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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce speaks on stage after the AFC championship game in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 31, 2025

Travis Kelce embraces Chiefs' role as villains ahead of Super Bowl

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is offering no apologies for his team's success.
Mikaela Shiffrin skis during her first run in a World Cup slalom event in Courchevel, France, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Jan 31, 2025

U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin pays tribute to victims of plane crash in return

Chasing a landmark 100th World Cup victory Shiffrin said her return from injury was timely, but also appeared moved by events back home.
Ravens kicker Justin Tucker arrives on the field before a game against the Browns in Baltimore on Jan. 4.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 31, 2025

Massage therapists accuse Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct

Tucker released a statement on social media vehemently denying the allegations.
Eddie Jones watches warmups before Japan's test against France in Paris on Nov. 9, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Jan 31, 2025

Australia lines up test against Eddie Jones and Japan in Tokyo

Japan's Brave Blossoms are coached by Eddie Jones, who took the role after leading Australia to a disastrous finish at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
UFC President Dana White speaks during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2025

UFC President Dana White condemns fighter's comments about Hitler

White said UFC would not take disciplinary action, citing freedom of expression.
Defending the rights of transgender and nonbinary people isn’t only about waging legal battles. It’s about more persuasive arguments.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2025

Trump can’t erase trans people with the stroke of his marker

There hasn’t been as much outrage as I had anticipated, but it makes sense. Most Americans, polls show, don’t personally know anyone who identifies as transgender.
The first official government survey of Hokkaido backcountry skiing could spell changes for trails in the northern prefecture.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 1, 2025

First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing

From October 2024, the land ministry has been gathering opinions on Hokkaido’s alpine adventurers with an eye toward increased support and safety for off-piste enthusiasts.
Eagles running back Saquon Barkley races to the end zone during Philadelphia's playoff win over the Rams on Jan. 19.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 1, 2025

Barkley set to be difference maker in Super Bowl rematch

Barkley ran for 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns while averaging 5.8 yards per carry in the regular season and he has continued his devastating form in the playoffs.
Rory McIlroy lifts the trophy after winning the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Feb 3, 2025

Sizzling Rory McIlroy captures Pebble Beach title

The 35-year-old four-time major winner made three birdies and an eagle after the turn to fire a 6-under par 66 and finish 21-under 267.
Marcus Rashford trains with Manchester United in Carrington, Britain, on Jan. 22. Rashford signed with Aston Villa on loan on Sunday.
SOCCER
Feb 3, 2025

Aston Villa signs Marcus Rashford on loan from Manchester United

Villa moved to bolster its attacking options after selling Colombia striker Jhon Duran to Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr on Friday.
Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent announces the end of the MLB lockout on March 19, 1990.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 3, 2025

Fay Vincent, who tangled with owners as MLB Commissioner, dies at 86

Vincent served as commissioner just shy of three years after replacing A. Bartlett Giamatti, who held the office only five months before dying of a heart attack on Sept. 1, 1989.
Masahiro Tanaka signed with the Giants in December.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 3, 2025

Star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka looking to revive glory days with Giants

Masahiro Tanaka is one of the most recognizable faces in Japanese baseball, but sightings of the new Giants pitcher were few and far between in 2024.
Honorary IOC member Chiharu Igaya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 20.
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2025

Honorary IOC member urges organization to address climate change

Some studies have suggested that the number of possible candidates to host a Winter Games will fall to 10 by 2040 due to the effects of global warming.
Risshaku-ji Buddhist temple in the snow, with the valley and town in the background.
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 4, 2025

Yamagata’s Zao Onsen Ski Resort is a classic beauty

Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned powder snow. Aussie snowboarders, in particular, have made Niseko in Hokkaido and Hakuba in Nagano their winter homes, escaping the hot summers Down Under.
Williams' Alexander Albon in action during the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Nov. 23, 2024
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Feb 4, 2025

Las Vegas’ F1 race moving to primetime in 2025

The race will move up two hours to 8 p.m. local time this season.
Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp reacts after the NFC wild card game against the Vikings at State Farm Stadium on Jan. 13.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 4, 2025

