World champion Ono triumphs at national invitational judo tourney
World champion Shohei Ono won his second national invitational judo weight class championship title on Sunday in the men's 73-kg division. Ono, who won his first title two years ago, defeated London Olympic silver medal winner Riki Nakaya in the final on the last day ...
Fencer Yuki Ota, who won the men's foil silver medal at the 2008 Olympics and a team silver in 2012, has booked his spot in this summer's Rio de Janeiro Games, the Japan Fencing Federation announced Monday. Last summer, Ota became Japan's first world champion ...
Teguramori calls up Van Wermeskerken for Olympic warmup tour
Versatile Dutch-based defender Sai van Wermeskerken was among 22 named to Japan's under-23 national side for its tour of Portugal starting next week, the Japan Football Association announced on Monday. Van Wermeskerken, born to a Dutch father and Japanese mother, received his first call-up to ...
Okuhara ends Japan's 39-year wait for All-England badminton title
Nozomi Okuhara became the first Japanese in 39 years to win the women's badminton singles title at the All-England Championships on Sunday, beating Wang Shixian 2-1 in the final. Okuhara, who celebrated her 21st birthday the same day, defeated her Chinese opponent 21-11, 16-21, 21-19 ...
Bahrain's Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa successfully defended her title at the Nagoya Women's Marathon on Sunday. Kirwa, the Asian Games champion, came home in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 40 seconds, while Tomomi Tanaka took second place in the race that was also the ...
Naoya Tsukahara, who helped Japan win the men's team gymnastics gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, is to retire, a source close to the matter said Friday. Tsukahara, 38, took Australian citizenship in 2013 and had been aiming to compete at this summer's Rio ...
Nadeshiko Japan handed manager Norio Sasaki a likely farewell gift with a 1-0 victory over North Korea as the women's Asian Olympic qualifying drew to a close on Wednesday. Mana Iwabuchi came off the bench to tap in an 80th-minute winner for the hosts, who ...
Japan women's basketball coach names preliminary squad for Olympics
Head coach Tomohide Utsumi revealed a group of 18 as his preliminary Japan women’s national basketball team, which has already earned a spot in this summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics, at the Japan Basketball Association office on Wednesday. Utsumi selected players mostly from the team ...
Nadeshiko Japan failed to qualify for their fourth successive Olympic Games on Monday night, missing out on one of Asia's two places at Rio de Janeiro this summer after China defeated South Korea 1-0. After winning the 2011 Women's World Cup, capturing a silver medal ...
When Yuki Ogimi said on Saturday that some of the Japan players didn't fully understand the gravity of the situation the Nadeshiko are in, she meant to fire up her teammates as a form of tough love. Ogimi's message, though, may not be getting through ...
Nadeshiko Japan staring into abyss
Since lifting the 2011 Women's World Cup, Japan reached the Olympic final the following year, won the 2014 Women's Asian Cup and returned to the World Cup final last summer in Canada. But have the Nadeshiko finally run out of steam? Friday's 2-1 defeat to China ...
Nadeshiko Japan is in need of a miracle to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the former world champion lost 2-1 to China on Friday. Zhang Rui and Gu Yasha struck for China before Japan pulled one back through Kumi Yokoyama, which proved ...
