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Juan Soto’s 3-Run Homer in 10th Sends Yankees Past Guardians 5-2 and into World Series for 41st Time
CLEVELAND (AP) — Juan Soto hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and the New Yor...
October 20, 2024
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Dodgers Finish Off Mets with 10-5 Win in NLCS and Advance to Face Yankees in World Series
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered to send Shohei Ohtani into the World Series...
October 21, 2024
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Foreign Stable Hands Hired at Galloping Rates; Primarily Indian Nationals Increasingly Working at Regional Racecourses across Japan
Foreign stable hands are increasingly working at regional racecourses. Since the first hirings si...
October 22, 2024
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Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 Home Run Ball Sold for Record $4.39 Million
Los Angeles Dodgers batter Shohei Ohtani's 50th home-run ball has fetched the highest for price a...
October 23, 2024
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Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers Advance to World Series, Defeating Mets in NL Championship Series
Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a place in the World Series, defeating the New...
October 21, 2024
Baseball
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Shohei Ohtani Won’t Pitch in the World Series, but That’s Not Slowing Ohtanimania
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani sat behind a small table and waited.
...October 25, 2024
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MLB’s League Championship Series Averaged 5.35 Million Viewers, Its Most-Viewed Since 2017
Major League Baseball's postseason goes into its dream World Series matchup with its most-watched...
October 24, 2024
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Japan Prepares to Cheer on Ohtani and the Dodgers, and the Country Is Dressing for the Occasion
TOKYO (AP) — Jiro Nishi wore a New York Mets cap as he browsed a Tokyo sporting goods store this ...
October 24, 2024
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Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 Home Run Ball Sold for Record $4.39 Million
Los Angeles Dodgers batter Shohei Ohtani's 50th home-run ball has fetched the highest for price a...
October 23, 2024
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Dodgers, Yankees World Series Steeped in History
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood razzle-dazzle faces button-up pinstripe blue as the World Series b...
October 23, 2024
Soccer
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Spain, Barca Great Andres Iniesta Announces Retirement
Andres Iniesta, who scored Spain’s World Cup-winning goal in 2010 and was one of the key players ...
October 10, 2024
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China Turns to Japanese Coaches to Develop Next Generation of Soccer Players
BEIJING — As its national soccer team continues to struggle on the world stage, China has turned ...
September 25, 2024
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Barcelona Lose 2-1 to Monaco in Champions League Opener
MONACO (Reuters) - Barcelona made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign by los...
September 20, 2024
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Japan Crush China 7-0 in Soccer World Cup Qualifying
SAITAMA (Reuters) — Bahrain stunned Australia 1-0 after a late Harry Souttar own goal while Japan...
September 6, 2024
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Futoshi Ikeda Leaves as Coach of Japan Women’s Team
TOKYO (Reuters) — Futoshi Ikeda has left his job as coach of the Japanese women’s team after the ...
August 22, 2024
Basketball
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LeBron and Bronny James Make NBA History by Playing Together in Lakers’ 110-103 Win over Minnesota
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James and Bronny James became the first father and son to play in the N...
October 23, 2024
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Grizzlies Sign G Yuki Kawamura to Two-Way Deal
Following productive play in the preseason, guard Yuki Kawamura is set to sign a two-way NBA cont...
October 20, 2024
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Japanese Olympic Basketball Star Yuki Kawamura Signs with NBA’s Grizzlies
LOS ANGELES - The NBA's Memphis Grizzlies announced Friday the signing of Yuki Kawamura, 23, a po...
September 7, 2024
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Shohei Ohtani, 27th Homer of the Season Traveled 433 Feet to Right-Center on Japanese Heritage Night, Lifting Dodgers over D-backs, 6-5
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for his thir...
July 3, 2024
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Yu Darvish Allows Three Runs and Six Hits in Three Innings; Marlins Beat Padres 9-1 behind Season-High 16 Hits
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Braxton Garrett outlasted Yu Darvish, Josh Bell had three hits and scored twice ...
May 30, 2024
Rugby
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Eddie Jones’s Japan Aim to Take the Game to the All Blacks
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - Coach Eddie Jones has promised his Japan team will challenge the All Blacks ...
