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ODDS and EVENS | Gentildonna Leaves a Lasting Legacy in Japanese Horse Racing
A descendant of Deep Impact and Sunday Silence, Gentildonna had seven JRA G1 wins in 19 career races. She became the first...
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SPORTS SHORTS | Japan Improves to 2-0 in FIBA World Cup Qualifying
Reporting on the Japan men's basketball team's road victory over Taiwan, golfer Ai Suzuki's season-ending triumph on the JLPGA Tour and other...
Horse Racing
Japan Cup: Calandagan Ends Two-Decade Victory Drought for Foreign Horses
Calandagan, the world's top-ranked horse, edged Japan Cup favorite Masquerade Ball by a head in a spirited sprint to the wire in...
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Horse Racing
/ 3 weeks agoQueen Elizabeth II Cup Preview: The 50th Running of a Famous Race
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup, a 2,200-meter G1 race in Kyoto, was named in honor of the late British monarch and...
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Soccer
/ 3 weeks agoSoccer: Minamino and Doan Lead Japan Past Ghana in Friendly
A month after beating the Brazil men's soccer national team for the first time, Japan had a methodical performance against Ghana...
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Baseball
/ 3 weeks agoShohei Ohtani Repeats as the National League MVP
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first player in Major League Baseball history to be named Most Valuable Player in both...
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Sports
/ 3 weeks agoDeaflympics in Japan: A Chance to Celebrate the Prowess of Hearing-impaired Athletes
The Deaflympics can raise the value of deaf sports and give deaf children an opportunity to dream of becoming professional athletes,...
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Basketball
/ 3 weeks agoODDS and EVENS | Hyunjung Lee Having a Stellar Season for Nagasaki Velca
Nagasaki newcomer Hyunjung Lee is averaging 18.1 points per game for the B.League club, which is tied for the second-best record...
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/ 3 weeks agoSPORTS SHORTS | Seibu's Tatsuya Imai Pursues a Move to MLB
Reporting on Tatsuya Imai's quest to play in the majors, soccer goalkeeper Zion Suzuki's injury and sports updates on ice hockey,...
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Golf
/ 4 weeks agoToto Japan Classic: Nasa Hataoka Triumphs in a 1-Hole Playoff
Heavy rain forced tournament organizers to cancel the fourth round of the Toto Japan Classic. Hataoka earned her seventh career LPGA...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoJAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Sumo: The Spotlight Shines on Onosato at the Kyushu Basho
Onosato has a chance to become the first sumo wrestler to win four tournament titles in the same year since Terunofuji...
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Baseball
/ 4 weeks agoMVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Another Japanese Stirs Major League Baseball
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani are lauded throughout the MLB world as "players whose presence is changing the history of baseball."
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/ 4 weeks agoODDS and EVENS | Forever Young Etches Name in History with Breeders' Cup Classic Win
Forever Young, Japan's first horse to win the race, showcased his considerable skills. "He was in supreme form, absolutely perfect," said...
