Akari Ogata let her feet do the talking as she pulled off an upset with a victory over Megumi Tachimoto in the final to claim her first title at the All Japan Women’s National Championship on Sunday. In the first major domestic tournament since ...

Koki Kameda beats Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym of Thailand to defend his WBA bantamweight title for the sixth time.

The Yomiuri Giants claim a season-opening series win over the Hiroshima Carp.

Mao Asada leads a Japanese sweep of the women's medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

Mao Asada lands a triple axel and wins the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

"The level I am at now is the best for now, but I want to push myself even more looking toward the world championships," says the two-time world champion.

Harumafuji conquers rival yokozuna Hakuho, putting an exclamation point on his first title at sumo's highest rank on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

Harumafuji improves to 14-0, securing the Emperor's Cup title a day before the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament concludes.

Harumafuji took full advantage of injury-plagued Baruto to scalp his 10th straight victim at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday. The once-embattled yokozuna continued his rampaging ways with a dismantling of the Estonian sekiwake to improve to 10-0 and remained on a ...

The verdict is in . . . well, almost. After his critics had begun singing a Harumafuji requiem, the Mongolian yokozuna chalked up his ninth straight win with a thumping of upstart Goeido at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Coming off ...

Yokozuna Harumafuji pulled out the howitzer for Brazilian big boy Kaisei on Saturday to retain his undefeated record on the seventh day of action at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji improved to 7-0 as the sole leader with yokozuna rival Hakuho stalking ...