Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Sports News (Master Feed)
Olympics-Athletics-Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned after failed drugs test
(Refiles to fix typo in headline) TOKYO (Reuters) - Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare on Saturday was provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone before the Tokyo Olympic...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Triathlon-Britain win first-ever mixed-relay gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain made history on Saturday as they won the first-ever Olympic gold in the triathlon mixed relay in 1:23:41, adding a third medal to their triathlon haul at Tokyo's Odaiba Marin...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Triathlon-Britain win mixed relay gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain won gold in the triathlon mixed relay on Saturday at Tokyo's Odaiba Marine Park. The United States won silver and France claimed the bronze medal. (Reporting by Amy Tennery i...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Japanese fans enjoy Games at rare public viewing
TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic stadiums may be empty of fans, but in the Japanese city of Takasaki, residents on Friday gathered to watch sports on a big TV screen at a theatre, highlighting the buzz creat...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-U.S. 4×400 mixed relay team reinstated to final
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States' mixed 4x400m relay team has been reinstated into Saturday's final after they were disqualified on Friday for exchanging the baton outside the changeover zone. The ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Two Trinidad and Tobago competitors, coach test positive for COVID-19
TOKYO (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago long jumper Andwuelle Wright and 400 metres hurdler Sparkle Ann McKnight have been withdrawn from the Tokyo Games after they tested positive for COVID-19, the cou...
Jul 30, 2021
Baseball-Dodgers acquire Scherzer and Turner, Giants nab Bryant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired three-time Cy Young best pitcher winner Max Scherzer and 2021 All-Star infielder Trea Turner while division rivals the San Francisco Giants nab...
Jul 30, 2021
Soccer-U.S. men’s team backs women in equal pay lawsuit appeal
(Reuters) - Players for the U.S. men's national team said in an amicus brief filed on Friday that their counterparts on the women's squad not only deserve equal pay but are entitled to more compensati...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Baseball-‘Best ball in the world’ gets mud bath, gloved treatment
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - They hail from Sri Lanka, enjoy 30-second rubs in U.S. mud, get top-notch service in Japan because of the pandemic and are called the best in the world by Jo...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Hockey-Argentina goalie Vivaldi looking to add another gold and tattoo to his collection
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Argentina goalkeeper Juan Vivaldi hopes his team mates will join him in getting an Olympic tattoo if the reigning champions come out on top of the men's hockey tou...
Jul 30, 2021
