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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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SPORTS SHORTS | Soccer: Japan Men Look to Maintain High-Scoring Output
Reporting on the East Asian men's soccer tourney final round, Masataka Yoshida's 2025 MLB debut, Naoya Inoue's next fight and a high-profile...
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ODDS and EVENS | Sumo Begins a New Era with 2 Yokozuna
With Hoshoryu and Onosato earning promotion to the sport's highest rank, two yokozuna are poised to compete in a sumo tournament for...
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/ 4 years agoSPORT CLIMBING | Japan’s Nonaka and Noguchi Scramble to Silver and Bronze at Olympics
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/ 4 years ago[OLYMPIC IMPRESSIONS] Volunteers Perform Countless Tasks With a Smile and a Sense of Duty
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/ 4 years agoBEACH VOLLEYBALL | U.S. Women Win Gold Against Australia
Australia has now won one each of Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals in women’s beach volleyball. Individually, the U.S.’s April...
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/ 4 years agoWRESTLING | Risako Kawai Follows Sister Yukako in Winning Gold
With their gold medals, Risako, 26, and Yukako, 23, become the first Japanese sisters to have both won gold in the...
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/ 4 years agoTABLE TENNIS | Japan Claims Silver Against Dominant China in Women's Team Event
Japan wins its third straight medal in the event, adding to a silver from London and bronze in Rio de Janeiro.
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/ 4 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 5
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/ 4 years agoKarunananda of Sri Lanka: The Courageous Loser Who Won Hearts at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
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/ 4 years agoTRACK and FIELD | Japan Qualifies for Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay Final
Shuhei Tada, Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu and Yuki Koike completed their qualifying heat in 38.16 seconds.