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Apr 2, 2017
Japanese collegiate sports study ends Phase 1
Japan is currently working to reform college sports and establish its own version of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), creating athletic departments at universities to help it function more efficiently.
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Mar 17, 2017
JAAF names marathon squad for world championships
Yuka Ando, who clocked Japan's fourth-best time in her debut race on Sunday, was named among six marathon runners by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday to compete at this summer's IAAF World Athletics Championships in London.
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Jan 18, 2017
Researchers urge Japan to reform college sports system
In the past year or so, the Japan Sports Agency, an external bureau of the education ministry, has discussed the potential establishment of "a Japanese edition of the NCAA" as part of its scheme to make college sports in this country more business-like.
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Dec 19, 2016
Olympic silver medal-winning relay team picks up Athlete of the Year award
The team of Aska Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Ryota Yamagata and Shota Iizuka, which stunned the world by capturing the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, received the Athlete of the Year award at the annual Athletic Award ceremony hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Monday.
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Nov 10, 2016
Star sprinter Sani Brown decides to attend University of Florida
Sprint phenom Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is set to enroll at the University of Florida, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced on Thursday.
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Jul 15, 2016
After one-medal showing in London, Japan track team aims for better performance in Rio
With less than a month until the track and field competition begins at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Japanese delegation for the sport assembled at Tokyo's National Training Center for a send-off event hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday.
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Jul 12, 2016
Time for the analytics crowd to take a chill pill and get a grip on reality
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Jul 10, 2016
IAAF rejects 67 Russian applications to compete internationally
The IAAF's Doping Review Board has turned down applications from 67 Russian athletes to compete internationally as individuals following a blanket ban on the country's track and field athletes for systematic doping.
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Jun 30, 2016
Sprinter Yamagata aims for success at Rio Games
Despite coming up short in the national championships, Olympic-bound sprinter Ryota Yamagata has high expectations for himself at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Games.
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Jun 26, 2016
Fukushima breaks 200-meter national record to complete sprint double
Chisato Fukushima's stellar national athletics championships continued in Nagoya on Sunday with the sprint star setting a new national record in adding the 200-meter crown to the 100-meter title she won less than 24 hours earlier.
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Jun 25, 2016
Sprinter Cambridge edges Yamagata for 100-meter title at nationals
Aska Cambridge captured his first Japan national championships title on Saturday, recovering from a slow start in the men's 100 meters to overhaul Ryota Yamagata in the final meters and win by just 0.01 of a second.
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Jun 24, 2016
20-time national champion Murofushi fails to qualify for Rio Games
Japan's 2004 Olympic hammer throw champion Koji Murofushi hinted at his retirement on Friday after placing 12th in men's final at the National Athletics Championships, a result that ended his hopes of competing at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2016
BayStars end plan to sign McBride
The Yokohama BayStars have given up on their bid to acquire Matt McBride from the Oakland Athletics' Triple-A affiliate, it was learned Thursday.
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Dec 31, 2015
Supporters share 'ekiden' drama with athletes
As Daichi Kamino crossed the finish line at the end of the first day of last year's Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden (relay marathon) championship, he ran straight into the arms of his ecstatic teammates.
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OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Dec 19, 2015
Shearman details life behind sporting lens
Mark Shearman has achieved extraordinary success as a sports photographer, specializing in track and field. He has a remarkable portfolio — containing images of Olympic legends such as Edwin Moses and Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt and Sebastian Coe — that few can ever hope of compiling. But, he admits without hesitation, he's as hungry as ever to remain at the top of his game.
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Nov 25, 2015
Coe scrutinized over '21 Eugene bid
The head of world athletics, Sebastian Coe, faced fresh allegations about his involvement in the controversial award of the 2021 world championships to the American city of Eugene on Tuesday, but insisted he had acted fairly throughout.
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Nov 14, 2015
Russian Arkhipova suspended from Saitama International Marathon
Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Saturday notified Russian Tatyana Arkhipova of her suspension from Sunday's Saitama International Marathon after Russia was provisionally banned on Friday from competing for alleged systematic doping.
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Aug 6, 2015
Spirited send-off inspires Team Japan before IAAF World Championships
The Japanese athletes showed their collective spirit at a send-off event held by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Thursday, heading into the IAAF World Athletics Championships, which will be held Aug. 22-30 at Beijing's National Stadium.
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Aug 4, 2015
Teen sprinter Sani Brown named to Japan squad for world championships
The 16-year-old sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown has been added to the Japan team for the upcoming IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing, becoming the youngest ever to represent the country, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said on Tuesday.
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Jul 5, 2015
Ushiro seals worlds spot with sixth straight decathlon crown
Keisuke Ushiro easily secured a place on Japan's team for the upcoming world athletics championships after winning his sixth straight decathlon title at the national championships on Sunday.

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