October 24, 2024
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England Wins 52-17 in the Visitors’ First Official Rugby Test Match in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — England's stop in Tokyo on its way to a two-test rugby tour of New Zealand was no co...
June 22, 2024
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Waseda University’s Rugby Club Kicks Off New Era with 1st Women’s Team; Head Coach Former Member of Japan’s Rugby Sevens Team
More than a century after its establishment, Waseda University’s rugby club now has its first wom...
April 26, 2024
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Eddie Jones Aims to Make Japan Top 4 Side, Find Rugby’s Ohtani
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new rugby union coach Eddie Jones said on Wednesday he was aiming to ma...
March 13, 2024
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Eddie Jones, Who Led Japan Rugby Team to Victory over South Africa, to Coach Blossoms Again
Former head coach of the Australian national rugby team Eddie Jones will again be coaching the Japan...
December 13, 2023
Golf
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LPGA Tour Rookie Mao Saigo of Japan Takes 1st-round Lead at Malaysian Tournament
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — LPGA Tour rookie Mao Saigo birdied six of her first nine holes on T...
October 24, 2024
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Shigeki Maruyama Named International Team’s Final Assistant for Presidents Cup
International team captain Mike Weir named Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama as his fifth and final assist...
August 21, 2024
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Hideki Matsuyama Avoids Collapse and Rallies to Win FedEx Cup Playoffs Opener
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama could feel the tournament getting away from him, an odd se...
August 19, 2024
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England’s Rai wins PGA Wyndham title; Ryo Hisatsune and J.J. Spaun Shares Third
Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune and American J.J. Spaun shared third on 265 with US amateur Luke Clanton an...
August 12, 2024
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Furue of Japan Wins Evian Championship for Her 1st Major, Beats Australian Kyriacou by 1 Shot
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Ayaka Furue of Japan made a late charge to win the Evian Champions...
July 14, 2024
Tennis
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Naomi Osaka Gets Her First Top-10 Win in More than Four Years by Defeating Ostapenko
NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, still on maternity leave and still unsure when she would play elite t...
August 28, 2024
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US Open 2024: Naomi Osaka Feels Better as She Returns to the Site of Two of Her Grand Slam Titles
NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka is at the U.S. Open to compete for the first time in two years, and s...
August 25, 2024
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Naomi Osaka Beats Another Top Player in Return from Maternity Leave, Routing Jabeur 6-3, 6-1 in Toronto
TORONTO (AP) — Naomi Osaka of Japan beat another top player in her return from maternity leave, r...
August 8, 2024
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Kei Nishikori Wins in Montreal for First Victory in An ATP Masters 1000 Tournament Since 2021
MONTREAL (AP) — Kei Nishikori rallied to beat Alex Michelsen 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday in the firs...
August 7, 2024
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Carlos Alcaraz Wins Wimbledon by Beating Novak Djokovic and Now Owns 4 Slam Titles at Age 21
LONDON (AP) — For Carlos Alcaraz, there was one brief blip in the Wimbledon men's final against N...
July 15, 2024
Sumo
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Sumo Scene / Oldest Tourney Attests to Long-Standing Connection to Shintoism
The sport of sumo, which holds such an eminent place in traditional Japanese culture, also has a ...
October 16, 2024
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Sumo Scene / Live English Commentary Service Begins, Sharing the Unique Culture of Sumo
The September Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament was a resounding success, with “Sold Out” banners hang...
October 2, 2024
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24-year-old Onosato Promoted to 2nd-highest Sumo Rank of Ozeki
AMI, Ibaraki (Jiji Press) — The board of the Japan Sumo Association on Wednesday unanimously deci...
September 26, 2024
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Sekiwake Onosato Clinches Autumn Grand Sumo Title with Day to Spare
Sekiwake Onosato clinched his second Emperor's Cup — and almost sure promotion to ozeki — with a ...
September 21, 2024
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Sumo Scene / Special Pre-Tournament Joint Training Session Gives Glimpse of What’s to Come
The Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, the last to be held this year in Tokyo, is in full swing and he...
