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TENNIS

Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after defeating Lorenzo Musetti during the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, on Thursday.
TENNIS
Alcaraz beats Sinner to year-end world number one after defeating Musetti at ATP Finals
Carlos Alcaraz knocked rival Jannik Sinner off the top of the standings on Thursday after securing the year-end world No. 1 spot by beating Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-1, at the ATP Finals in Turin.
Carlos Alcaraz plays a backhand return to Taylor Fritz during the ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Alcaraz fights back to beat Fritz at ATP Finals
The five-time Grand Slam champion moved to within one win of securing the year-end No. 1 ranking for the second time.
Jannik Sinner hits the ball during his match against Felix Auger-Aliassime at the ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin, Italy, on Monday.
TENNIS
Sinner dominates injury-hit Auger-Aliassime in ATP Finals opener
Nine days after their duel in the final of the Paris Masters, Sinner was again the strongest, winning 7-5, 6-1.
Aryna Sabalenka hits a shot against Coco Gauff during their match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Thursday.
TENNIS
Nov 7, 2025
Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula reach semifinal round at WTA Finals
The top-seeded Sabalenka ended the title defense of Coco Gauff by defeating the American 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in the closing match of the round-robin stage
Amanda Anisimova celebrates after beating Iga Swiatek at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Wednesday to secure a berth in the semifinals.
TENNIS
Nov 6, 2025
Amanda Anisimova rallies past Iga Swiatek to reach semifinals at WTA Finals
Anisimova improved her three-set record this season to an impressive 15-3 by posting her 10th top-10 win of the year.
Aryna Sabalenka in action during her WTA Finals group stage match against Jessica Pegula in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
TENNIS
Nov 5, 2025
Sabalenka to take on Kyrgios in 'Battle of the Sexes' match
By Aadi Nair
Sabalenka will face Kyrgios in a modern rendition of tennis icon Billie Jean King's 1973 showdown with fellow American Bobby Riggs
Elena Rybakina returns the ball to Iga Swiatek during their tennis match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Monday.
TENNIS
Nov 4, 2025
Rybakina downs Swiatek to enter semis at WTA Finals
World No. 2 Swiatek made 36 unforced errors in the last two sets while Rybakina made 17.
Novak Djokovic serves to Tomas Martin Etcheverry during their men's singles match on Day 3 of the Paris ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Paris in November 2023.
TENNIS
Nov 4, 2025
Djokovic confirmed for ATP Finals, says Italian federation boss
The ATP Finals is the traditional season-closer, bringing together the eight best players of the year.
Victoria Mboko of Canada hits a return to Spain's Cristina Bucsa during the women's singles final at the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Sunday.
TENNIS
Nov 3, 2025
Canadian teen sensation Mboko makes top-20 debut in rookie season
By Shrivathsa Sridhar
Ranked 350th in the world this time last year, Mboko stormed into the top 20 for the first time when the list was updated on Monday.
Jannik Sinner poses with the trophy after winning the Paris Masters men's singles final against Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Paris La Defense Arena on Sunday.
TENNIS
Nov 3, 2025
Sinner returns to world No. 1 with Paris Masters win
By Neil FULTON
The Italian first claimed the No. 1 ranking in June last year and held it for 65 weeks until he lost the U.S. Open title match to Alcaraz in September.

At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Suspect on run after woman stabbed by stranger in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
Metropolitan Police Department investigators examine a poster put up at a building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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