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Reporting on the Urawa Reds, World Table Tennis' new deal with TV Tokyo, the start of Ippei Mizuhara's prison sentence and Anon...
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The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani pitched the first inning against the Padres in the series opener and continued his hot hitting with a...
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Takarazuka Kinen: Meisho Tabaru Claims Wire-to-Wire Victory
Although threatened by Bellagio Opera, Meisho Tabaru pulled away for a three-length victory. It was jockey Yutaka Take's fifth Takarazuka Kinen win.
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