Fiji’s 75-year-old PM wins international athletics medal for shot put
Fiji’s prime minister wound back the clock on Wednesday by winning a bronze medal at an international athletics championships, aged 75.
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Baseball star Ohtani's ex-interpreter pleads guilty to bank fraud
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) -- Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing nearly $17 million from the athlete's bank account to pay off his own gambling debts, according to U.S. prosecutors.
Under Armour is laying off workers as retailer says North America sales will plunge this year
Under Armour announced a broad restructuring plan on Thursday as it said sales in its largest market, North America, plunged 10% and predicted the trend will get worse throughout its current fiscal year.
Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis
Two months before the Olympics are scheduled to begin in Paris, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis as it fends off allegations it helped cover up the positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers who went on to compete — and win medals — at the last Summer Games.
WADA Appoints Special Prosecutor in Chinese Doping Case
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday appointed a special prosecutor to review how 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug were allowed to avoid public scrutiny and compete at the 2021 Olympics, where they won gold medals and set records.
JD Sports to buy U.S. rival Hibbett in $1.08 billion sportswear retail deal
JD Sports Fashion has proposed to buy American athletic fashion retailer Hibbett Inc for about $1.08 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, as Britain's biggest sportswear retailer looks to expand across the southeastern U.S.
‘Team USA Was Cheated’: Chinese Doping Case Exposes Rift in Swimming
The revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug seven months before the Tokyo Olympics but were secretly cleared and allowed to continue competing has exposed a bitter and at times deeply personal rift inside the sport, and brought new criticism of the global authority that oversees drug-testing.