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Puma terminates Nigeria's sponsorship after poor Olympic performance

Nigeria’s Olympic team has seen its sponsorship revoked by German sportswear giant Puma. Plagued by serious drug-testing disqualifications, poor performance, under preparedness and even a TikTok video of a Nigerian athlete washing his uniform with the caption: “When you made the Olympic Finals, but you only have one jersey.” It was enough to...

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Ben Sherman to dress Team GB at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

New York – Stella McCartney has passed the (fashion) baton down to fellow British Ben Sherman to dress the British Olympic team going to Tokyo 2020. Team GB has announced it has just secured the British clothing brand Ben Sherman as an official partner on a multi-year deal. Ben Sherman will create an exclusive formal wear to be worn by all Team...

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Asics to recycle used clothing for Japan’s Olympic uniforms

Asics has announced plans to use recycled clothing to make the official uniforms for the Japanese Olympic and Paralympic teams at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The company hopes to gather approximately 30,000 items of sportswear clothing by placing collection boxes in Asics’ stores, partner retailers and sports events across Japan. Pieces from...