Masakazu Kagiyama helping his son pursue an Olympic dream
A new star was born on Sunday night and his name is Yuma Kagiyama. The 16-year-old won the Japan junior title in Yokohama by a more than 37-point margin with a stellar performance in the free skate. Kagiyama exhibited poise and power in a thoroughly ...
Yokozuna Hakuho picked up his ninth win of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, beating rank-and-filer Aoiyama to maintain the sole lead. Hakuho (9-1) needed a few extra seconds to overcome No. 5 maegashira Aoiyama (5-5) in the final bout of Day 10 at ...
Spain finished its qualifying campaign for the 2020 European Championship with a 5-0 rout of Romania in what could have been the farewell match for coach Robert Moreno on Monday. Moreno did not show for the post-match interview and there were widespread reports in Spanish ...
Jamie Joseph to stay with Japan through 2023 Rugby World Cup
Jamie Joseph said Monday he will stay on as head coach of Japan through the next Rugby World Cup in 2023, a decision that rules him out of the vacant All Blacks coaching role. "I have great expectations for rugby in Japan and I'm very ...
Rugby Australia chairman Cameron Clyne to quit after difficult tenure
Scottish Rugby Union pays fine, expresses regret over typhoon comments
Eddie Jones' England to return to Japan for two-test tour in 2020
Sonny Bill Williams confirms return to rugby league, joins Toronto Wolfpack
Scotland sanctioned for comments at RWC before Typhoon Hagibis
Brazil rallied to beat Mexico 2-1 on Sunday to win its fourth under-17 World Cup title. Bryan Gonzalez opened the scoring for Mexico in the 66th minute at the Bezerrao stadium in Brasilia, but the hosts turned their fortunes with Kaio Jorge converting from the ...
Konishiki went from rags to riches in colorful career
One of the most famous rikishi of all time was never promoted to the rank of yokozuna. That decision to deny Saleva'a Atisano'e (better known as Konishiki) the sport's top rank in the early 1990s almost caused a diplomatic incident and was certainly played up ...
Derek Jeter is among 18 newcomers on the 2020 Hall of Fame ballot. He is likely to be an overwhelming choice to join former New York Yankees teammate Mariano Rivera in Cooperstown after the reliever last year became the first unanimous pick by the ...
Japan digs deep to win Premier12
Giants pitcher Shun Yamaguchi to pursue MLB dream through posting system
Japan fights back to win Premier12 final
Former NPB players Matt Clark, Efren Navarro revel in Mexico's triumph
Efren Navarro's broken-bat single sends Mexico to Olympic baseball tournament
Samurai Japan holds off South Korea in last game of Premier12 Super Round
Luka Doncic grew up idolizing LeBron James, and now the young NBA prodigy has joined James in the record book. The Dallas Mavericks needed everything Doncic delivered in a sensational performance Monday night. Doncic scored a career-high 42 points to go with 12 assists and 11 ...
Yuta Watanabe helps Memphis Hustle improve to 5-0
Brex dominate Albirex early to win on the road
James Harden scores 49 points on career-high 41 shots in Rockets win
Big second-half run seals Evessa victory over Diamond Dolphins
Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe leave rivals in dust to win at Japan Junior Championships
Yuma Kagiyama continued his surge toward the elite of the skating world with a dominating victory at the Japan Junior Championships on Sunday night. The 16-year-old from Yokohama put on an amazing show of power and grace in his free skate to win the title ...
Shoma Uno finishes fourth as Russian men sweep home Grand Prix meet
Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe win short programs at Japan Junior Championships
Evgenia Medvedeva leads, Satoko Miyahara sixth after Cup of Russia women's short program
Shoma Uno sits in fourth place after Cup of Russia short program
Top young skaters back in the spotlight at Japan Junior Championships
Anna Shcherbakova captures Cup of China women's title; Satoko Miyahara places second
Rafael Nadal was confirmed as the year-end world No. 1 for the fifth time after the ATP released its season-closing rankings on Monday. The Spaniard did not make it beyond the group stage of last week's ATP Finals in London, but Novak Djokovic's failure to ...
Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Dominic Thiem in three sets to win ATP Finals title
Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem set up title match at ATP Finals
Alexander Zverev advances to semis at ATP Finals; Rafael Nadal eliminated
Roger Federer outplays Novak Djokovic to reach semifinals at ATP Finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas overpowers Alexander Zverev to reach ATP semis
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's prognosis 'excellent' after hip surgery
University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has had surgery on his right hip. Alabama team surgeon Dr. Lyle Cain said Monday the procedure in Houston was successful. Cain described Tagovailoa's prognosis as "excellent" and reiterated that he is expected to make a full recovery. He said ...
Chiefs seal victory over Chargers with interception at goal line in final minute
Garnet Hathaway ejected for spitting during brawl as Caps beat Ducks
Women's legend Hayley Wickenheiser among new Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Mima Ito captures first singles title of season on World Tour
The 2020 Olympic men's marathon will be held on its originally scheduled date of Aug. 9 despite the event's relocation from Tokyo to Sapporo, sources close to the matter said Sunday. The International Olympic Committee's decision to shift the Olympic marathon and race-walking events to ...
Spectators will be allowed to bring drinks to Tokyo Games venues
Volunteers start 2020 training
IOC wants to keep men's marathon on final day of 2020 Games, John Coates says
Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi named first Japanese runner in Tokyo 2020 torch relay
