CNN Site Map (Galleries) for June - 2015
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- 2015-06-30Life for tennis professionals like Bethanie Mattek-Sands isn't just about turning up on court at major events like Wimbledon. To get there costs more money than you might imagine, and requires a lot of organization.
- 2015-06-30Roger Federer began the quest for an eighth Wimbledon title by cruising past Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur in only one hour, 8 minutes amid London's heatwave.
- 2015-06-3030 British tourists were killed in a terror attack on a beach resort in Tunisia. Cheryl Mellor (pictured) and her husband Stephen sheltered together and told each other "I love you" before the gunman turned on them. Cheryl survived with gunshots
- 2015-06-30French midfielder Amandine Henry, second from left, jumps for a header while playing Germany in the Women's World Cup on Friday, June 26. After the match in Montreal ended 1-1 in extra time, Germany won a penalty shootout to advance to the semifinals
- 2015-06-30Lee Pearson and Zion (right) with Herwig Radnetter, of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, and his horse Pluto Sabata. Other athletes say Pearson's personality "blows everyone else out of the water."
- 2015-06-30Boxing is mostly a man's world, but that hasn't stopped 19-year-old Catherine Phiri from entering the ring.
- 2015-06-29Last year's quarterfinalist, Nick Kyrgios, began this year's tournament by ousting Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.
- 2015-06-29Five years ago at Wimbledon, Nicolas Mahut (center) lost the longest match in tennis history to John Isner (left).
- 2015-06-27Valentino Rossi celebrates after winning the Dutch Grand Prix at Assen, his third victory this season.
- 2015-06-27Martina Hingis was courtside for the final of the WTA Tour event at Eastbourne, watching her fellow Swiss Belinda Bencic play Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
- 2015-06-26Teenager Trayvon Bromell ran a time of 9.84s in the 100m heats at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Oregon on Thursday.
- 2015-06-26Police and firefighters gather at the entrance of Air Products & Chemicals, a gas factory near Lyon, France, on Friday, June 26, after a terror attack. One person has been beheaded and two people injured, French President Fran?ois Hollande said Friday
- 2015-06-25Gonzalo Jara falls to the floor after Edinson Cavani reacts to the Chilean's unwanted attention. The Uruguayan player was sent off after hitting the defender following his unusual action. Chile went on to win the 2015 Copa America quarterfinal 1-0.
- 2015-06-25Rafa Nadal announced he would not be taking part at Wimbledon this year after the results of a recent medical exam confirmed his wrist injury suffered at Roland Garros needs time to heal.
- 2015-06-25Tom Watson will play his final British Open next month. The 65-year-old has won the tournament on five occasions, with the first coming in 1975.
- 2015-06-25The leafy London suburb of Wimbledon becomes a rental hotspot every British summer.
- 2015-06-24Chile's capital has two stadiums hosting matches during Copa America 2015. The Andes mountain range provides a stunning backdrop to Santiago, which regularly has problems with lingering smog.
- 2015-06-24Paul Smith is now at the center of his own fashion empire but, in his younger days, he dreamed of becoming a professional racing cyclist.
- 2015-06-24Bernie Ecclestone has been at the top of Formula One since 1978 but could now sell his 5% share to an American and Qatari-backed bid. The deal would also see private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, the majority shareholder, relinquish its 35.5% stake.
- 2015-06-23Federico Fiorentino's Belafonte superyacht concept has a gleaming bronze finish.
- 2015-06-23Roger Milla's famous corner flag celebration is seen after the first of his two goals against Colombia in the last 16 of the 1990 World Cup.
- 2015-06-23Jordan Spieth of the United States holds the trophy for the 115th U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay on Sunday, June 21, in University Place, Washington. The 21-year-old is the youngest U.S. Open champion since Bobby Jones in 1923 and only the sixth
- 2015-06-22Behold Kingsley, the new mascot unveiled by Scottish soccer team Partick Thistle. His arrival was greeted with a mixture of shock and horror on Twitter, where people compared it to a nightmarish version of the cartoon character Lisa Simpson. But, as these
- 2015-06-22Polo player Nacho Figueras has been likened to David Beckham with his playing, modeling and charity work.
- 2015-06-22American Jordan Spieth lifts the U.S. Open trophy to add to the Masters crown he won earlier this year. He begins The Open looking to take a place in golfing history.
- 2015-06-19Mo Farah was all smiles just two weeks ago, as he spoke during the Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix on June 6. But everything changed after a documentary by BBC's Panorama and ProPublica was broadcast. The program raised questions over the meth
- 2015-06-19Tiger Woods has seen his world ranking slump to 241 amid problems with form and injuries -- but he has no intention of giving up on golf.
- 2015-06-19Trainer Gai Waterhouse is the first lady of Australian racing, over at Royal Ascot this week to guide her horse Wandjina.
- 2015-06-1815-year-old Cole Hammer during the first round of the 2015 U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay, Washington.
- 2015-06-18The ladies up the glitz and glamor as they take center stage at Ascot on Thursday when the horses also race for the prestigious Gold Cup.
