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SPORTS SHORTS | Japan Wins Collegiate Baseball Championship Series
Reporting on the 45th Japan-USA Collegiate Baseball Championship Series, the Samurai Blue's success in the East Asian men's soccer tourney and more.
Tennis
Tokito Oda Rallies to Win His 2nd Wimbledon Singles Title
Japanese teenager Tokito Oda now owns a 12-9 head-to-head record against Alfie Hewett. He won his first Wimbledon title at age 17...
Features
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Badminton Stars Announce Plan to Part Ways
Longtime badminton doubles partners Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama, who teamed up for a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, have different...
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Features
/ 3 years ago[ODDS and EVENS] Youth and Determination Propel Asa Ando to Improve as an Elite Alpine Skier
Disappointment is a powerful motivational tool for an athlete that the 25-year-old Ando can use to improve her performance as she...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Akito Watabe Comes Up Short in First Nordic Combined Event at Beijing Games
The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoAgony of Defeat: Sara Takanashi at the Center of Controversy in Mixed Team Ski Jumping Event
The popular Japanese ace, who was disqualified for a suit violation that cost her team a medal, issues an emotional apology.
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoNathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu Go Through Final Preparations for Free Skate
Hanyu trained with the next-to-last group, and looked fine until the 27th minute of the training session, when he went down...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Smile Japan Triumphs Over Czechs in Penalty Shootout, Wins Group B
Hanae Kubo scored the dramatic winning goal in Japan’s final match of the ice hockey tournament's preliminary round.
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoNathan Chen Sets World Record in Short Program; Hanyu is 8th After Jump Mistake
Chen skated to “La Boheme” and rang up a score of 113.97 points to eclipse the world record of two-time Olympic...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoJapan Edged by Unheralded Canada for Bronze Medal in Mixed Team Ski Jumping
Sara Takanashi was disqualified in the first round in another disappointment for the Japanese ace.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Speed Skater Miho Takagi Repeats as 1,500-Meter Silver Medalist
Dutch superstar Ireen Wust defended her 2018 Pyeongchang Games title and collected her sixth overall Olympic gold to hold off Takagi’s...
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoYuzuru Hanyu Practices for First Time in Beijing; Vincent Zhou in Doubt After Positive Test
Hanyu trained to his free skate of “Heaven and Earth” during a 35-minute session in which he tried several times to...
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Figure Skating
/ 3 years agoJapan Claims Bronze for Nation’s First Olympic Team Skating Medal
Strong performances by Kaori Sakamoto in the women’s free skate and Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara in the pairs free skate...