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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
Lightly laughing, Mizuki Noguchi insisted that aging isn’t necessarily so bad. The injury-prone runner said so because she thinks she is in her best physical condition in years. It’s not that she’s fortunate or anything, but she now can distinguish what kind of status her body is. “I’ve had numerous ...
Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women’s ...
Resurgent Athens Olympic gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi won her first official race in five years on Sunday when she triumphed ...
Jonathan Brownlee of Britain returned from injury to claim his first triathlon world series victory of the season by winning in Yokahama on Saturday. The London Olympics bronze medalist, who had been told an ankle injury could end his season, edged Olympic silver medalist ...
Victories by Justin Gatlin and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Reese helped the United States dominate the season-opening Diamond League on Friday night, with the Americans winning almost half of the events up for grabs. American rival Jamaica managed only one victory — with two-time ...
Teenager Yoshihide Kiryu came up short in his bid to become the first Japanese sprinter to break the 10-second barrier at the Golden Grand Prix on Sunday. American Mike Rodgers won the final in 10.19 while Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas finished runnerup in ...
Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin, who won the women’s 1,500-meter gold medal at the London Olympics last year, was charged with doping by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Friday. The 27-year-old has been provisionally suspended after anomalies were discovered in her biological ...
Sydney Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner Naoko Takahashi has an objection, saying a Japan Association of Athletics Federations decision takes irreplaceable opportunities away from the runners. The decision? On Thursday, the JAAF announced that its national marathon and race walk race squads for the IAAF ...
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced the selection of eight marathoners and seven race walkers for the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Thursday. Popular runner Yuki Kawauchi headlines the men’s marathon squad, while Ryoko Kizaki and Athens Olympic gold medalist Mizuki ...
Yuki Kawauchi pulled away from Russia’s Alexey Sokolov with around 2 km left to win the Nagano Marathon on Sunday. Kawauchi won the race for the first time when he cut the tape at Minami Nagano Athletic Park in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 27 ...
Yoko Shibui admitted to her shock at the bombing of the Boston Marathon that has reportedly left three dead and injured more than 170, as she prepares to run in Sunday’s London Marathon. “It was a massive shock for me,” Shibui told a news ...
Usain Bolt, the two-time reigning Olympic champion over 100 and 200 meters, will bid to better his world record over the rarely raced distance of 150 meters on Rio de Janeiro’s famed Copacabana beach on Sunday. The Jamaican sprint star set the world best ...
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 ...
Ryoko Kizaki stole Mizuki Noguchi’s thunder to win the Nagoya Women’s Marathon on Sunday, securing a spot on the Japan team for this summer’s world championships in Moscow in the process. All eyes were on Athens Olympics gold medalist Noguchi, who was making her ...
Athens Olympics gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi says she has overcome her latest fitness setback and is determined to rebound with victory at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon on Sunday. “I’m excited and I can’t wait to start running. I will be aiming for victory and ...