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Pickleball courts in New York's famed Central Park
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Amid boom overseas, when will pickleball land in Japan?
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Japan rugby head coach Eddie Jones attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan addresses the media during a news conference in August 2023.
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Mar 13, 2024
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Speaking to reporters ahead of this week's Players Championship, Monahan said negotiations with Saudi Arabia's PIF were progressing.
Former Brazilian driver Felipe Massa during the first day of the Formula One Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo in November 2022. Massa filed a lawsuit against Formula One in London's High Court on March 11, seeking damages for missing out on the 2008 world championship title.
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Mar 12, 2024
Massa takes action against F1, FIA and Ecclestone in High Court
A court document from Massa's representatives said his estimated alleged losses were £64 million ($82 million) plus interest.
Ayumu Hirano (center) and Yuto Totsuka (right) finished in first and second place in the Dew Tour men's snowboarding halfpipe competition in Copper Mountain, Colorado, on Sunday. Lucas Foster finished third.
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Mar 11, 2024
Ayumu Hirano repeats as Dew Tour halfpipe winner
Reigning Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano won the Dew Tour men's snowboarding halfpipe title for the second year in a row Sunday.
Cheung Cheuk-man dances during a breaking competition in Macau on April 8, 2023.
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Mar 11, 2024
Hong Kong plumber's Olympic breaking dream goes down drain
Plumber by day, breaker by night, Cheung Cheuk-man was disappointed to miss out on an Olympic berth at the Paris Games
Miho Takagi celebrates during the women's sprint medal ceremony at the ISU World Speedskating All-round & Sprint Championships
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Mar 11, 2024
Sprint queen Miho Takagi pulls out of all-round championship at worlds
"I am frustrated to be leaving midway through, but my body began screaming and I decided I should not keep skating," she wrote on her website.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world