Features
JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | In Golf, Consistency is the Ever-Present Target
Tatsunori Shogenji won two of the first nine Japan Golf Tour tournaments he entered in 2025. He's the tour's scoring average leader...
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...
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Sumo
/ 7 months agoNew Year Basho Day 6 Results
Rank-and-filers Kinbozan, Oho and Chiyoshoma are tied for the lead at the New Year Basho with 6-0 records. Yokozuna hopeful Hoshoryu...
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Sumo
/ 7 months agoYokozuna Terunofuji Announces Retirement After Struggling in Start to New Year Basho
Nearly midway through the New Year Basho, the injury-prone lone grand champion decided it was time to move on to the...
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Baseball
/ 7 months ago[NOTES on a SCORECARD] Shohei Ohtani Being Passed Over for SI's 2024 Sportsperson of Year Hard to Understand
Sports Illustrated overlooked the sustained greatness of Shohei Ohtani in 2024 by selecting gymnast Simone Biles, who won three gold medals...
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Baseball
/ 7 months ago[ODDS and EVENS] Ichiro Suzuki Gets Lifetime Honor with Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
Winner of a combined nine batting titles in NPB and MLB, Ichiro Suzuki was selected for induction into the Japanese Hall...
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Sumo
/ 7 months agoNew Year Basho Day 5 Results
Kinbozan, Chiyoshoma, Oho and Tamawashi all improved to 5-0 at the New Year Basho. On the same day, lone yokozuna Terunofuji...
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Basketball
/ 7 months agoSan-en NeoPhoenix Take a 10-Game Win Streak into B.League All-Star Break
In addition to the San-en NeoPhoenix, the East's Utsunomiya Brex and the West's Ryukyu Golden Kings are riding high into the...
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Sumo
/ 7 months agoTobizaru Pulls off Another Huge Upset with a Win over Terunofuji at New Year Basho
With two wins over ozeki wrestlers already at the 15-day New Year Basho, sumo's Flying Monkey dealt a serious blow to...
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Sumo
/ 7 months agoNew Year Basho Day 4 Results
Five wrestlers are tied for the makuuchi division lead at 4-0 after Day 4 of the New Year Basho at Tokyo's...
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Features
/ 7 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
/ 7 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...