Yokozuna Kakuryu maintained his sole lead after beating former ozeki Kotoshogiku on Wednesday, the 11th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The 33-year-old Kakuryu, who is gunning for his sixth top-division championship, thrust down No. 5 maegashira Kotoshogiku (5-6) to hang on to his ...
Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person avoids prison in bribery scandal
Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star Chuck Person's lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge sentenced him in a bribery scandal that touched some of the biggest college ...
Japan grouped with Myanmar, Mongolia for 2022 World Cup qualifiers
Japan will face Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Myanmar and Mongolia in the second round of 2022 World Cup Asian qualifying after being drawn in Group F on Wednesday. The draw at the Asian Football Confederation's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur saw the 34 top-ranked sides in Asia, along ...
An oft-heard refrain from fans new to sumo is that wrestlers get paid huge sums for just a few seconds work each day. It's one of the more common misconceptions, along with thinking that success in Japan's national sport is just a matter of eating ...
Takayasu pulls out of Nagoya Basho, leaving tournament without an ozeki
Sumo 101: Futabayama's win streak
Kids sumo offers wrestlers an early start
Hakuho suffers first defeat in Nagoya; Kakuryu remains unbeaten
Jose Lopez launched a two-run bomb in the fourth inning to lead the Yokohama BayStars to a 3-1 victory over the Hiroshima Carp in the Central League on Wednesday. With the BayStars trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the inning, Lopez sent Kris Johnson's 0-2 ...
Just like during career, Mariners great Edgar Martinez prepares for Cooperstown moment
Bryce Harper hits walk-off double as Phillies rally to beat Dodgers
Buffaloes starter Taisuke Yamaoka fans 10 in eight scoreless innings against Eagles
Giants' Brandon Crawford belts three homers, knocks in nine runs in doubleheader sweep of Rockies
Brandon Laird connects on two-run homer in seventh to lift Marines over Lions
Ramu Tokashiki striving for national team return
Ramu Tokashiki is thrilled to be back on the court. But the star player knows a spot on the national team is no guarantee. Tokashiki has not competed for Japan's women's national team since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics due to nagging injuries, mostly ...
Ben Simmons backflips, withdraws from Australia's World Cup squad
Brandon Clarke notches double-double in Summer League final to lead Grizzlies past Timberwolves
Former Gonzaga staffer Riccardo Fois believes Rui Hachimura will be a great pro
Summer League players help boost NBA abroad
Wizards' Rui Hachimura drops 25 on Hawks; Thunder to trade Russell Westbrook for Chris Paul
Rugby World Cup fever set to bring masses to Japan
The 2019 Rugby World Cup has been dubbed by organizers as a "once-in-a-lifetime" event. And for many of the more than 400,000 foreigners expected to travel here, it will be their one and only chance to visit Japan. Fans who are used to weekend jaunts ...
Ex-Toyota Verblitz player Ryota Kabashima admits to cocaine possession
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen attempts to clarify domestic violence comments
Crusaders conquer Jaguares to capture third straight Super Rugby title, 10th overall
New JRFU boss Shigetaka Mori faces uphill battle to initiate needed reforms
Art of the deal: How Kinoshita Group came to sponsor Vincent Zhou
History was made last week when a Japanese company chose to sponsor a foreign skater and their training expenses for the first time as the Kinoshita Group agreed to back American Vincent Zhou. The conglomerate, best known for housing development and real estate ventures, announced ...
Ice dancer Ekaterina Bobrova, 29, retires after giving birth to first child
Yuzuru Hanyu draws Skate Canada, NHK Trophy for Grand Prix season
Will Shoma Uno move to Eteri Tutberidze or Alexei Mishin after coach split?
Satoko Miyahara enhances Benoit Richaud's growing influence in Japan
Salute to Hanyu: U.S. ballet troupe paying tribute to legend
Rika Kihira working on encore to stunning first senior international season
Teenager Shintaro Mochizuki, who won the Wimbledon boys' title on Sunday, claimed the No. 1 spot for junior players in the latest world rankings released by the International Tennis Federation. In the latest rankings released on Monday, the 16-year-old jumped eight spots from last week, ...
Shintaro Mochizuki becomes first Japanese to win boys' junior title at Grand Slam event
Novak Djokovic outlasts Roger Federer in grueling, historic final to capture fifth Wimbledon title
Simona Halep overcomes slow start to beat Elina Svitolina in Wimbledon semis
Black Caps coach Gary Stead wants rules review after 'hollow' World Cup final
New Zealand coach Gary Stead has called for the Cricket World Cup's rules to be overhauled, labeling the showpiece final "hollow" after England defeated the Black Caps on a technicality. The teams could not be separated at the end of both regular play and a ...
Organizers to build recovery monuments for disaster-hit areas
The Tokyo Games organizing committee said Wednesday it will oversee construction of three Olympic monuments made out of materials recycled from temporary housing provided in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Tokyo 2020 Recovery Monument project is the latest effort ...
Bolt expecting high-voltage games in Tokyo
British sports chief Liz Nicholl urges Japan to grasp opportunity of hosting Olympics
Sergei Bubka, Alexander Popov deny Rio vote-buying allegations
3.2 million tickets sold in first phase for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
