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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoOlympic Roundup: Hina Hayata Earns Table Tennis Bronze Medal
Third-seeded Hayata lost the opening game before seizing control by winning the next three en route to winning an Olympic medal...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Volleyball Squad Routs Kenya and Keeps Quarterfinal Hopes Alive
Captain Sarina Koga, in what was likely her final game for the Japan volleyball team, scored a team-high 16 points and...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Men Collect Epee Fencing Silver After a Sudden-Death OT Loss to Hungary
Koki Kano helped Japan reach overtime in the Olympic men's team epee fencing final, but he was defeated by Hungary's Gergely...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoArisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe Collect Their 2nd Straight Bronze in Badminton Mixed Doubles
There was an intense battle for every point down the stretch before Higashino and Watanabe finally prevailed in the Olympic badminton...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Falls to US, Still Advances to the Volleyball Quarterfinals
In the preliminary round of the Olympic volleyball tournament, Japan won one of its three Pool C matches in the French...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoSoccer: Spain Eliminates Japan with 3-0 Rout in Men's Quarterfinals
Fermin Lopez scored in the 11th and 73rd minutes to lead Spain past Japan in an Olympic men's soccer quarterfinal match...
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Golf
/ 1 year agoHideki Matsuyama Shares the Lead After 2nd Round of Olympic Golf Tournament
The 2021 Masters champion could have taken the sole lead at Le Golf National if not for a double bogey on...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoAkane Yamaguchi and Aya Ohori Advance to Quarterfinals in Badminton Singles
Japanese badminton medal hopeful Yamaguchi faces a stiff test in the Olympic quarterfinals against South Korea's Se Young An, the top...
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Basketball
/ 1 year agoJapan Forward Rui Hachimura Leaves Team to Get Treatment for a Calf Injury
Weeks before the start of his sixth NBA season, Rui Hachimura sustained an injury in Japan's loss to France at the...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Fencing Squad Holds off Canada to Take the Bronze in Women's Team Foil
Yuka Ueno displayed poise in a pressure-filled final match against Canada's Eleanor Harvey as Japan secured its first-ever team medal in...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoOlympic Roundup: Judoka Sanshiro Murao Grabs the Middleweight Silver
Murao was bidding to become the first Japanese to claim the Olympic title in the division since Mashu Baker at the...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoVolleyball: Brazil Women Overpower Japan for a Straight-Sets Triumph
Japan dropped to 0-2 in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament. Brazil outplayed Japan from start to finish, relying on power and...