- 2015-06-18Neymar endured a frustrating night as Brazil suffered a 1-0 defeat by Colombia at the Copa America in Chile. The Barcelona star was unable to conjure an equalizer and was sent off late on.
- 2015-06-18The wreckage of Arturo Vidal's Ferrari after he was involved in a car crash on Tuesday while under the influence of alcohol.
- 2015-06-18Perhaps no-one in the game of golf has ever carried as much mystique as Ben Hogan. The Texan won nine major titles, is credited with "inventing" practice, wrote one of the biggest selling books on the sport and pulled off what many believe to be
- 2015-06-17Majlinda Kelmendi: Kosovo's judo queen
- 2015-06-17Novak Djokovic is the defending Wimbledon champion.
- 2015-06-16Gone are the days of just the traditional racecourse picnic hamper as top chefs are brought in to overhaul Royal Ascot's cuisine.
- 2015-06-16Brandon Saad of the Chicago Blackhawks celebrates with the Stanley Cup on Monday, June 15, after Chicago defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning to win their third championship in the last six years.
- 2015-06-15Jack Warner was once one of football's most powerful officials, but stood down as a FIFA vice-president in 2011 after being accused of corruption.
- 2015-06-15The players of Koa Bosco pose for a team photo before a match.
- 2015-06-14Porsche's development director Wolfgang Hatz celebrates with winning drivers Nick Tandy, Earl Bamber and Nico Hulkenberg, after the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race.
- 2015-06-14A hippopotamus walks along a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 14, 2015. The flooding also spread to the city's zoo, causing wolves, bears, big cats and a hippopotamus to escape and roam parts of the city.
- 2015-06-12Life on the ocean wave is a tale of the unexpected for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (ADOR) skipper Ian Walker, seen here on board his Azzam yacht during the 2014/15 Volvo Ocean Race.
- 2015-06-12Abby Wambach acknowledges the crowd after making her 255th and final appearance for the U.S. women's national team against China on December 16, 2015.
- 2015-06-12Two spectators wear floral dresses with wide-brimmed straw hats at Royal Ascot in the summer of 1928. Luxury clothing labels with connections to the worlds of horse racing and equestrian sport are reporting a resurgence of interest in classic styles.
- 2015-06-12The roof garden of the MGA-designed wooden skyscraper proposed for Paris as part of the Reinventer Paris competition.
- 2015-06-11Forget "Crocodile Dundee" -- meet the U.S.'s new favorite Australian ...
- 2015-06-11Azerbaijan's capital city is playing host to the first-ever European Games, which are taking place from June 12. Baku is the largest, most cosmopolitan, city in the South Caucasus, boasting a mixture of historic and modern architecture.
- 2015-06-11Bobby Wood capped off a brilliant week for himself and the USMNT by getting his second goal in as many games. Both goals were match winners against world champion Germany and the Netherlands.
- 2015-06-11Floyd Mayweather, nicknamed "Money," has raked in $300 million (￡194 million) in the past 12 months to top the Forbes list.
- 2015-06-11Former Brazil player Zico, whose full name is Arthur Antunes Coimbra, intends to stand for the FIFA presidency in the hope of succeeding Sepp Blatter.
- 2015-06-11This is the sight that greeted people gathered at the dock in Yorktown Harbor, Virginia on Tuesday. But what is a ship like this doing on the water in 2015?
- 2015-06-10Qatar is already a lucrative sponsor of British horse racing, and is expanding its investment with a multimillion-dollar deal lasting until 2024.
- 2015-06-10Mountain biker Aqshin Ismailov will be the first athlete from Azerbaijan to take part in competitive action at the European Games.
- 2015-06-10Is Marta the greatest soccer player you've never heard of?
- 2015-06-10Chris Robshaw is preparing to lead host nation England at the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on September 18.
- 2015-06-09Beach soccer has developed into one of the world's most popular sports -- and it will be one of 20 events on show at the European Games.
- 2015-06-09Jockey Victor Espinoza, wearing the "Z" silk, rides American Pharoah to victory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6. American Pharoah is the first horse to win the Triple Crown since 1978. See all 12 horses who've won the Triple Crown
- 2015-06-09The state-of-the-art 60,000-seater Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait was completed in 2007, yet has remained mostly shut due to structural concerns.
- 2015-06-09Mariya Stadnyk throws her quarterfinal opponent Nina Matkowski of Poland during her winning quarterfinal bout at the 2012 London Olympics.
- 2015-06-08Tiger Woods acknowledges the crowd on the 18th hole at the 2015 Memorial Tournament, where he carded the worst round of his professional career while also recording his highest ever aggregate total.
- 2015-06-08One of the biggest talking points centered on a deal that did not go through -- Real Madrid claims it received David De Gea's registration from Manchester United too late to make the Spanish deadline. The goalkeeper was the most talked about individu
- 2015-06-08The sleek Monaco 2050 yacht as envisioned by Russian designer Vasily Klyukin.
- 2015-06-07The moment of victory: Stanislas Wawrinka wraps up his epic four-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the final of the French Open.
