Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin easily qualified for the men’s 400-meter hurdles final, setting up another confrontation between the rivals at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Warholm and Benjamin both ran in the same semifinal heat on Sunday and may have engaged in head games down the stretch of that […]
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Tokyo Olympics: Jamaicans Fraser-Pryce and Thompson-Herah Top Field for Women’s 100m Dash
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce holds the title of the world’s fastest woman and has already won gold in the women’s 100m dash twice at the Olympics. But she’ll need to hold off a serious challenge from one of her teammates if she wants to become the first woman to win the same […]
Sportswear Roundup: UA Fined, Gap Rising, Nike Dissed Again
Nike lost another high-profile deal as Olympic gymnast Simone Biles signed with the Gap’s Athleta brand. Earlier this year, Kobe Bryant’s estate failed to renew its longstanding deal with Nike. Meanwhile, Under Armour was fined $9 million for misleading investors. Nike can’t be happy with the defection of two gold […]