Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves under investigation for alleged sexual assault | CNN

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Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves under investigation for alleged sexual assault | CNN

CNN  —  Brazilian football player Dani Alves is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault that took place in Barcelona last month, the Catalonia Higher Court of Justice confirmed on Tuesday. “Barcelona investigating magistrate’s court number 15 has opened proceedings for an alleged crime of sexual assault due to a complaint presented by a woman […]

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How pioneering yacht Maiden overcame ‘the real last bastion of male dominance’ | CNN

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How pioneering yacht Maiden overcame ‘the real last bastion of male dominance’ | CNN

CNN  —  More than three decades since its pioneering, round-the-world voyage, the Maiden racing yacht is again sailing the high seas – and changing the lives of young women in the process. Skippered by British sailor Tracy Edwards, Maiden became the first all-female crew to sail around the world in 1990 – a landmark moment

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From feminist pioneers to putting pros, the historic journey of the world’s oldest ladies golf club | CNN

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From feminist pioneers to putting pros, the historic journey of the world’s oldest ladies golf club | CNN

CNN  —  Who would you back to sink a putt to save your life? Tiger Woods? Jack Nicklaus? Ben Crenshaw? There is a plethora of debatable options, but it is unlikely many would look to a group of women in Fife, Scotland, with no professional golfing experience, many of whom are far more mature than

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Jon Rahm produces stunning comeback to win Tournament of Champions in Hawaii | CNN

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Jon Rahm produces stunning comeback to win Tournament of Champions in Hawaii | CNN

CNN  —  Spanish golfer Jon Rahm won his third PGA Tour title in six starts with a stunning comeback to overturn a seven-shot deficit at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. The world No. 5 even bogeyed Sunday’s first hole but went on a remarkable run to finish the final round with a 10-under-par 63.

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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia means so much for the Gulf monarchy’s sporting ambitions | CNN

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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia means so much for the Gulf monarchy’s sporting ambitions | CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN  —  It’s a partnership that’s been hailed as “history in the making.” One of the world’s most famous soccer stars landed in the Saudi

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Georgia realtor receives invitation to play the Masters by mistake | CNN

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Georgia realtor receives invitation to play the Masters by mistake | CNN

CNN  —  Scott Stallings arrived at his condo on Georgia’s Saint Simons Island to find a package holding the most prestigious letter in golf. He’d been invited to play in the Masters tournament in April. The only problem was this Scott Stallings is a realtor in Atlanta, not the the world’s 54th ranked golfer who

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Pelé’s final hurrah at New York Cosmos helped spark ‘sporting revolution’ across North America | CNN

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Pelé’s final hurrah at New York Cosmos helped spark ‘sporting revolution’ across North America | CNN

CNN  —  He’d won three World Cups, scored goals galore and become a global icon, but Pelé wasn’t quite done yet, so off he went to the US and helped transform the sport of soccer in North America. The Brazilian great was convinced to come out of retirement, signing in 1975 for the New York

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Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year | CNN

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Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year | CNN

CNN  —  Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year. Online voters selected her from among this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes. Cheboi’s nonprofit, TechLit Africa, has provided thousands of students across rural Kenya with

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