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Man City rallies past Porto in Champions League

Soccer

Man City rallies past Porto in Champions League

Lacking its typical fluency going forward, Manchester City relied on moments of individual brilliance to get its Champions League campaign off to a winning start on Wednesday. City recovered from conceding an early goal to beat Porto 3-1 in their Group C opener, with a ...

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BASKETBALL

Stan Van Gundy agrees to become Pelicans' head coach

Basketball / NBA

Stan Van Gundy agrees to become Pelicans' head coach

Stan Van Gundy is headed to the New Orleans Pelicans, where he'll take over a promising team that includes 2019 No. 1 overall draft pick Zion Williamson and reigning Most Improved Player Brandon Ingram. Van Gundy agreed to a four-year contract, said a person who ...

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FIGURE SKATING

French officials call off Internationaux de France

Figure Skating

French officials call off Internationaux de France

The 2020 Internationaux de France, one of six elite figure skating events of the Grand Prix series, has been called off due to COVID-19, French figure skating authorities said Monday. The popular event had been scheduled for the Alpine city of Grenoble over Nov. 13-15. "It's ...

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Daiya Seto will sit out the rest of 2020 as punishment for his extramarital affair.

Daiya Seto to sit out rest of year as punishment for affair

Swimming star Daiya Seto will not take part in any official activities for the rest of the year as punishment for an extramarital affair, the Japan Swimming Federation decided Tuesday. In an extraordinary online meeting, the federation determined that the 26-year-old Seto had breached its stan...

Daiya Seto checks his time during an event at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on Aug. 28.

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World champion swimmer Daiya Seto admits to having affair

Swimming star Daiya Seto has admitted to having an extramarital affair and offered a "deep apology" following a weekly magazine report, his management company said early Thursday. The Shukan Shincho magazine published an article in its online edition Wednesday saying Seto had visited a love ho...

Shodai changes the sign at Tokitsukaze stable to reflect his promotion to ozeki on Sept. 30 in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.

Once-fearsome ozeki rank no longer sport’s ‘great barrier’

by John Gunning

A strong 13-2 title winning performance in the September tournament was enough to convince the Japan Sumo Association’s judging department to make Shodai the sport’s 251st ozeki. Although he could still climb one more rank, the Kumamoto native has now reached what was, for much of sumo's histo...

Female runners compete during a September track meet in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.

Sporting organizations ramp up fight against voyeuristic photography

The Japanese Olympic Committee will move to protect female athletes from having nonconsensual photographs of a sexual nature snapped while they compete, an important step forward for the country as it seeks to create solidarity with and among victims of sexual abuse. Sources close to the matter ...