Star receiver Cooper Kupp says Rams want to trade him

Kupp disagreed with the decision in a statement, saying he hoped to remain in L.A.
The Caesars Superdome, the site of this year's Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 5, 2025

Trump to make unprecedented Super Bowl visit, says White House

Trump will be the first sitting U.S. president to attend the Super Bowl, by far the biggest annual event on the American sporting calendar.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (center) drops back to pass against the Buffalo Bills during the first quarter in the AFC Championship game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 26.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 5, 2025

Chiefs take comfort riding with QB Patrick Mahomes

Mahomes is taking his fifth crack at winning the Lombardi Trophy — which would be his fourth — and it's not a stretch to label him the most consequential player Sunday.
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (left) describes a detail of a mawashi presented as a gift to French President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in 1999.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 5, 2025

No Paris Syndrome for Japan’s national sport

Despite an up and down history, sumo and France remain amorous.
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto celebrates after finishing in third place at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Grenoble, France on Dec. 7, 2024.
OLYMPICS / Winter Sports
Feb 6, 2025

Olympics on horizon as China hosts Asian Winter Games

The Games crucially come just a year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.
All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett takes a selfie with children at an event in Yokohama on Nov. 28, 2017.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Feb 6, 2025

Beauden Barrett wants Japan back in expanded Super Rugby

"I'd love to see the Japanese become part of the competition," Barrett said. "I feel like we need to grow the competition and in that respect, that would be great."
Newcastle United's English midfielder Anthony Gordon (left) shoots the ball past Arsenal's French defender William Saliba during the English League Cup semi-final second leg between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St James' Park, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Feb 6, 2025

Howe's master-plan pays off as Newcastle reach Wembley again

Newcastle's intense pressing smothered Arsenal from the start and forced the likes of Gabriel, William Saliba and Declan Rice into a series of uncharacteristic mistakes.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes takes off his helmet after defeating the Bills during the AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 26.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 6, 2025

NFL heralds helmet technology for reduction in concussions

Concussions fell to a record low this season, down 17% from the previous campaign, with improvements to helmet technology and after the league changed rules governing kickoffs.
Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, leaves the courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 7, 2025

Ohtani's ex-interpreter Mizuhara sentenced to nearly five years in prison

The case involved the illegal transfer of nearly $17 million from the star's account to pay off gambling debts.
Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles helmets at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Wednesday, ahead of Super Bowl LIX
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 7, 2025

Chiefs eye first three-peat; Eagles out to avenge Super Bowl LVII loss

The Chiefs' run of good fortune has led to a sentiment among fans and media that someone else should get a turn.
Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy looks on during a Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur in London on Jan. 26.
SOCCER
Feb 7, 2025

Van Nistelrooy gets ready to face Manchester United in FA Cup

Van Nistelrooy will hope to take advantage of United's horrendous home form.
The Philadelphia Eagles float with figurine of running back Saquon Barkley during the Super Bowl LIX  Host Committee Parade.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 9, 2025

Trump plans Super Bowl visit after years of tumult with the NFL

Donald Trump plans to attend the Super Bowl, making him the first sitting president to do so, while continuing his long-running feud with the NFL and its stars.
England's Elliot Daly celebrates scoring a try with Tommy Freeman and Marcus Smith
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Feb 9, 2025

England ends losing run with dramatic win over France

England stuns France 26-25 at Twickenham as Elliot Daly’s last-gasp try sealed a dramatic Six Nations victory.
U.S. President Donald Trump salutes during the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday in New Orleans, Louisiana
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 10, 2025

Super Bowl LIX kicks off with Trump and Swift in attendance

The Super Bowl in New Orleans' Superdome has attracted a star-studded crowd that includes U.S. President Donald Trump, Taylor Swift and Hollywood celebrities.
Trucks cross the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, in Canada in the early morning hours of Feb. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2025

Betrayed: How Trump’s tariff threats tore the U.S.-Canada bond

Donald Trump’s menacing rhetoric seems to have fractured the fraternal trust that has been the core of the relationship between the U.S. and Canada.

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