- 2015-06-07The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team celebrates after winning the Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 5, in Vancouver, Canada. The United States defeated Japan with a final score of 5-2. Click through the gallery to see tournament highlights:
- 2015-06-06Barcelona players celebrate winning the 2015 Champions League.
- 2015-06-06Serena Williams poses on court after triumphing in the 2015 French Open final.
- 2015-06-05Italian photographer Simone Perolari was at the French Open taking pictures of the competitors. Stan Wawrinka, pictured here, won the title after defeating top-seeded Novak Djokovic.
- 2015-06-05The United States is considered by many to be the favorite in this year's Women's World Cup, and a big reason why is goalkeeper Hope Solo. Solo has made headlines for some off-the-field troubles in recent years, but on the field she is simply on
- 2015-06-05Buddies Novak Djokovic, left, and Andy Murray squared off in the French Open semis Friday. Djokovic had won seven in a row against the Scot.
- 2015-06-05Twenty years after the Dayton Peace Accords brought an end to fighting in the Bosnian War, Pope Francis visits Sarajevo to pray for long-lasting reconciliation. Three years of bloody fighting in the early 1990s left the region and its people deeply battle
- 2015-06-05It's empty now but on Saturday Berlin's Olympic stadium will be full of flags displayed by the fans of the competing Champion League finalists -- Barcelona and Juventus. With Berlin a hub of European art and design, a project between Britain&apo
- 2015-06-05The Derby is Britain's richest horse race, an event that dates all the way back to 1780 and is named after the then Earl of Derby.
- 2015-06-05As Juventus and Barcelona prepare to face off in Berlin Saturday, we count down the top 10 Champions League finals of all time.
- 2015-06-05Former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh was a surprise appointment as the new CEO of Ben Ainslie Racing.
- 2015-06-05The five-time FIFA Woman's Player of the Year remains the face of the game. It was at the 2007 World Cup in China that she first came to the fore, scoring seven goals as Brazil finished runners-up. The 29-year-old, nicknamed "Pele with a skirt&q
- 2015-06-05Bradley Wiggins powered around the Olympic velodrome on June 7 to set a new world record for the hour of 54.526 kilometers (33.88 miles) .
- 2015-06-05As Juventus and Barcelona prepare to face off in Berlin Saturday, we count down the top 10 Champions League finals of all time.
- 2015-06-05Jerry Collins was killed in a car crash in southern France Friday morning. His wife Alana Madill was also killed and their two-month-old baby was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
- 2015-06-04Mary Pierce is the last French tennis player to win a grand slam singles title at Roland Garros.
- 2015-06-04Jacques Villeneuve, son of the much admired Gilles, established himself as an international star by winning the 1997 Formula One world title.
- 2015-06-03Novak Djokovic was in celebratory mood Wednesday and why not? He became only the second man to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open.
- 2015-06-03Sierra Leone Football Association president Isha Johansen could one day become FIFA's first female boss. "If the time is right," she said. "It would be wonderful wouldn't it -- but I might decide to do something else."
- 2015-06-03Earl Bamber: From the farm to Le Mans
- 2015-06-03On June 12th, Azerbaijan brings up the curtain on the first-ever European Games when its capital, Baku, will welcome some 6,000 athletes to this inaugural sporting festival.
- 2015-06-03Rafael Benitez is the new manager of Newcastle United. The Spanish coach has 10 games to haul the struggling club out of the Premier League's relegation zone.
- 2015-06-03The 39-year-old son of the late King Hussein of Jordan has been a FIFA vice president since 2011, representing Asia. He is the president of the West Asia Football federation. In the first ballot in the recent FIFA presidential election, he only received 7
- 2015-06-02A teenage driver collides with a military vehicle in Berlin, Germany on June 1, 2015.
- 2015-06-02Real Oviedo fans show their support for the club in the Estadio Carlos Tartiere with a banner reading "For the future of Real Oviedo". The Spanish club had needed to raise €1.9 million ($2.4 million) by November 17 2012 or go bust.
- 2015-06-02Quelle surprise! Swedish tennis star Mats Wilander announced himself on the tennis stage with an all-or-nothing debut in the French Open in 1982.
- 2015-06-02FC Barcelona's handball team celebrates after winning the Champions League final Sunday, May 31, in Cologne, Germany. No team has won the European tournament more than Barcelona. This was its ninth title since 1991.
- 2015-06-01It was that kind of a day for Maria Sharapova. The defending champion fell in straight sets to Lucie Safarova.
- 2015-06-01Zenit St. Petersburg lifted its fourth Russian league title at the weekend and celebrated in style -- a take on the country's 19th century attire.
- 2015-06-01James Gillray's 1805 cartoon depicting then British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, carving up the world between them.
- 2015-06-01Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah wins the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday, June 6, to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed did so in 1978.
- 2015-06-01Azerbaijan, much like Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, is trying to redefine itself by embracing international sport. It is hosting this summer's European Games and is expected to try for the Summer Olympics in 2024.
- 2015-06-01It had been seven years coming -- but Padraig Harrington could celebrate lifting a trophy again when he won the US PGA Tour event at Palm Beach Gardens in March.