Hints and tips:
...And I actually asked our colleague Sara Germano who’s the FT’s US sports business correspondent about this....
...Germano (@germanotes), Saffeya Ahmed (@saffeya-ahmed) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07) Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...
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Exclusive: private equity group seeks minority holding as US basketball league opens door to institutional investors
Athletes question sport’s presence at the Games, another 400-metre hurdles record and Brazil’s bounty
Day 3: Team GB breaststroker defends title and 13-year-old Japanese skateboarder triumphs
Jamaica sweep the 100 metres podium as men chase first gold without Bolt
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare suspended ahead of women’s 100 metre final and Simone Biles will miss two gymnastics finals
Norway’s success, US women’s football reign ends and skateboarders take to TikTok
Men’s sprinting races into new era, Venezuelan leaps to world record and British gymnast retains gold
Day 4: Stars open up about mental health, Japan tastes golden glory and stage set for bruising rugby final
Jason Kenny wins his seventh gold, Brazil beats Spain and another triumph for Allyson Felix
Day 4: Naomi Osaka toppled, Team GB’s rebound and all eyes on gymnastics
US out of men’s 4x100-metre sprint and Team GB sails to success
Day 6 of the Games: Pandemic performance pressures, a German coach goes home and a Chinese upset
Daily saliva tests, tracking apps and tightly policed athletes’ village part of epic effort to reach the starting line
US gymnast seen as world’s greatest casts doubt on her role in rest of Tokyo Olympics
Day one of the Games: China claims the first gold, men’s cycling takes off and Japan’s ‘King Kohei’ falls
The US’s Sunisa Lee takes gold in gymnastics, athletics events begin and Japanese competitors are attacked online
A sport reinstated for Tokyo may not have a global following but means everything to the hosts
...The world number-one, who came to the Olympics off a win at Wimbledon this month, fell in shocking fashion to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo....
US gymnast’s exit from Olympics events reveals the pressure on elite athletes during the pandemic
Call from IOC boss Thomas Bach comes as sports stars join global campaign for racial and social injustice
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