BEIJING — This was on-field drama at its best: workhorse pitcher Yukiko Ueno playing the starring role, Ayumi Karino and Eri Yamada shining in their supporting roles and Japan destroying the U.S. softball team's aura of invincibility. Japan earned a stunning 3-1 victory over the ...
Asian powerhouse Japan was outperformed by minor medal rival China and finished fourth after the technical routine in the synchronized swimming team event at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Japan, featuring duet bronze-medalists Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki, suffered from some slight synchronization errors to ...
BEIJING — This was on-field drama at its best: workhorse pitcher Yukiko Ueno playing the starring role, Ayumi Karino and Eri Yamada shining in their supporting roles and Japan destroying the U.S. softball team's aura of invincibility. Japan earned a stunning 3-1 victory over the ...
BEIJING — Popular teenager Ai Fukuhara's Beijing Olympic campaign ended Thursday when she went down to world No. 1 Zhang Yining in the fourth round of the women's table tennis singles tournament. Fukuhara, arguably the most well-known Japanese athlete in China, barely avoided a straight-games ...
BEIJING — Ai Fukuhara got off to a winning start to her singles campaign in the Beijing Olympic table tennis competition Wednesday, cruising past the third round with a five-game victory. Fukuhara, who is ranked 12th in the world and had early round byes, beat ...
Rei Nishiyama singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning Wednesday, lifting Japan to a 4-3 victory over Australia for a rematch with the United States in the softball final at the Beijing Olympics. The game appeared to be over again ...
BEIJING — Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada captured the bronze medal in synchronized swimming on Wednesday, while Russia underlined its dominance of the event with victory in the duet final at the Beijing Olympics. Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova, who led after the technical routine ...
Tomohiro Matsunaga hoped to spring a surprise gold medal for Japan on Tuesday but had to settle for second place after losing to American Henry Cejudo in the men's freestyle 55 kg at the Beijing Olympics. Cejudo denied Matsunaga the chance to win Japan's first ...
Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada advance to the synchronized swimming duet final at the Beijing Olympics after placing third in the free routine preliminary on Tuesday. Suzuki and Harada, team silver medalists at the 2004 Athens Games, scored 48.500 points in the free routine preliminary ...
Yukiko Ueno pitched three-hit ball over six shutout innings as Japan blanked Canada 6-0 in its final preliminary round game of the Beijing Olympic softball tournament on Monday. Rei Nishiyama hit a two-run single in the second inning to ignite the offense and Japan, which ...
BEIJING — Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada finished in third place in the duet technical routine in the synchronized swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Suzuki and Harada, members of the squad that won the silver medal in the team event at the ...
Golden Girl No. 2, please stand up. Kaori Icho successfully defended her crown in the women's freestyle at 63 kg in a victory over Alena Kartashova of Russia on Sunday following a gold medal finish by countrywoman Saori Yoshida a day earlier at the Beijing ...
