Boxing
Boxing: Kyosuke Takami Attains WBA Light Flyweight Crown
On an action-packed night of boxing, 23-year-old Takami captured the WBA light flyweight title with a 10th-round TKO of Erick Rosa at...
Baseball
Ichiro in Hall of Fame Should Inspire More Baseball Superstars
In his Hall of Fame speech, Ichiro offered advice and inspiration for kids who dare to dream, and thanked Hideo Nomo for...
News
SPORTS SHORTS | Fencer Koki Kano Claims Gold at 2025 World Championships
Reporting on Koki Kano, Japan's first world champion in an epee fencing individual event, and additional news updates on volleyball, basketball and...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoTRACK and FIELD | Karsten Warholm Eclipses Own World Record in 400-Meter Hurdles En Route to Olympic Gold
The Norwegian completes the final in 45.94 seconds a month after topping Kevin Young’s record set at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoBOXING | Sena Irie Captures Women’s Featherweight Gold Medal
The 20-year-old Tottori Prefecture native becomes Japan’s first female Olympic boxing medalist.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years ago[OLYMPIC IMPRESSIONS] Emma McKeon Emerges as One of the Greatest Swimmers of All Time
The Australian superstar now owns more Olympic medals (11) than any athlete from her nation.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoWRESTLING | Kenichiro Fumita Clinches Silver, Hiroe Minagawa Misses Out on Medal
“The fact that these Olympics took place, and all those who made this possible, I wanted to win this medal for...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 2
~~ Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been performing super (and super-human) athletic feats, even as COVID-19 and other controversies swirl....
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoBASEBALL | Takuya Kai's Clutch Hit Sends Japan to Semifinals Against South Korea
Ryoji Kuribayashi holds the U.S. in the 10th to pick up the win.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years ago[OLYMPIC IMPRESSIONS] Friendship Strikes Gold: Italy’s Tamberi and Qatar’s Barshim Share Medal in High Jump
~~ ~ With the Olympics, we are used to seeing the mantra: there can be only one person at the top....
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoBASKETBALL | Japan’s Rui Machida Matches Olympic Record with 15 Assists
Machida plays a starring role in Japan’s one-sided victory over Nigeria, helping the host nation book a spot in the quarterfinals.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoTRACK and FIELD | Miltiadis Tentoglou Leaps to Gold in Men’s Long Jump
“What an incredible jump, the last jump. I wasn't able to get it right at the start. But in the end...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years ago[OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK] Tik Tok Olympics in Full Swing
Ilona Maher, Team USA Rugby, covered a cheeky poke at the U.S. skateboarding team, asking it kindly to “leave some swag...