Takuma Sato claims pole position for IndyCar Series race in Texas
Takuma Sato has earned the pole for the IndyCar Series race at Texas with a two-lap qualifying average of 354.4 kph. Sato got his ninth career pole with the strong run Friday at the high-speed 2.4-km oval. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver won from ...
Takuma Sato took advantage of a late-race crash to move into contention at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, scything into third place to finish in the top three for the second time in three years at IndyCar's most prestigious race. An early problem sent Sato ...
JBA lifts ban on four ex-national team players caught paying for sex
The Japan Basketball Association said Thursday it has lifted the suspension of four former national team players who were caught buying sex during last year's Asian Games in Indonesia. The B-League players — Yuya Nagayoshi (Kyoto Hannaryz), Takuya Hashimoto (Osaka Evessa), Takuma Sato (Shiga Lakestars) ...
Takuma Sato wins Indy Grand Prix of Alabama to earn fourth career IndyCar crown
Takuma Sato had one "little moment" when his car went into the grass late in the race. Other than that, the Japanese driver didn't have too many worrisome moments at Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on his way to a fourth career IndyCar victory. Sato, ...
Takuma Sato holds off Ryan Hunter-Reay to win Portland Grand Prix
Takuma Sato held off Ryan Hunter-Reay over the last 19 laps to win the IndyCar Portland Grand Prix on Sunday, while Scott Dixon rallied to increase his lead at the top of the points standings. The 41-year-old Tokyo native used fuel strategy and timed his ...
Journey for Japan's hoop team to end with game for 7th place
The Japan men's national basketball team's bizarre, unprecedented journey at the Asian Games is nearly — and finally — coming to an end. The Akatsuki Five, who lost four players as a result of a scandal earlier in the tournament, will play with eight men ...
Basketball players handed one-year bans
The four men's national basketball team players who allegedly paid women for sex in Jakarta during the ongoing Asian Games have been handed a one-year ban by the Japan Basketball Association, the organization announced on Wednesday. The ban, effective from the announcement, includes B. League ...
Takuma Sato set for title defense at Indy 500 after historic win
It's a little ironic the only time Takuma Sato might really be able to slow down, as he prepares to defend his title in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, is when he's strapped into a car and about to take off in a machine ...
Takuma Sato gets 'Baby Borg,' reflects on historic Indy 500 triumph
When Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 last year, owner Michael Andretti understood right away how significant the victory was. "His drive was phenomenal. He drove his way to the front there in the last 10 laps. He won that thing for us. We gave ...
The Japan Times newsroom selected these domestic sports stories as the most important of 2017. 1. Fall from grace: Yokozuna Harumafuji retired from sumo to take responsibility for assaulting fellow wrestler Takanoiwa at a restaurant in Tottori. Takanoiwa was left with a fractured skull and ...
Champion Hawks honored with Japan's top pro sports award
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fittingly received the nation's top pro sports accolade for their dominant season in 2017. The Nippon Professional Baseball club was bestowed the grand prize for the first time at the 50th Japan Pro Sports Awards in Tokyo on Wednesday. Boxer Ryota Murata, ...
Sato revels in glow of historic Indy 500 triumph
Takuma Sato joked that he has had a little too much milk since the great feat he accomplished on May 28 — when he became the first Japanese and Asian driver to win the prestigious Indianapolis 500. At a triumphal news conference at the Honda ...
