Satsuki Fujisawa and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi finished fifth Saturday after beating Sweden 8-7 and Hungary 9-2 on the final day of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair earned Japan its best ever result at the 40-nation event, won this time by Switzerland, but missed ...
NPB stars look to build momentum in spring
While most baseball fans know spring numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, some players make it hard to remember at times. Because however meaningless the actual numbers are during this time of year, the process is still fun to watch. One of ...
Curling charms flying off shelves at shrine in Olympic bronze medalists' hometown
Miniature curling stone charms have become a sold-out success at a shrine in the hometown of the Japanese women's curling team which won bronze at the recent Pyeongchang Olympics. In addition to being sold, the charms were given to the women who play for the ...
Japan's Olympic medalists give thanks for support in Pyeongchang
One day after the Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, the Japanese delegation returned home Monday and its medal-winning athletes expressed their gratitude to the fans for their warm and enthusiastic support. Team Japan amassed 13 medals in South Korea, its most ever in one Winter ...
Japan women's curling squad triumphs over Great Britain in bronze-medal match
Japan's incredible run in women's curling culminated in a 5-3 win Saturday over Great Britain in the Pyeongchang Olympics bronze-medal match. With this win, Japanese skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her squad capped a tournament that saw them beat Sweden — the gold medalist in 2010 ...
Japan's female curlers suffered an 8-4 defeat at the hands of Switzerland on Wednesday, but booked a spot in the semifinals with a 5-4 record at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the United States fell to Sweden in their round-robin match. Japan's men, however, failed ...
The Japan men's and women's curling teams struggled on Tuesday, going down to powerhouses Canada and Great Britain, respectively, at the Pyeongchang Olympics. In the day's mid-session at the Gangneung Curling Centre, the women pushed the experienced British team but were outmaneuvered in the latter ...
Japan strengthened its chances of a semifinal berth in women's curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a gutsy 5-4 comeback win over Sweden on Monday night, rebounding from an 8-3 loss to Canada earlier in the day. The accuracy problems that cost skip Satsuki ...
Japan's women's squad suffers second loss in curling tourney
The sixth-ranked Japanese women's curling team suffered its second loss of round-robin play Monday after an 8-3 defeat to Canada in the preliminary round at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In their sixth game at Gangneung Curling Centre, the Japanese foursome allowed Canada to get on ...
The Japanese women's curling team beat the Olympic Athletes from Russia 10-5 on Saturday, bouncing back after a 7-6 loss to China, their first defeat of the Pyeongchang Winter Games, earlier in the day. The late win left Japan second in the standings with a ...
The Japan women's curling team suffered its first loss of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Saturday, the foursome letting an early lead slip from its fingers to lose 7-6 against China. Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and crew stole a point to make it 3-0 in the ...
The Japanese women’s curling team beat Denmark 8-5 Thursday for its second victory in as many preliminary round matches at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Later Thursday, Japan improved to 3-0 in the preliminary round with a 7-5 victory over South Korea. With the score tied 3-all ...
