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Yuka Saso Rewards Japanese Father and Philippine Mother by Winning U.S. Women’s Open; Earns 2nd Championship
LOS ANGELES — Yuka Saso clenched her left hand into a fist after she successfully putted for par ...
June 3, 2024
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Paris Olympics Organizers Unveil a Display of the Five Olympic Rings Mounted on the Eiffel Tower
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics organizers on Friday unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings...
June 7, 2024
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Russian Disinformation Campaign Takes Aim at Paris Olympics, Microsoft Says
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia has stepped up an online disinformation campaign which takes aim at Fra...
June 4, 2024
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Japanese Judo Siblings Who Won Golds at Tokyo Olympics Vow to Defend Titles in Paris
Judo siblings Hifumi and Uta Abe, who both won golds at the Tokyo Olympics say they are ready to ...
June 6, 2024
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Ex-SDF Member Sets Round-the-World Sailing Record; Hirotsugu Kimura, Youngest Japanese to Make Nonstop Solo Voyage
A 24-year-old former Self-Defense Forces member on Saturday became the youngest Japanese to sail ...
June 8, 2024
Baseball
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Shohei Ohtani Has An RBI Single; Teoscar Hernández Powers Dodgers to 11-3 Win over Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — Teoscar Hernández homered twice and drove in six runs, including a grand slam tha...
June 9, 2024
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Carp Veteran Osera Holds Marines Hitless for 1st-ever No-Hitter at Hiroshima’s Mazda Stadium; Becomes 90th Player to Accomplish Feat
HIROSHIMA — Veteran right-hander Daichi Osera tossed the first no-hitter for the Hiroshima Carp i...
June 8, 2024
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Teoscar Hernández Hits 2-run Double in 11th, Lifts Dodgers over Yankees 2-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Teoscar Hernández reached second base, raised both hands, shimmied and twisted hi...
June 8, 2024
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Guerrero Homers and Yusei Kikuchi Snaps Seven-Start Winless Streak as Blue Jays Beat Orioles 6-5
TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run home run, Yusei Kikuchi pitched six innings ...
June 7, 2024
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Betts, Freeman, Hernandez All Homer as Dodgers Avoid Sweep by Handling the Pirates 11-7
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez homered and the Los Angeles...
June 7, 2024
Soccer
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Relentless Ronaldo Chasing More Euro Glory with Portugal
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has been a model of longevity for more than two decades in an ...
June 5, 2024
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Kylian Mbappé Finally Joins Real Madrid in a Union of Soccer’s Top Player and Club
Madrid said on Monday it reached a deal with the France star for the next five seasons, bringing ...
June 4, 2024
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Champions League Final: Real Madrid Seals 15th European Cup after 2-0 Win over Borussia Dortmund
LONDON (AP) — In an explosion of gold and silver confetti, Real Madrid held aloft the Champions L...
June 2, 2024
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FIFA Members to Vote on the Host of the 2027 Women’s World Cup
The FIFA Congress will pick from a winnowed field of two candidates to host the 2027 Women's Worl...
May 16, 2024
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Yokohama Rallies Past Al-Ain for 2-1 Win in 1st Leg of Asian Champions League Final
YOKOHAMA (AP) — Yokohama F.Marinos came from behind to take a first-leg lead in the Asian Champio...
May 12, 2024
Basketball
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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
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Japanese Basketball Star Rui Machida Fights for Olympic Spot
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Basketball star Rui Machida, who helped lead the country to its first Olympi...
May 21, 2024
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Padres-Braves Game Postponed by Rain, Lightning; Yu Darvish Scheduled to Start on Sunday
ATLANTA (AP) — The game between the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves on Saturday night was pos...
May 19, 2024
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Brittney Griner Still Adjusting after Russian Prison Ordeal. WNBA Star Details Experience in Book
Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from ...
May 7, 2024
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Pages’ Walkoff Single in 11th Lifts Dodgers over Braves; Ohtani Goes 1-for-2 with 2 Walks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Pages had a walkoff single in the 11th inning for his fourth hit of the g...
May 4, 2024
Rugby
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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
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Japan’s League One Rugby Interpreter Aims to Pass Along Charm of Import Players
YOKOHAMA — Nao Yoshimizu, who served as interpreter for Japan’s national team at the Rugby World Cup...
December 8, 2023
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Rugby: Japan Hooker Shota Horie to Retire at End of Season
Japan hooker Shota Horie said on Wednesday he will retire from the sport at the end of the local dom...
December 6, 2023
Golf
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Yuka Saso Rewards Japanese Father and Philippine Mother by Winning U.S. Women’s Open; Earns 2nd Championship
LOS ANGELES — Yuka Saso clenched her left hand into a fist after she successfully putted for par ...
June 3, 2024
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Yuka Saso Wins Another US Women’s Open. This One was for Japan
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Yuka Saso became a U.S. Women's Open champion for the second time Sunday an...
June 3, 2024
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Yuka Saso Survives Brutal Starts of US Women’s Open That Sent Korda to an 80
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Former champion Yuka Saso leaned on her putter to survive a brutally tough ...
May 31, 2024
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Scottie Scheffler Unstoppable and Wins Another Masters Green Jacket
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler spent more time looking at his feet than any of the white l...
April 15, 2024
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Scottie Scheffler Leads Masters by 1 Shot on a Wild Day of Movement
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was in the lead and seemingly in control of his game Saturd...
