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The Tigers' Tarik Skubal pitches for the American League during the MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Tigers focused on getting back to playoffs and contending for World Series
At 59-38, Detroit owns the majors' best record and sent six All-Stars to Atlanta.
Manny Pacquiao trains at Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles on June 25. Pacquiao will face Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Manny Pacquiao embraces underdog status ahead of comeback fight against Barrios
The 46-year-old Filipino feels rejuvenated after four years away from the ring and said he was returning for another opportunity to make history.
Tadej Pogacar rides during Stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse, France, on July 16.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Race favorite Tadej Pogacar escapes unscathed after crash at Tour de France
Pogacar went down about five kilometers from the line, and the peloton eased off to allow the overall race favorite to rejoin.

BASEBALL

Shohei Ohtani prepares to bat during the first inning of the All-Star Game in Atlanta on Tuesday.
MLB
MLB All-Star Game ratings dip in despite dramatic finish
MLB's All-Star event still draws far better than its counterparts.
MLB
NL takes MLB All-Star Game in first tiebreaker swing-off
MLB
Tony Clark blasts MLB salary cap idea as 'collusion' during All-Star break
BASEBALL
Former MLB and NPB pitcher Dan Serafini found guilty of murdering father-in-law
MLB
Shohei Ohtani and Gleyber Torres to lead off in All-Star Game
BASEBALL
Masataka Yoshida set to make season debut as Red Sox host Rockies
MLB
Padres' Yu Darvish to make season debut against Diamondbacks

SOCCER

Italy's players celebrate after their quarterfinal win over Norway at Euro 2025 in Geneva on Wednesday.
Italy celebrates after ending 28-year wait to return to Euro semifinals
The raucous Italian crowd urged their players on, with chants of "forza Italia" and the Stade de Geneve lit up when Cristiana Girelli found the net twice in the second half.
SOCCER
Barcelona star Yamal faces probe into dwarf entertainers at 18th birthday
SOCCER
Tactical growth on show as Women's Euros enters knockout stage
By Philip O'Connor
SOCCER
Euro 2025 group games draw record crowds
By Lori Ewing
SOCCER
Chelsea's Club World Cup triumph a 'statement,' but what might be the cost?
By Andy Scott
SOCCER
Rampant England and France reach Women's Euro 2025 quarterfinals
SOCCER
Palmer stars as Chelsea stuns PSG to win Club World Cup final
By Andy Scott

SUMO

Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
INSIDE SUMO
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
By John Gunning
People in attendance for the celebration will get a chance to see the rare "sandangamae" performance and demonstrations of ancient sumo.
SUMO
Nagoya Basho shaping up to be another red-hot affair at new venue
By John Gunning
SUMO / Inside Sumo
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
By John Gunning
SUMO / Inside Sumo
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
By John Gunning
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Former college star Kusano looks ready for challenge of sumo's top tier
By John Gunning
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Music star Masuiyama, a former ōzeki who died Sunday at 76, blazed unique trail
By John Gunning
SUMO / Inside Sumo
Hakuho’s new venture not an automatic 'Grand Slam'
By John Gunning

TENNIS

Iga Swiatek serves to Amanda Anisimova during their women's singles final tennis match at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Saturday.
Swiatek hits back at critics after Wimbledon win
By John WEAVER
Iga Swiatek pleaded with the Polish media to "leave me alone," saying she knows what she is doing after crushing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title on Saturday.
TENNIS
Sinner rises above adversity to make Italian history at Wimbledon
By Martyn Herman
TENNIS
Unforgiving Swiatek crushes Anisimova 6-0 6-0 to win maiden Wimbledon crown
By Shrivathsa Sridhar
TENNIS
Alcaraz and Sinner set to resume rivalry in Wimbledon final
By Steven Griffiths
TENNIS
Amanda Anisimova proves doubters wrong by reaching Wimbledon final
TENNIS
Iga Swiatek surprised by run to first Wimbledon final
TENNIS
History-chasing Djokovic sets up Wimbledon showdown with Sinner
By Steven Griffiths

MORE SPORTS

Manny Pacquiao trains at Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles on June 25. Pacquiao will face Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Boxing
Manny Pacquiao embraces underdog status ahead of comeback fight against Barrios
The 46-year-old Filipino feels rejuvenated after four years away from the ring and said he was returning for another opportunity to make history.
MORE SPORTS
Bear stops play again at Japan golf event
MORE SPORTS
'World's oldest marathon runner' dies at age 114 in road accident
MORE SPORTS / Golf
'What's the point?' Scheffler says in candid talk ahead of British Open
MORE SPORTS / Golf
McIlroy embracing return to Northern Ireland for the Open
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
China swimmers dope-tested most ahead of World Aquatics Championships
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Britain's Rowland takes Formula E title with two races to spare

BASKETBALL

Adam Silver, commissioner of the NBA, at a conference earlier this month.
NBA
Silver says NBA to study possible expansion beyond 30 teams
The NBA Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas on Tuesday marked the first time team owners officially discussed expanding the league beyond 30 teams.
NBA
No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg scores 10 in Summer League debut for Mavericks
NBA
Nuggets' Nikola Jokic reportedly to wait until next summer for contract talks
BASKETBALL
Halftime entertainer Red Panda injured during WNBA performance
NBA
Bucks dump Damian Lillard and sign Myles Turner
BASKETBALL
WNBA expands to 18 teams with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia added
NBA
NBA guard Malik Beasley subject of U.S. federal gambling probe

OLYMPICS

The Los Angeles Games will mark the first-ever appearance of flag football at the Olympics.
Flag football to make prime-time Olympic debut in Los Angeles
By Rory Carroll
"Flag football will definitely be a hot ticket at the Games," International Federation of American Football President Pierre Trochet has said.
OLYMPICS
NHL players officially cleared to compete at 2026 Olympics
OLYMPICS
Kirsty Coventry says IOC will take lead regarding gender eligibility in sports
OLYMPICS
Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach faced mammoth challenges
By Pirate IRWIN
OLYMPICS
As sports embrace gender tests, Coventry and IOC may follow
By Coralie Febvre
OLYMPICS / Ice Hockey
Preliminary 2026 Olympic rosters filled with NHL stars
OLYMPICS
Mahomes says he will not participate in Olympic flag football
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Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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