied the allegations and said, in part, “I am not the villain that people in the media have portrayed me to be these last few days.”“As an artist, I have always been very passionate about what I do. I take my music and my performances seriously because at the end of the day, I only want to put out the best art that represents me and my fans.” she wrote.

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☆ Players Championship: Austin Eckroat sees putt finally drop, only to get penalized for overhanging ball rule
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Eckroat’s birdie would have stood had his putt fallen during this time, but as it was classed as being “at rest”, an additional penalty stroke saw him card par for the hole. The rule drew the ire of some fans responding to video of the incident posted by the PGA Tour on X. Since the ball took longer than 10 seconds to drop, a stroke was added to Austin Eckroat's score and was counted as a par. pic.twitter.com/xwhGBzIy8z — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 17, 2024A similar series of events at last year’s PGA Championship involving American Lee Hodges saw the tournament’s rules body issue a statement explaining the penalty. There was no official statement from The Players rules committee for Eckroat’s incident as the penalty was “just the application of the rule,” a spokesperson for the PGA Tour told CNN.

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☆ Players Championship: Scottie Scheffler becomes first to ever defend ‘fifth major’ after Wyndham Clark’s crucial putt lips out
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Wyndham Clark thought his ball was in. Yet somehow, someway, the birdie putt the American star needed to force world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler into a playoff lipped out, crowning his compatriot as the first ever back-to-back winner of The Players Championship. 1 had played through neck pain for most of Friday’s second round, even receiving mid-play treatment from a physiotherapist. 6 Schauffele got within a few feet of forcing Scheffler back out, Clark came within millimeters.

Persons: CNN — Wyndham Clark, Scottie Scheffler, Scheffler, –, Arnold Palmer, golf’s, ”, “, Mike Ehrmann, ” Scheffler, ” Clark, Clark, Brian Harman, Xander Schauffele, Harman, Schauffele, Lynne Sladky, I’ve, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, PGA, PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, – Locations: Florida, ’, ”, California

☆ Players Championship: Wyndham Clark’s ‘duff’ into dreaded 17th hole waters allows Xander Schauffele to nudge ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Xander Schauffele capitalized on Wyndham Clark splashing a horror shot into the waters of the fabled 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass to nudge into a one stroke lead and tee up a grandstand finish at The Players Championship. “Why would you not tee the ball up when you can?” questioned Sky Sports Golf broadcaster Ewen Murray. Clark became the latest golfer to fall foul to the 17th hole. After matching Schauffele’s par at the last hole to sign off his two-under 70 round, Clark remains within striking distance of the $4.5 million winner’s purse. Having battled through a neck injury for most of his second round, Scheffler shot 68 as he bids to become the first golfer to ever win back-to-back Players titles.

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☆ The Players Championship 2024: How to watch Scottie Scheffler’s bid to make history at golf’s ‘fifth major’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

3 Jon Rahm given LIV Golf players are absent from the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament. Yet while no stars from LIV Golf will be represented in Florida, the presence of the Saudi-backed venture has loomed large over the 50th edition of golf’s ‘fifth major.’World No. Speaking ahead of The Players Championship, Monahan had said long-running reconciliation talks with LIV Golf were “going to take time” but “accelerating.”How can I watch The Players Championship? PGA Tour Live – which includes coverage of featured holes and groups – is available exclusively to those with ESPN+. Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesThe absence of any LIV Golf players means three of the world’s top-50 ranked players are missing; Rahm (3), Tyrrell Hatton (16), and Brooks Koepka (31).

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☆ Scottie Scheffler: Why Grandma’s chocolate pie and staying humble is the perfect recipe for the world No. 1
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Don Riddell | Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The American returns to TPC Sawgrass on Thursday bidding to become the first player ever to retain golf’s unofficial “fifth major” – The Players Championship. His seventh PGA Tour title came almost a year to the day since his last triumph on the circuit – also by five strokes – at TPC Sawgrass. 1 is such a fan of her chocolate cream pie that the head chef at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse served the family his rendition of the treat earlier this month. I keep telling her to cut me smaller pieces of the pie, but that pie just keeps getting bigger. “Golf does a good job of keeping you humble and motivated.”Scheffler laughs with tournament host Woods after winning the Hero World Challenge - an unofficial event on the PGA Tour - in December.

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Arnold Palmer, Mary Delorenzo, –, Scheffler, Grandma, ” Scheffler, CNN Sport’s Don Riddell, “, Chris Condon, “ It’s, ”, ” Matt Voskuil, Tiger Woods, it’s, It’s, didn’t, Woods, Mike Ehrmann, Quizzed, Meredith, I’m, I’ve, golf’s Organizations: CNN, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Sunday, TPC, PGA, you’re, University of Texas, Cowboys Locations: Dallas

CNN —John Cena literally bared it all at the Oscars on Sunday. The actor appeared on stage during the telecast to present the award for best costume design hilariously appearing to wear nothing at all. No really, Cena appeared on the stage at the year’s most prestigious event in Hollywood… almost entirely naked. “Dude, I don’t wrestle naked,” Cena said. “I wrestle in jorts!”“Jorts are worse than naked!” Kimmel said as the audience laughed.