April 14, 2024
Tennis
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Teenager Tokito Oda, Record-Breaking Diede de Groot Win Wheelchair Titles at French Open
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Diede de Groot won a record 22nd Grand Slam wheelchair singles title when...
June 9, 2024
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Iga Swiatek Saves a Match Point and Comes Back to Beat Naomi Osaka at the French Open
PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek played like the current No. 1 and the two-time defending champion at the...
May 30, 2024
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Kei Nishikori Gets through Tough Opener at French Open with 5-set Victory over Canadian Qualifier; Marks 1st Appearance at Roland Garros in 3 Years
PARIS — Kei Nishikori marked his return to Roland Garros by winning an epic first-round duel at t...
May 27, 2024
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Naomi Osaka Has More Going On Than Tennis at the French Open: Her Daughter is Learning to Walk
PARIS (AP) — The big news in Naomi Osaka's life has nothing to do with the French Open or clay-co...
May 26, 2024
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Confident Osaka Eases into Miami Open Second Round
MIAMI (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka took another confident step in her comeback from maternity leave by...
March 21, 2024
Sumo
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The Sumo Scene / Takerufuji Celebrates Victory with Parade in Hometown
For a championship-winning sumo wrestler, the two highest honors are receiving the Emperor’s Cup ...
May 29, 2024
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Onosato Becomes Fastest to 1st Title With Win
Komusubi Onosato is on the fast track to success.
...May 26, 2024
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New Komusubi Onosato Wins Championship in Summer Grand Sumo Tournament; Fastest in Recorded Grand Sumo History
Onosato, left, a 23-year-old new komusubi, looks up after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournamen...
May 26, 2024
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Ozeki Kirishima Pulls Out of Summer Tourney, Faces Demotion
Ozeki Kirishima withdrew from the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday, a move that almost as...
May 18, 2024
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The Sumo Scene / More Undersized Prospects Get Chance with Relaxation of Physical Standards
In a form of wrestling without weight classes, there is little doubt that a sumo wrestler with a ...
May 15, 2024
Figure Skating
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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
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Figure Skater Valieva Disqualified in Olympic Doping Case. Russians Set to Lose Team Gold to US
GENEVA (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday...
January 30, 2024
Other Sports
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Ex-SDF Member Sets Round-the-World Sailing Record; Hirotsugu Kimura, Youngest Japanese to Make Nonstop Solo Voyage
A 24-year-old former Self-Defense Forces member on Saturday became the youngest Japanese to sail ...
June 8, 2024
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Sani Brown Grabs Spot at Paris Games Ticket
OSLO (Jiji Press) — Sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown clocked 9.99 seconds to finish second in the ...
May 31, 2024
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World Champ Haruka Kitaguchi Lays Down Marker Ahead of Paris
TOKYO (AFP-Jiji) — Women’s javelin world champion Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan said she is beginning...
May 20, 2024
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Naoya Inoue Keeps Super Bantam Titles with 6th-Round TKO of Nery at Tokyo Dome; Bounces Back from 1st Knockdown of Career
Naoya Inoue lived up to his nickname as boxing’s “Monster” when he defended his unified super ban...
May 7, 2024
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Harimoto, Hayata Secure Paris Olympics Berth in Table Tennis Mixed Doubles; Ranked 3rd in World
Table tennis stars Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata, who have already qualified for the Paris Ol...
May 7, 2024
Soccer World Cup
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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
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A Spanish Soccer Official’s Kiss Unleashed Fury, Soul-Searching over Sexism, and a Hunger Strike
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Aug. 20 victory at the Women’s World Cup was a momentous occasion for the socc...
August 30, 2023
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Angry Reaction after Spanish Soccer Leader Kissed a Women’s World Cup Star on the Mouth
MADRID (AP) — The leader of Spain’s soccer federation marred the country’s Women’s World Cup victory...
August 22, 2023
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England’s Lionesses Heralded as ‘Game Changers’ Back Home Despite Loss to Spain in World Cup Final
LONDON (AP) — The wait for a World Cup title goes on for England, but the Lionesses were still heral...
August 21, 2023
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Olga Carmona Scored in Spain’s 1-0 Women’s World Cup Win. Then She Learned Her Father Had Died
MADRID (AP) — Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned after ...
August 21, 2023
Olympics & Paralympics
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Paris Olympics Organizers Unveil a Display of the Five Olympic Rings Mounted on the Eiffel Tower
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics organizers on Friday unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings...
June 7, 2024
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Japanese Judo Siblings Who Won Golds at Tokyo Olympics Vow to Defend Titles in Paris
Judo siblings Hifumi and Uta Abe, who both won golds at the Tokyo Olympics say they are ready to ...
June 6, 2024
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Russian Disinformation Campaign Takes Aim at Paris Olympics, Microsoft Says
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia has stepped up an online disinformation campaign which takes aim at Fra...
June 4, 2024
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Toyota to End Hefty Olympic Sponsorship; Shifts Focus to Individual Athlete Support
Toyota Motor Corp. will terminate its top-tier sponsorship with the International Olympic Committ...
May 28, 2024
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IPC To Decide On Inviting Russian, Belarusian Paralympians; President Will Soon Say If They May Come To Opening Ceremony
There are now less than 100 days remaining until Aug. 28, when this year’s Paralympic Games will ...
May 21, 2024
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