Baseball | SPORTS SCOPE Apr 16, 2013

Taking cues from soccer could help baseball reach goal

by Jason Coskrey

Judging by popular opinion, many seem to think convincing MLB to commit to sending its top players to the Olympics is the key to getting the sport back into the program in the future, preferably in time for the 2020 Games. Well, that’s not ...

Baseball Apr 15, 2013

Baseball, softball join forces in hopes of returning to Olympics

by Jason Coskrey

The international federations that govern baseball and softball stood united Sunday afternoon with one goal in mind: getting their sports back on the Olympic program. Spurred on by a common goal, the two bodies merged to form the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) at ...

More Sports Mar 30, 2013

Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid committee failing to meet private funding goals

The managing director for Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics said earlier this week that private funding for the bid effort was falling far short of its target. Bidding for the Games was expected to cost ¥7.5 billion, and it was anticipated ...

Track & Field Mar 27, 2013

Track legends moved by interaction with athletes in Tohoku

by Jack Gallagher

Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis came to Japan hoping to boost the spirits of young athletes from the Tohoku region, but the track legend says it was he who came away inspired in the end. Lewis wrapped up a short visit to the ...

Olympics Mar 7, 2013

Wrestling icons Yoshida, Icho promote Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid

by Jack Gallagher

The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission continued its tour of venues for Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday with a visit to Tokyo Big Sight. The sprawling complex next to Tokyo Bay would play host to wrestling, fencing and taekwondo if ...

Olympics Mar 6, 2013

Tokyo support for 2020 Olympics now at 70 percent: IOC

by Jack Gallagher

Support is rising nationwide for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid, according to International Olympic Committee officials, and support is now at 70 percent in Tokyo, it was announced.

Track & Field Mar 5, 2013

Murofushi case to be heard by CAS in April

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear hammer thrower Koji Murofushi’s appeal against his exclusion as a candidate for election to the IOC Athletes’ Commission on April 11 and 12, the CAS said Monday. Taiwan’s Chu Mu-yen, who has also appealed, is ...

Olympics Feb 26, 2013

Japan launches petition to save Olympic wrestling

The Japan Wrestling Federation launched an online petition site to keep wrestling in the Olympics on Monday with the aim of submitting 100,000 signatures to the International Olympic Committee. The website, titled “Save Olympic Wrestling,” can be accessed in several languages. The federation plans ...

More Sports Feb 18, 2013

Yoshida named as candidate for female wrestling committee

FILA named three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida as a candidate Sunday to sit on a female committee that will be established as the world wrestling governing body aims to retain the sport for the 2020 Summer Games. In an effort to modernize the sport ...

Olympics Feb 16, 2013

JOC taking steps to address crises

by Kaz Nagatsuka

After a series of scandals that have rocked the sports world in recent weeks, the Japanese Olympic Committee is working to improve how it handles its societal duties. At the same time, the JOC recognizes the urgency to work to restore public faith in ...

Olympics Feb 14, 2013

Japan wrestling head not ready to give up fight

Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda on Wednesday called into question the International Olympic Committee’s decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games, saying the sport’s governing body has failed to give “clear reasons” for why wrestling is being removed. Fukuda said the fight ...

Olympics Feb 14, 2013

IOC set to drop wrestling for 2020

The IOC's decision stuns Japan, which collected six wrestling medals at the 2012 London Games.