stressed, dry and sandpaper. strypaper? luckily, there s biotrue hydration boost eye drops. biotrue uses naturally inspired ingredients. and no preservatives. try biotrue! . the agreement guarantees equal pay for players on the women and men s soccer team going forward. the bulk will serve as back pay to several dozen current players on the u.s. women s national team. in a joint statement, the organizers said getting to this day has not been easy. today we recognize the legacy of the past u.s. wnt leaders who helped the make this day possible as well as all of the women and girls who will follow.
little bit of progress yesterday, a little bit of movement. still got a long ways to go. shockingly enough, it is about money. it is also interesting we have a doping scandal in horse racing that the russians don t seem to play a central role in. i don t know if it is progress but it is worth pointing out. you have three stories, one about basketball, one about horse racing, one about baseball, and somehow golf did not get into it. i think alex and company should review their editing skills. oh, look at you. i just wonder what is going on here at morning joe . he is desperate to be the golf correspondent, alex. give it to him. important news this morning, by the way, concerning equal pay in the sports world. dozens of women of the u.s. women s national team have reached a $24 million settlement with their employer, the u.s. soccer federation, over claims that they had been systematically underpaid for years compared with the men s team. the settlement according to the
and field getting under way. many people around the world will be looking forward to this it is always a mainstay of the olympics and when you look at the events that you want to watch, the 100 metres is always a there and, particularly in the women s event where we have this trio of races. two from jamaica. shelley and fraser price and elaine thompson who was the defending champion from rio and then you have dina asher smith from great britain. it will be a battle between these three and many others as they go through the rounds. the heats are today. fraser price looking to become the only woman to do three sprint titles at the olympics if she were to win gold here and, also, away from the track, i will tell you about the football. we have an interesting match in the women s football i know at the start of the olympics we were talking about the us women s national team and the fact that they have not been playing well so far. they made it to the
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right now we have the open water swimming marathon for the man. it is going on right now as it is quite warm so they will be out there for the next two hours. the defending champion dutchman there. we re also going to have the bronze medal match in women s about with the us women s national team going for a metal they perhaps did not expect to be going for taking on australia a little bit later. we are also going to have the men s oche final with the world champions belgium, they had ever won an olympic title so they will be taking on australia, who have not one that since 2001t. and also for the locals here, they will be enjoying the start of karate, which gets under way a little bit later. lots of stuff to look forward to. sara h, lots of stuff to look forward to. sarah, thank you forgiveness up to date on the sporting action in tokyo. if you want to get in touch with me. if you want to get in touch with me, i m on twitter, @bbckarishma.