September 18, 2024
Figure Skating
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Higuchi Wins Women’s Gold, Miura And Kihara Capture Pairs in Big Night for Japan at Skate America
Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday nigh...
October 20, 2024
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Shoma Uno Announces His Retirement from Skating, Expresses Gratitude For ‘Wonderful’ Competitive Career
Men's figure skater Shoma Uno, 26, announced on his SNS Thursday that he will retire from active ...
May 9, 2024
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Yuma Kagiyama of Japan Win Silver, Defending World Champion Shoma Uno of Japan Fall to Fourth; Ilia Malinin Takes Men’s World Figure Skating Crown in Record
MONTREAL (AP) — American figure skating star Ilia Malinin is a world champion — and a world-recor...
March 24, 2024
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Japan’s Sakamoto Three-Peats as Women’s Figure Skating World Champion
MONTREAL (AP) — Kaori Sakamoto of Japan is the first women’s figure skater to three-peat as world...
March 23, 2024
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Japan’s Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara in Second Place after Short Program at Worlds
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps put forth an electrifyin...
March 21, 2024
Other Sports
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A Record 80 Foreign Horses Are Pre-entered for Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Fierceness, Ireland-based City of Troy and Forever Young from Japan are am...
October 24, 2024
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Foreign Stable Hands Hired at Galloping Rates; Primarily Indian Nationals Increasingly Working at Regional Racecourses across Japan
Foreign stable hands are increasingly working at regional racecourses. Since the first hirings si...
October 22, 2024
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Tom Brady’s Purchase of a Minority Stake in the Las Vegas Raiders Is Approved by NFL Team Owners
ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Brady has another new role in the NFL: owner.
...October 16, 2024
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Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya smashes world record by nearly 2 minutes at Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO (AP) — Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Ch...
October 14, 2024
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Japanese Swimmer Ikee’s Leukemia in Complete Remission
Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)—Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, 24, said on social media Wednesday tha...
September 26, 2024
Soccer World Cup
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Australia Vow to ‘Flip Script’ with First Win in Japan
Defender Kye Rowles vowed Monday to “flip the script” as Australia look to win on Japanese soil f...
October 14, 2024
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World Cup Qualifying: Japan Is Clear at the Top with a 5-0 Win over Bahrain
Japan is clear at the top with a 5-0 win over Bahrain that followed last week's 7-0 thrashing of ...
September 11, 2024
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World Cup Qualifying: Saudi Coach Mancini Wants His Players Getting More Time in a Ronaldo-dominated League
While the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar thrill supporters of Saudi clubs, Roberto Mancini...
September 9, 2024
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A Huge Audience. India, China’s World Cup Qualifying Hopes Are on the Line in Asia
The World Cup aspirations of India and China are on the line Tuesday when a defeat could mean eli...
June 10, 2024
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2030 World Cup Set to Be Hosted by Spain-Portugal-Morocco with 3 South American Countries Added
GENEVA (AP) — The 2030 men's soccer World Cup is set to feature games in six countries on three cont...
October 5, 2023
Olympics & Paralympics
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Olympic Javelin Gold Medalist Haruka Kitaguchi Has Victory Parade in Home Town
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — Olympic javelin gold medalist Haruka Kitaguchi took part in a victory parad...
October 13, 2024
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Japanese Sponsors Toyota, Bridgestone and Panasonic End Olympic Contracts
TOKYO (AP) — The International Olympic Committee's three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panaso...
October 2, 2024
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Wheelchair Tennis Player Oda Shares Paris Games Experience Onstage in Nagoya; Gold Medal Star Vows to Go to Next Level
Fresh off his gold medal in men’s singles wheelchair tennis at the Paris Paralympics, Tokito Oda ...
September 17, 2024
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Japan Olympic Javelin Gold Medalist Haruka Kitaguchi Determined to Break Asian Record Next Season
Olympic javelin gold medalist Haruka Kitaguchi is determined to set the Asian record next season,...
September 17, 2024
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Japan’s Morinari Watanabe Enters IOC Presidential Race
London (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federati...
September 17, 2024
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