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☆ Anthony Kim finishes last on first pro start in 12 years at LIV Golf event
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Anthony Kim said he was “encouraged” after finishing last in his first professional appearance in 12 years at LIV Golf’s third event of the season in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. I’m doing things that I used to do before. I’m just looking forward to a great year.”Kim struck his first shot at a pro event since 2012 on Friday. I’m doing a lot of things well,” Kim said. I want to feel and I want to think I’m the best all the time,” he told reporters Sunday.

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☆ Lionel Messi: World Cup winner’s dazzling skill lights up Inter Miami’s MLS season opener against Real Salt Lake
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Lionel Messi produced a memorable piece of skill during Inter Miami’s 2-0 victory against Real Salt Lake on Wednesday, the opening game of the MLS season. In possession on the edge of the Real Salt Lake box, Messi looked to get a shot away while injured opponent Andrew Brody lay on the ground in front of him. And he showed some speed too,” Miami coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said of the 2022 World Cup winner’s performance, according to ESPN. The star-studded side started to deliver on those expectations in Wednesday’s curtain-raiser to the new season, with Messi at the heart of Miami’s best moments. Messi’s first full season in the US has seen a huge ticket demand for Miami’s games, and Wednesday was no exception.

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☆ Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Opinion Frankie De La Cretaz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In 2022, the Utah legislature banned transgender girls from high school girls’ sports. In August 2022, a Utah judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing trans girls to compete on girls’ teams after the parents of two trans girls filed a lawsuit. But as long as transgender girls’ gender identities are policed, cisgender girls will continue to have theirs policed as well. “I avoided athletic activities out of terror, not disinterest,” one participant said (a new study published last month also found that trans girls are primarily avoiding sports out of fear of harassment). If cisgender girls avoid sports out of these fears as well, they stand to be similarly negatively impacted.

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☆ Grief, a podcast and Taylor Swift: How one football fan is grateful for the Kelces and Swifties
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

And Gough, an Eagles fan turned future Swift-themed cruise passenger, is more grateful for it than they may ever know. She was an active and attentive mom, Gough said. She was still in the depths of her grief – and self-imposed music sabbatical – when last summer, Jason Kelce and his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, started talking about Swift on their podcast. (From left) Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at the 2023 AFC Championship football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. Anything you have been through in life, there is a Taylor Swift song for that,” Gough said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has won the last remaining unresolved delegate from New Hampshire, giving him a 13-9 delegate advantage in the Granite State over former U.N. Unlike in the Democratic presidential primaries, where all states follow a mostly uniform delegate allocation procedure, Republican delegate rules vary state by state. These whole percentages are then multiplied by the total number of Republican delegates at stake, which in New Hampshire is 22. This is sometimes referred to as a “winner’s bonus.”Based on these rules, the final delegate allocation in New Hampshire is 13 for Trump and 9 for Haley. After Iowa and New Hampshire, Trump leads Haley in the overall delegate count, 33-17.

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☆ Nelly Korda rallies to sudden-death hometown victory at LPGA Drive On Championship
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Nelly Korda pulled off a stunning late rally to clinch a dramatic hometown victory at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Florida on Sunday, edging Lydia Ko in a playoff to prolong the New Zealander’s wait to join the LPGA Hall of Fame. “The amount of support I received this week was unbelievable,” Korda told reporters. Good ol’ Nelly fashion making it dramatic.”Ko and Korda embrace after a dramatic battle. Steve Nesius/APVictory marks Korda’s ninth title on the LPGA Tour, and her first since she defended her Pelican Women’s Championship crown in November 2022. The $262,500 winner’s purse sees her cross the $9 million mark for LPGA Tour career earnings.

Persons: CNN — Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Korda’s, parred, Ko, Korda, ” Korda, “ I’m, Nelly, ” Ko, Steve Nesius, Jessica Korda, Jessica, ’ ” Korda, ”, old’s, “ Organizations: CNN, LPGA Hall of Fame, Bradenton, LPGA Tour, Hilton, LPGA, Hall of Fame, of Fame Locations: Florida

☆ Nick Dunlap turns professional, four days after missing out on $1.5 million payday due to amateur status
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —America’s newest golf sensation Nick Dunlap announced he is turning professional Thursday, just four days after missing out on a $1.5 million payday due to his amateur status. The University of Alabama sophomore announced his intention to accept PGA Tour membership at a press conference staged on campus, having become the first amateur to win on the tour in over three decades with triumph at The American Express on Sunday. “It was the easiest, hardest decision that I’ve ever had to make,” Dunlap said Thursday. “I was very fortunate that everyone had the same opinion about it, and my teammates were awesome and very supportive. Yet his shock victory secured him none of the $8.4 million prize purse due to his amateur status, with the $1.512 million winner’s cut instead going to South African runner-up Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who finished a stroke behind.

Persons: Nick Dunlap, I’ve, ” Dunlap, “, Charlene, Jim, Isabella Ellis, Jay Seawell, Orlando Ramirez, Dunlap, Christiaan Bezuidenhout Organizations: CNN, University of Alabama, PGA, American Express, US Amateur, Getty, week’s Farmers Insurance, PGA Championship, Tour Locations: La Quinta , California, Alabama

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