TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah retained her 100 metres title on Saturday in a scorching 10.61 seconds as she smashed the Olympic record and became the second fastest woman ever. Double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won silver while fellow compatriot Shericka…
One of the top names left on the veteran free agent market found a home for the 2021 season on Saturday. According to multiple reports, edge rusher Justin Houston has agreed to a one-year deal with the Ravens. Houston visited with the…
TOKYO (Reuters) -World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5 2-6 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold. The 24-year-old…
Lewis Hamilton blew the Formula One title race wide open by putting his Mercedes on pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion, so often the master here at the Hungaroring, delivered a spellbinding lap to silence the thousands of…
Armand Duplantis of Team Sweden competes in the Men's Pole Vault Qualification on day eight of the Tokyo Games. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Pole vault star Armand Duplantis said an extended phone call with his girlfriend kept him in the hunt…
Watch Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah Set Olympic Record in Women's 100m originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Elaine Thompson-Herah is the fastest woman alive. The Jamaican sprinter earned the title during Saturday’s women’s 100m final at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. She sped…
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. lost its first two exhibition games of the summer in Las Vegas, dropped its opening game at these Olympics and had a difficult time shaking free of the Czech Republic in their group-play finale. None of…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are underway and the United States is looking to add more hardware to an already extensive collection. The U.S. is the all-time leader in Olympic medals with nearly 3,000 — more than double the next closest country —…
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Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the women's 100m final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (PHOTO: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) Reporting from Tokyo TOKYO — Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah retained her Olympic women's 100m gold, clocking…