Kohei Matsumura and Yuki Kawauchi lost a footrace against Bahrain's Ali Hasan Mahboob in the final stage of the men's marathon and had to settle for the silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the Asian Games on Friday. Mahboob, a specialist at 5,000 and 10,000 ...

Japan's softball team understands the importance of being the hammer not the anvil, the molder of change not the ones molded by it. The women, who went undefeated in the 17th Asian Games softball tournament en route to winning the gold medal, have their eyes ...

Japan was denied two top medal podium spots against host South Korea in Greco-Roman on the final day of the wrestling competition at the 17th Asian Games on Wednesday. Both Ryutaro Matsumoto and countryman Takehiro Kanakubo had to settle for silver medals in front of ...

Kohei Hasegawa grabbed the gold medal in men's 59-kilogram Greco-Roman, defeating North Korea's Yun Won Chol to claim his second consecutive Asian Games title on Tuesday. Tsukasa Tsurumaki, meanwhile, had to settle for the silver medal at 80 kg, while Norikatsu Saikawa managed a bronze ...

Yoshihito Nishioka cruised to a straight-sets victory over Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan to claim the gold medal in the men's singles tournament at the 17th Asian Games on Tuesday. Nishioka, the fifth seed here, beat No. 1 seed Lu 6-2, 6-2 to become the first ...

South Korean prosecutors on Monday fined Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita 1 million won (about ¥100,000) for stealing a camera belonging to a South Korean media organization at the 17th Asian Games. The 25-year-old Tomita had been ordered to remain in the athletes' village while awaiting ...

Japan took back stage on a night dominated by Iran, failing to win a top podium spot in the men's freestyle wrestling competition at the Asian Games on Monday. Iran snatched up three of the four gold medals on offer, with Uzbekistan taking the other ...

Police on Monday sent papers to prosecutors, accusing swimmer Naoya Tomita of stealing a camera belonging to a South Korean media organization at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. The 25-year-old Tomita, who has been ordered to remain in the athletes' village awaiting ...

Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida captured her fourth consecutive title in winning the women's 55-kg final against Mongolia's Byambatseren Sundev in the wrestling competition at the Asian Games on Sunday. It was by no means easy going as the Japanese ace struggled early on before ...