It is time for the final Grand Slam of 2021 and we have your 2021 US Open betting odds as Ashleigh Barty goes in search of a first major on hard court while Naomi Osaka looks for third title in New ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: golden starts for GB and Australia in cycling and swimming
In today’s Paralympics briefing: world records fall, Denmark shocked Australia in the wheelchair rugby, and Sarah Story starts with gold ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics day one: swimming, cycling, wheelchair rugby and more – as it happened
Lots to enjoy on day one and we’ll be back again tomorrow. Wheelchair basketball: And that’s it. In the final action of day one, Spain score a 63-53 victory over Korea thanks to a dominant final ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympics: Best of August 25
Ibrahim Elhusseiny Hamadtou of Egypt in action against Hong Kyu Park of South Korea during table tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Cristiano Ronaldo: Ranking the most marketable athletes
American gymnast Simone Biles, Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo have been named among the top ten most marketable athletes in the world. Media company ... ( read original story ...)
Paralympians carry hopes of nation to Tokyo
Four para-athletes set off tonight to join the Indian campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) partner and accessibility pioneer Svayam is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan yakuza boss sentenced to death for ordering murder
The Fukuoka District Court on Wednesday sentenced 74-year-old Satoru Nomura, the head of the Kudo-kai yakuza clan, to death for conspiring to commit murder and other crimes, another in a string of ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto seeing a cultural shift, says Galaxy Digital’s Mike Novogratz
Michael Novogratz, Galaxy Digital CEO, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss the widespread adoption of crypto in recent months. ( read original story ...)
Digital identifiers to help crypto market go mainstream
Tags for identifying bitcoin, ethereum and other crypto assets will be launched in September in the latest sign of how the fast growing, unregulated market is adopting the hallmarks of mainstream ... ( read original story ...)
Power Up: Crypto groups dealt blow by House deal to advance budget bill
This is the Power Up newsletter – thanks for waking up with us. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. On the Hill BLOCK(ED) CHAIN: Cryptocurrency advocates won't be able to lobby the House against ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia-backed beer maker Bira 91 plans fifth brewery before IPO
Known for its cartoon punk monkey mascot and backed by Sequoia Capital and Japanese beverage firm Kirin Holdings Co., B9 has tapped investors for about $50 million so far this year. ( read original story ...)
Kadeena Cox aiming to inspire new generation of black cyclists at Tokyo 2020
Paralympic star Kadeena Cox hopes to inspire a future generation of black cyclists by showing the sport is not just for “white, middle-class males”. Cox wrote her name into the history books at Rio ... ( read original story ...)
Sarah Storey storms to Great Britain’s first gold of the Tokyo Paralympics
The relentless defending champion laid down a marker earlier on day one of Tokyo 2020 by shaving more than four seconds of her own world record in qualifying, powering over the line in 3:27.057 ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive-Toshiba in talks with four investment firms for strategic ideas -sources
Toshiba Corp is in talks with at least four global private equity firms including KKR & Co Inc and Blackstone Inc to seek their ideas for its new strategy, according to three sources with knowledge of ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei CloudEngine 16800 Data Centre Switch Wins Best of Show Award Grand Prize at Interop Tokyo 2020
Huawei CloudEngine 16800 — the industry’s first data centre switch in the AI era — won the Best of Show Award Grand Prize at Interop Tokyo 2020, Japan’s largest ICT exhibition. The award recognized ... ( read original story ...)
Falmouth native seeking multiple medals at Tokyo Paralympics
Clara Brown, 25, will make her Paralympic debut later this month with hopes of medaling as a cyclist in both track and road events. ( read original story ...)