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  • Japan’s Olympic Gold Medal Haul Swells to 8 at Paris Games; Oka Wins Gymnastics All-Round, Murao Takes Silver in Judo

    PARIS – Japan now has eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics, with one more added Wednesday. The...

    August 1, 2024

  • Rim Nakamura Finishes 5th in Men’s BMX Freestyle Park; Jose Torres Gil of Argentina Wins Gold

    PARIS — Japan’s Rim Nakamura took fifth place in the men's BMX freestyle park event with a score ...

    August 1, 2024

  • Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka Wins Men’s All-Around Title; Defending Olympic Champion Daiki Hashimoto Falters

    PARIS (AP) — Shinnosuke Oka of Japan won the men's all-around gymnastics title at the Paris Olymp...

    August 1, 2024

  • Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka Wins Gold in Gymnastics Men’s All-Around at Paris Games; Daiki Hashimoto Ranks 6th

    Shinnosuke Oka won gold medal in the artistic gymnastics men’s all-around event at the Paris Olym...

    August 1, 2024

  • Japan’s Sanshiro Murao Wins Silver in Judo Men’s 90-Kg Division at Paris Games

    Judoka Sanshiro Murao won the silver medal in the men’s 90-kilogram division at the Paris Olympic...

    August 1, 2024

  • Japan Women’s Soccer Defeats Nigeria in Final Group Match; Nadeshiko Advances to Quarterfinals

    PARIS – Japan defeated Nigeria 3-1 in the final match for Group C of women’s soccer at the Paris ...

    August 1, 2024

  • Japan Beats Argentina in Men’s Volleyball; Team Now Has 1 Win, 1 Loss at Paris Games

    Japan beat Argentina 3-1 in an Olympic men′s volleyball preliminary round Pool C match at the Sou...

    July 31, 2024

  • Back-to-Back Judo Golds Won in Particularly Tough Division; Takanori Nagase Excels With Sharp Eye for Opportunities

    Takanori Nagase is a little bit different at the Olympics, achieving great success at the quadren...

    July 31, 2024

  • With Improved Water Quality in Seine River, Olympic Triathlon Races Finally Go Ahead; Japan to be Represented by Takahashi, Nener, Odakura

    The water quality in the Seine River has improved enough for the Olympic triathlon races to final...

    July 31, 2024

  • Nagase’s Back-to-Back Judo Golds Lauded by Family, Coaches; Students Gather at High School to Cheer Historic Achievement

    Family, coaches and fans celebrated the historic achievement of judoka Takanori Nagase, who won h...

    July 31, 2024

  • Japan Snags Gold in Men’s Judo 81kg Division; Brings Nation’s Total So Far for Paris Games to 7

    PARIS — Japan added a new gold medal to its count on Tuesday, the fifth day of the Paris Olympic ...

    July 31, 2024

  • Japan-Linked Athletes Dominate Women’s 57-kg Judo Event in Paris; Three Out of Four Medal Winners Learned Sport in Japan

    PARIS — Three of the four medal winners in the women’s 57-kilogram judo event at the Paris Olympi...

    July 31, 2024

  • Olympics Bet Against Climate Change with Seine Swimming. For days, It Looked like They would Lose

    With plans for athletes to swim the Seine River through the heart of Paris, Olympic organizers es...

    July 31, 2024

  • Simone Biles Leaves Painful Memories of Tokyo behind to Win Gold in Paris

    PARIS (Reuters) - Simone Biles is a different person than the one who abruptly pulled out of the ...

    July 31, 2024

  • US Women Win a First Olympic Medal in Rugby Sevens with a Comeback Victory over Australia

    SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Alex Sedrick ran the length of the field, dived in under the posts and...

    July 31, 2024

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Top Articles in Sports

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  • Milano Cortina 2026: Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Clinch Japan’s 1st Gold in Pairs Figure Skating, Rebounding from Disappointing Short Program
  • Milano Cortina 2026: Olympics-Torch Arrives in Co-Host Cortina on Anniversary of 1956 Games
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