Track coach Salazar’s 4-year doping ban upheld by CAS
Track coach Alberto Salazar received no relief from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld his four-year ban for a series of doping-related...
Yuri Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66
MOSCOW — Yuri Sedykh, a two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw whose world record from 1986 still stands, has died. He was 66.
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Sept. 13
1930 — Tommy Armour beats Gene Sarazen 1 up...
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Sept. 10
1933 — Fred Perry wins his first U.S. men’s...
Astonish the world: Italy keeps surprising on Olympic track
TOKYO — The Italian Olympic team’s hashtag on social media for the Tokyo Games translates loosely as “Astonish the world.”
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Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Sunday, August 1
TOKYO — A roundup of gold medals from Sunday, August 1, at the Tokyo Games:
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Olympic Stadium opens in Tokyo for start of track and field
TOKYO — Track and Field begins competition on Day 7 of the Tokyo Games and four medal events will be decided in the pool...
Plenty at stake for NBC as COVID Olympics opening looms
NEW YORK — If all goes well for NBC Universal over the next several weeks, Americans will be buzzing about the Olympic performances of...
At 34, ‘Mommy Rocket’ Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat in Tokyo
Every time Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce steps on the track, some sort of record is in jeopardy.
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July 6
1887 — Lottie Dod of Britain, 15, becomes the...