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The start of the Japanese Grand Prix on Sept. 24 last year.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Feb 2, 2024

Japanese Grand Prix race staying at Suzuka until at least 2029

Suzuka is a hugely popular circuit with drivers but its place on the calendar had been questioned with recent talk of a street race in Osaka.
Ukrainian evacuees arrive at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in April 2022.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 24, 2024

90% of Ukrainian evacuees in Japan unwilling to return home

According to the survey of 153 Ukrainian evacuees last month, only 16, or 10.5%, said they would return home immediately if a cease-fire is reached.
Andy Murray reacts after losing a point against Tomas Machac on Day 7 of the Miami Open in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday.
TENNIS
Mar 26, 2024

Murray out for 'extended period' with ankle injury

Murray hopped off court in agony late in his defeat after a third-set tie-breaker to Czech Tomas Machac.
The Olympic rings, representing the five continents and the universal nature of sport, will be installed in the next few weeks on the side of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
OLYMPICS
Apr 9, 2024

Olympic rings to adorn the Eiffel Tower during Games

The rings representing the five continents and the universal nature of sport will be installed in the next few weeks.
Aguri Iwasaki lines up a putt on the third green during the second round of the British Open, at Royal Troon in Scotland on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jul 20, 2024

Aguri Iwasaki suffers consecutive nines as British Open ends in despair

The 26-year-old, who qualified by winning the Japan Open last year, suffered a miserable end to his first Open as he collapsed to a 20-over-par 91 on Friday.
IBA Secretary General and CEO Chris Roberts (left) during a news conference with IBA coaching official Gabriele Martelli (center) and IBA President Umar Kremlev on the big screen. in Paris on Aug. 5
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Oct 8, 2024

IBA urges federations to join legal action in Switzerland against IOC

The IBA said the IOC had since pressured National Olympic Committees to exclude IBA-affiliated federations.
Koki Ikeda competes in the men’s 20 kilometer race walk at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1.
OLYMPICS
Nov 3, 2024

Olympic medallist Koki Ikeda vows to clear name after doping suspension

The Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday that the 26-year-old, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had been provisionally banned for suspected blood doping.
Hiroshi Kagawa covered a total of 10 FIFA World Cup tournaments during his career, starting with the 1974 event in West Germany.
SOCCER
Dec 5, 2024

Pioneer soccer journalist Hiroshi Kagawa dies at 99

Kagawa covered a total of 10 FIFA World Cup tournaments, starting with the 1974 event in West Germany.
The Eiffel Tower and the Olympics Rings are illuminated during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26.
OLYMPICS
Dec 6, 2024

Paris Olympics were the most followed ever, IOC says

In the home market of France, 95% of the potential audience watched an average of 24 hours of coverage of the Olympics.
Spain's Paula Badosa in action during her quarterfinal match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday
TENNIS
Jan 21, 2025

'Emotional' Badosa stuns Gauff to reach Australian Open semifinals

Paula Badosa reached a Slam semifinal for the first time in her career.
Norway's Casper Ruud holds the trophy after winning the Madrid Open on Sunday.
TENNIS
May 5, 2025

'Lucky number seven' for Ruud after beating Draper to clinch Madrid Open

After coming up short repeatedly in big finals, Ruud earned his first Masters 1000 triumph with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Draper in a 2½ hour tussle.
A boxing match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Feb. 29, 2016. Japanese boxing has been rocked by a series of serious injuries and deaths.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Aug 22, 2025

Japanese amateur boxer in intensive care after latest incident

The JBF, which oversees amateur boxing in Japan, said the man had not fought a match for over 10 years and had been in training to make a comeback.
The Paris Organising Committee's headquarters
OLYMPICS
Jul 19, 2023

As heat wave bakes Europe, Paris keeps eye on weather models for Olympics

A contingency plan was in place to adjust schedules but there were no plans to change any locations of events, a spokesperson for Paris 2024 said.
A nine-member refugee team is set to take part in the 2024 Paris Paralympics, with athletes competing in taekwondo, athletics, triathlon, power lifting, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.
OLYMPICS
Jul 9, 2024

Largest refugee team to compete at Paris Paralympics

Athletes will take part in taekwondo, athletics, triathlon, power lifting, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.
Britain's Lucy Shuker competes at a tournament in Eastbourne, England, in 2022.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 25, 2024

