The Japan Sumo Association will hold an Ozumo Beyond 2020 Basho at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 4 for the second straight year. The event, which will feature many of the same activities found on regional tours, as well as some that are rarely seen, is ...
Joe Wieland threw his first shutout in Japan and scored the opening run in the Yokohama BayStars' 7-0 win over the Hanshin Tigers on Monday. Wieland (9-2), batting eighth as Yokohama's pitchers have for most of the season, had the first of three one-out, third-inning ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji, who won his ninth career title at the just-ended Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, let his guard down to media after a hard-fought playoff bout against ozeki Goeido, allowing his dramatic come-from-behind victory to finally sink in. "How delicious the sake tastes after you ...
Former Kashiwa Reysol youth player Tatsuya Ito made his long-awaited German Bundesliga debut Sunday, coming on as a second-half substitute in Hamburg SV's 3-0 away defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. But the big day for the 20-year-old Japanese, who joined Hamburg youth academy in July 2015 ...
Of course it was J.D. Martinez who got the hit that secured home-field advantage in the wild-card game for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's been getting big hit after big hit ever since coming over from Detroit before the July 31 trade deadline. But, as he pointed ...
Carmelo Anthony won't be at Knicks training camp after all. He'll be in Oklahoma City, joining Russell Westbrook and Paul George in a loaded lineup. The Knicks agreed to trade Anthony to the Thunder on Saturday, saving themselves a potentially awkward reunion next week with ...
Mongolian yokozuna Harumafuji came from behind to beat Goeido in a dramatic playoff on Sunday to capture his ninth career title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji entered the last day of the 15-day meet trailing Goeido by one win ...
Yuzuru Hanyu proved he was human after all, settling for second place in the Autumn Classic International figure skating competition after an error-filled routine in the men's free skate Saturday. The 22-year-old Olympic and two-time world champion, who led after Friday's short program with the ...
PGA Tour rookie Xander Schauffele earned his second victory of the season Sunday at the season-ending Tour Championship, leading a group of Americans who claimed the top four spots. Schauffele shot a final-round 68 for a one-stroke victory over Justin Thomas at 12-under 268. While ...
The raw feelings created by the Russian doping scandal spilled onto the floor and into the hallways of the International Olympic Committee meetings Friday, with less than five months until the Winter Games and still no decisions made about the fate of the country's ...
