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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee does not really expect to win gold in the two events she will race in at the Tokyo Games but that does not matter. After surviving leukaem...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Adam Peaty can make history in Tokyo as the first Briton to defend an Olympic swimming title but he wants to do more than just win. The 26-year-old has been so domin...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar retreated from recent peaks on Thursday, following further reassurance from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell that he was in no rush to tighten poli...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Matt Biondi won 11 Olympic medals, including eight golds, but the American can see a day where the Games are no longer the main event for elite swimmers. The 55-year...

(Reuters) - Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it has hired a former Facebook executive to lead its video games unit as the company ramps up its efforts to grow beyond its traditional streaming business. T...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beyond Meat said on Thursday it has launched an online store in China on ecommerce company JD.com, as the plant-based meatmaker aims to boost sales in the world's biggest meat mark...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - When Alice Dearing earned her ticket to Tokyo 2020 as the first Black female swimmer to represent Britain at an Olympics, she spoke of "decades and decades of histor...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has nullified New York Racing Association's (NYRA) suspension of famed thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert, saying the organisation failed to provide him a post-suspe...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it will begin hiring additional temporary operators of its Beaumont, Texas refinery as a lock out of 650 union-represented workers runs into its ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported on Thursday a daily record of 98 coronavirus deaths, taking total fatalities to 3,032 since the pandemic began last year. The country's COVID-19 task force also r...