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Japan judoka rout Kazakhstan to snatch gold in mixed team event
Japan was again head and shoulders above the competition on the judo mats Saturday, claiming another victory by pulverizing Kazakhstan 4-0 in the gold-medal contest of the Asian Games inaugural mixed team event. A day after matching their record medal haul with their eighth gold ...
Koharu Yonemoto, Shiho Tanaka take crown at World Super Series Final
Koharu Yonemoto and Shiho Tanaka claimed the women's doubles title at the World Super Series Final on Sunday, when they defeated world silver medalists Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in an all-Japanese final. Yonemoto and Tanaka dominated their 21-16, 21-15 win over the national champions ...
Japanese seventh seed Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto won the India Open doubles championship on Sunday, their first title in a BWF Super Series event. The pair, who are ranked 13th in the world, came from behind to defeat compatriots and third seeds Naoko Fukuman ...
Partners Takahashi, Matsutomo secure spot in Yonex Open Japan doubles final
Rio Olympic gold medalists Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo reached the final at the Yonex Open Japan on Saturday, setting up a rematch of last month's final against Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark. The top-seeded Japanese duo downed compatriots Koharu Yonemoto and ...
