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JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Kashima Antlers Return to the Top with 9th J.League Title
Leo Ceara scored twice to lead the Kashima Antlers to a 2-1 triumph over Yokohama F Marinos at Mercari Stadium. Kashima claimed...
Horse Racing
Champions Cup Preview: Chukyo Racecourse's Premier Event
The Champions Cup, one of two top-level Japan Racing Association dirt races (the other being the February Stakes), is for 3-year-olds and...
Boxing
Naoko Fujioka Elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame
"It's such an honor that I am the first female from Japan to be elected into the Hall of Fame," Naoko Fujioka...
Olympics and Paralympics
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Women Grab the Bronze for Nation's 1st-Ever Sabre Fencing Medal at Olympics
Trailing 25-23 at the halfway point, Japan's fencing squad came on to capture three of the final four contests against France...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoOlympic Roundup: Hina Hayata Earns Table Tennis Bronze Medal
Third-seeded Hayata lost the opening game before seizing control by winning the next three en route to winning an Olympic medal...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Volleyball Squad Routs Kenya and Keeps Quarterfinal Hopes Alive
Captain Sarina Koga, in what was likely her final game for the Japan volleyball team, scored a team-high 16 points and...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Men Collect Epee Fencing Silver After a Sudden-Death OT Loss to Hungary
Koki Kano helped Japan reach overtime in the Olympic men's team epee fencing final, but he was defeated by Hungary's Gergely...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoArisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe Collect Their 2nd Straight Bronze in Badminton Mixed Doubles
There was an intense battle for every point down the stretch before Higashino and Watanabe finally prevailed in the Olympic badminton...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoJapan Falls to US, Still Advances to the Volleyball Quarterfinals
In the preliminary round of the Olympic volleyball tournament, Japan won one of its three Pool C matches in the French...
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Baseball
/ 1 year agoYusei Kikuchi Strikes Out 8 Consecutive Batters in Astros Debut
Veteran left-hander Yusei Kikuchi gave up two runs in the first inning to the Tampa Bay Rays before baffling them again...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoSoccer: Spain Eliminates Japan with 3-0 Rout in Men's Quarterfinals
Fermin Lopez scored in the 11th and 73rd minutes to lead Spain past Japan in an Olympic men's soccer quarterfinal match...
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Golf
/ 1 year agoHideki Matsuyama Shares the Lead After 2nd Round of Olympic Golf Tournament
The 2021 Masters champion could have taken the sole lead at Le Golf National if not for a double bogey on...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 1 year agoAkane Yamaguchi and Aya Ohori Advance to Quarterfinals in Badminton Singles
Japanese badminton medal hopeful Yamaguchi faces a stiff test in the Olympic quarterfinals against South Korea's Se Young An, the top...
