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Hokkaido Marathon returns after 2-year hiatus for Tokyo Olympic Games
Runners start the Hokkaido Marathon at Odori Park in Sapporo on Sunday. The annual sports event that...
August 29, 2022
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Kanazawa pro hoops team signs 3 displaced Ukrainians
KANAZAWA — The Kanazawa Samuraiz, a third division club in the pro basketball B.League, have signed ...
August 22, 2022
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Opening ceremony held for summer inter-high championships
The opening ceremony for the summer national high school championships was held Thursday at the Ast...
July 28, 2022
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Kawano takes silver by a sliver in men’s 35-K walk
EUGENE, Ore. — For the last two kilometers of what had evolved into a two-man duel, Japan’s Masato...
July 25, 2022
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2 Japan records fall on final day at World Athletics
Two Japanese national records fell on the final day of the World Athletics Championships, with Mako ...
July 25, 2022
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Jonas Vingegaard, king of the mountains, wins Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard blossomed from a talented rookie to a dominant leader in his own right over three w...
July 25, 2022
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Stano edges Kawano by one second to grab gold
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) — Italy's Massimo Stano won the men's 35km race walk at the World Athletics C...
July 25, 2022
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Japan storms into 4×400 relay final at worlds
The Yomiuri ShimbunJapan anchor Yuki Joseph Nakajima carries the baton down the stretch of the 4...
July 24, 2022
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Kitaguchi spears historic bronze at World Championships
Haruka Kitaguchi won a historic bronze medal in the women’s javelin at the World Athletics Champions...
July 23, 2022
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History-making Sani Brown finishes 7th in 100 at worlds
Hours after becoming the first Japanese in history to make the final of the men’s 100 meters at a Wo...
July 17, 2022
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Yamanishi repeats as world champion in men’s 20K walk
Toshikazu Yamanishi won the men’s 20-kilometer race walk on the opening day of the World Athletics C...
July 16, 2022
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Sports video replay systems attempt to even the playing field
The use of video replay footage has been gaining traction in the sports world as officials work to r...
July 6, 2022
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Bantamweight Inoue 1st Japanese to unify 3 world boxing titles
Naoya Inoue became the first Japanese boxer to simultaneously hold world titles from three sanctioni...
June 8, 2022
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Japanese Derby draws 62,000 horse-racing fans in Tokyo
More than 62,000 spectators hoofed it to Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo, on Sunday, with many bett...
May 30, 2022
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Sweden’s Ericsson gives Ganassi another Indy 500 victory
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson, once a Formula One backmarker, is now an IndyCar frontrunner. A...
May 30, 2022
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