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SPORTS SHORTS | Basketball: Japan Women and Denmark Settle for Tie in Exhibition Match
Reporting on the Japan women's basketball team, Masataka Yoshida's injury rehab, rising golf star Shuri Sakuma and Mikki Fight's narrow win at...
Basketball
ODDS and EVENS | Tomoya Higashino Brings Basketball Passion and Smarts to His New Job
After nine meaningful years as the Japan Basketball Association's technical committee chair, Tomoya Higashino is the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins' new president.
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Fix the JOC Before Hashimoto Talks of Hosting Olympics Again
If Seiko Hashimoto really aims to restore trust in the JOC, she must articulate a vision and be prepared to exercise discipline...
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/ 6 months ago[ICE TIME] Yuma Kagiyama, Mone Chiba to Lead Japan at the Winter World University Games
Also representing Japan at the Winter World University Games will be Sota Yamamoto in the men's event and Rion Sumiyoshi and...
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Sumo
/ 6 months agoTobizaru Upsets Yokozuna Hopeful Kotozakura at New Year Basho
The No 2 maegashira used a superb hand pull-down to send the ozeki to his second straight loss at the 15-day...
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Sumo
/ 6 months agoNew Year Basho Day 3 Results
Eight unbeaten wrestlers are tied for the makuuchi division lead after the third day of the 15-day New Year Basho at...
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News
/ 6 months agoSabre Fencer Misaki Emura Triumphs at the Tunis Grand Prix
In the first Grand Prix fencing competition of 2025, two-time world champion Misaki Emura defeated Italian foe Michela Battiston 15-12 in...
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Sumo
/ 6 months agoNew Year Basho Day 2 Results
Hoshoryu is the lone ozeki with an unbeaten record after the second day of the New Year Basho at Ryogoku Kokugikan...
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Sumo
/ 6 months agoNew Year Basho: Terunofuji Bounces Back from Opening-Day Loss with Hard-Fought Win over Takanosho
The Mongolian yokozuna proved he can go the distance in a longer New Year Basho bout that tested his stamina at...
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Sumo
/ 6 months agoNew Year Basho Day 1 Results
Sumo's New Year Basho began at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on January 12. The 15-day tournament will conclude on January 26.
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Sumo
/ 6 months agoWakatakakage Stuns Terunofuji on Opening Day of New Year Basho
Yokozuna Terunofuji is attempting a comeback after missing two tournaments, but he looked sluggish in his first bout of the 15-day...
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Features
/ 6 months ago[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Naoya Inoue to Fight Injury Replacement Ye Joon Kim on January 24
Sam Goodman sustained a recurrence of an injury above his left eye on January 11 and he withdrew from his super...
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Baseball
/ 6 months agoShohei Ohtani Announces First Child ー Fans are All About It
Shohei Ohtani announced that he and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child in 2025. And fans flooded social...