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Recent controversies surrounding Olympic athletes like Sha'Carri Richardson and Shoko Miyata have sparked debate about drug policies within the international sporting community. These high-profile cases have brought to light broader questions regarding the role of recreational drug use among...

Prominent economists and analysts continue to emphasize the historic and extraordinary performance of the American economy in recent years, despite the significant hurdles posed by high interest rates. Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported a surprising real GDP growth of 2.8% in the...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it will dive into the esports scene with the Olympic Esports Series. But, contrary to what many people expected, the respected sporting body did not choose popular games for its 2023 edition, so say goodbye to your hopes of seeing...

This article was originally published on Aug. 12, 2022. Serena Williams, arguably the greatest female tennis player of all time, has dominated the sport over the last several decades. In August, she announced her retirement from the sport to focus on building a family. The Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE)...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced Tuesday that it intends to review the status of cannabis on its banned substance list, following last summer's exclusion of track star Sha’Carri Richardson from competing at the Tokyo Olympics after she tested positive for cannabis in her...

By Jeff Siegel These days, it’s hard to find issues that can unite this country. But a couple weeks ago, we got one after the United States Anti-Doping Agency suspended Olympic hopeful Sha’Carri Richardson for one month after testing positive for cannabis.   Once this news...

Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA) unveiled a direct-to-consumer streaming offering Wednesday.  What Happened: The streaming platform from Discovery will launch in the U.S. on Jan. 4, with price points of $4.99 per month or $6.99 per month for an ad-free version....

Benzinga has built an incredible brand and following, attracting the use of professionals and novices in its broad effort to democratize the financial markets. To help inspire investors, we interviewed Michael Hubbs to learn about the strategies he's employing during these volatile markets....

Benzinga is covering every angle of how the coronavirus affects the financial world. For daily updates, sign up for our coronavirus newsletter. A longstanding member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dick Pound, has said the 2020 Olympic Games would be postponed until next year....

The 2018 Olympic Games have yet to begin, but the winners are clear. Dozens of team and committee sponsors are preparing their logos for the world’s biggest marketing opportunity, where they’ll wave their banners before billions of global viewers, heighten brand awareness and promote...

Including dividends paid, the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) is up a staggering 66.3 percent year-to-date, easily making it one of this year's best-performing single-country exchange-trade fund. Amid plenty of controversy, Rio de Janeiro is hosting the Summer Olympics, prompting...

With the Rio Olympics kicking off Friday, anticipation is building up and news is crowding the internet. Among much discussion, we would like to take a look into what this event means for Rio de Janeiro’s "favelas" (slums) and for the spread of the Zika virus. God’s Cities About 1.4...

Brazil has seen so many changes in its political leadership. What’s relevant to this piece is the following: Over the past couple of months, the Latin American country, which will be hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in less than three months, has gone through three Sports Ministers....

On Monday, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced that it would replace Boston with another U.S. city in the nation's bid to host the 2024 Olympic games. The Massachusetts city would have been up against places like Paris, Rome and Budapest to host the games, but ultimately concerns about sky high...

Just days after the announcement that Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympic games, the nation’s revised second quarter GDP came in higher than expected and added to Japan’s momentum. Revised Japanese GDP showed an annualized growth of 3.8 percent, rather than the preliminary estimate of 2.6...