Horse Racing
Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes Preview: A Tough Test for 2-Year-Olds
Recent big-name winners of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes have included Do Deuce (2021) and Jantar Mantar (2023). The race was first...
Rugby
Rugby is a 'Hooligan's Game Played by Gentlemen'
The earliest evidence of rugby in Japan dates to 1866 in Yokohama, but the heart of the game, fought by universities and...
Rugby
Guardian Gods of Rugby, the Game an Englishman Introduced
Sawata Shrine in Kyoto may be small, but it is sacred ground for rugby players and fans, and where the first Japanese...
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/ 4 months agoVolleyball: Japan Women Punch Ticket to World Championship Semifinals
In Bangkok, volleyball stars Yukiko Wada and Mayu Ishikawa combined for 45 attack points, and Japan rallied past the Netherlands in...
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Baseball
/ 4 months agoSwallows Manager Shingo Takatsu to Step Down at the End of the Season
The Swallows are wrapping up their third consecutive losing season, and Shingo Takatsu will not receive a contract extension for 2026.
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Baseball
/ 4 months agoKenta Maeda Aims to Pitch in Japan in 2026
A decade after he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, current minor leaguer Kenta Maeda says this is his final season pitching...
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/ 4 months agoSPORTS SHORTS | Akane Yamaguchi Claims 3rd Badminton World Title
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Basketball
/ 4 months agoODDS and EVENS | Bill Cartwright Details Basketball Success Stories in New Book
Bill Cartwright recalls his rise to stardom, the thrill of winning a trio of NBA titles as a Chicago Bulls player...
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/ 4 months agoSPORTS SHORTS | Volleyball: Japan Sweeps Thailand at Worlds in Round of 16
Reporting on the Japan volleyball team's win plus updates on Naomi Osaka, NPB pitcher Daichi Ishii, Japan's favorite athletes, soccer's Emperor's...
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Baseball
/ 4 months agoDodgers' Shohei Ohtani Earns 1st Victory Since 2023
In his 11th start this season, Shohei Ohtani held the Cincinnati Reds to one run and two hits in five innings....
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Rugby
/ 4 months agoVeteran Rugby Mentor Graham Rowntree Hired to Lead the Urayasu D-Rocks
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/ 4 months agoSPORTS SHORTS | Fairy Japan Captures Rhythmic Gymnastics All-Around World Title
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Horse Racing
/ 4 months agoWorld All-Star Jockeys: German Thore Hammer Hansen Claims Top Prize
Hansen won two of the four races in the World All-Star Jockeys competition to secure the title at Sapporo Racecourse. Fourteen...