Paralympian Lucy Shuker indebted to wheelchair tennis for giving her some 'joy'

Just 21 years old when she suffered the life-changing injury, Shuker, now 44, has become one of the finest doubles players in the world.
World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst at the Olympic Council of Asia general assembly in New Delhi on Sunday
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 10, 2024

World Boxing chief urges national federations to save Olympic dream

The IOC has warned boxing would miss the cut in Los Angeles if national federations failed to appoint a new global body.
Mick Schumacher plans to leave Mercedes at the end of the season.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 29, 2024

Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher to leave team after F1 season

Schumacher, a reserve driver, said it had been tough watching others race.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says athlete welfare is at the top of the organization's priority list.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Dec 19, 2024

World Athletics uses AI to protect 25 athletes targeted by cyberbullies

World Athletics recently unveiled findings of a four-year report analyzing online abuse in the sport.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen speaks during a news conference ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 13.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 15, 2025

FIA reduces penalty for swearing after driver backlash

Competitors in Formula One and rallying have been at loggerheads with FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem over a crackdown on bad language during events.
Canada defender Alphonso Davies (left) dribbles the ball during the second half of a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal match against Mexico at SoFi Stadium in California on Mar. 20.
SOCCER
Jun 6, 2025

Soccer surging in Canada a year from World Cup hosting

Data ranks soccer as the most popular sport among Canadian youth and, while the country retains its love for ice hockey, families increasingly struggle to take part.
The Indian national flag is projected onto a balloon during the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi on Oct, 14, 2010.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 2, 2025

2030 Commonwealth Games to be held in India or Nigeria

Canada, which hosted the first Commonwealth Games in 1930 in Hamilton, was expected to be in the running but did not bid.
The 2028 Los Angeles Games are set to feature cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball, following approval from the International Olympic Committee.
OLYMPICS
Oct 16, 2023

Cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash make 2028 Games cut

Each host city, under IOC rules, can request the inclusion of several sports for their edition of the Games.
Venezuela's Leonel Martinez poses on the podium with his silver medal after the men's trap final shooting event at the Pan American Games in Santiago on Oct. 27.
OLYMPICS / Shooting
Nov 4, 2023

After a 40-year wait, a trap shooter returns to the Olympics

Leonel Martínez, now 60, qualified by finishing second in men’s trap shooting at the Pan American Games in Santiago.
Flag-bearers Tahani Alqahtani and Husein Alireza of Saudi Arabia lead their contingent during the athletes parade at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.
OLYMPICS
May 21, 2024

Ambitious Saudis look to homegrown talent for future Olympic success

Saudi Arabia will need more than the 33 athletes it sent to the Tokyo Olympics if it wants to host the Summer Games.
Japan's Ayumi Fukushima competes in the women's Breaking B-Girls semifinal during an Olympic Qualifier Series ahead of the 2024 Paris Games, in Shanghai on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Breakdancing
May 22, 2024

Japanese break dancer on cusp of fulfilling Olympic dream

Ayumi Fukushima, 40, has been busting moves for longer than some of her rivals have been alive.
People play pickleball in New York on Dec. 8.
TENNIS
Dec 21, 2024

Australian Open to provide platform for pickleball from 2025

Melbourne Park's Court 3 will transform into pickleball central from Jan. 24-26 next year, as an international field of players compete for top honors.
Masamune Goto (front) pilots his boat during a powerboat racing competition at Tokyo's Tamagawa boat course on Feb. 23.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 6, 2025

Powerboat racing revs up bid to shed shadowy reputation in Japan

Powerboat racing started more than 70 years ago under a special gambling law that classifies it alongside horse racing, speedway and cycling in Japan.
World Boxing President Boris van der Vorst speaks to reporters on Thursday in Costa Navarino, Greece.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Mar 20, 2025

Boxing earns spot in the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Games

The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step toward the sport's inclusion in the LA Games.
"Concussed: Sport's Uncomfortable Truth" by author Sam Peters details the issue of concussions in sports, particularly rugby.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Dec 17, 2023

Rugby in denial over concussion problem, author Sam Peters says

Peters' book includes a section on the damage of repeated heading in soccer but is predominantly concerned with rugby.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 16, 2023

Future of sumo could feature bigger rings — and better care

Though notoriously slow to change, the next 50-100 years could see a number of major developments that alter how sumo is contested and enjoyed.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight