Soccer ‘super agent’ Mino Raiola dies at age 54

The Italian built up a glittering portfolio of players over a long career as both one of the sport's most influential agents and most controversial ...

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Lightning enter playoffs seeking rare Stanley Cup three-peat

Two Florida teams will be aiming to lift the fabled Stanley Cup at the end of the grueling playoff tournament, while three Canadian teams are ...

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Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee qualifies for next Asian Games

A winner of six gold medals in Jakarta in 2018, Ikee has qualified for the Asian Games' 50-meter butterfly and 100-meter freestyle via the nationals ...

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Holder Barcelona reaches Women’s Champions League final

After a 5-3 aggregate win over Wolfsburg, Barcelona will face record seven-time winner Lyon in the final in Turin.

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Urawa into ACL knockout stage as Frontale eliminated

Urawa will progress to the knockout round as they eye their first Asian title since 2017, while reigning J. League champion Kawasaki dropped out despite ...

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Masataka Yoshida blasts Buffaloes past Lions

Considered by some MLB scouts to be Japanese baseball's best pure hitter, Yoshida went 3-for-4 with a first-inning single and tie-breaking homers in the sixth ...

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Shohei Ohtani hits 4th homer of season as Angels win 6th straight

Yu Darvish, meanwhile, earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs on eight hits over six innings in the San Diego Padres' 7-3 ...

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Sun shines for Naomi Osaka in Madrid as she passes first clay test

The former world No.1, who received entry into the tournament via a wildcard, needed just 61 minutes to ease past Russia's Anastasia Potapova.

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Mana Furuta eager to help bring women’s rugby into spotlight in Japan

Women's rugby still has relatively little exposure in Japan and elsewhere, but Furuta believes it has major growth potential.

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Retired wrestlers grapple with numerous challenges in life after sumo

Athletes in many sports can struggle to reinvent themselves after retirement, but the challenge is particularly acute for those in the ancient world of sumo.

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Belarusian Victoria Azarenka says Wimbledon ban ‘does not make sense’

"If you are asking me if I agree with Wimbledon or I see their reasoning after being on a personal call with them, I don't ...

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Daichi Kamada puts Frankfurt in driver’s seat against West Ham in Europa League semifinal

London has been a happy hunting ground for Kamada, who scored a brace in a 2-1 win over Arsenal in the same tournament in November ...

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A Pitching Contortionist Bends His Way Into Shape

Ignoring the routines and patterns of a normal pitcher has allowed the Yankees' Nestor Cortes to become the unlikeliest of breakout stars.

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Tiger Woods plays practice round at Southern Hills ahead of PGA Championship

Southern Hills will host next month's 104th PGA Championship, and Golf Digest reported Woods plans to play.

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Kaito Yoza delivers in clutch during Lions’ win over Hawks

Kaito Yoza provided some clutch relief, helping the Seibu Lions to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.The submarine right-hander ...

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Jaguars take Travon Walker with No. 1 pick in NFL draft

The first five players selected in the NFL draft on Thursday night play on the defensive side of the ball.

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Shohei Ohtani collects three hits and gets win as Angels beat Guardians

The 27-year-old Japanese went 3-for-5 with a run-scoring double and two singles as a designated hitter. It was his first three-hit game this season.

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Tyson Fury vows to stick to retirement plans

"I've got umpteen belts, I've got plenty of money. I've got success, fame, glory. What more am I doing it for?"

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Liverpool dominates Villarreal to take step toward Champions League final

Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool has to remain "on alert" despite putting one foot in the Champions League final with a dominant 2-0 win over Villarreal ...

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Naomi Osaka taking positive mindset into Madrid Open

"Even though I really hated the experience, I'm glad it happened to me. Indian Wells was one of those moments. I wish it didn't happen ...

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Frontale suffer setback in ACL

Kawasaki Frontale suffered a major setback in its bid for an Asian Champions League knockout-stage berth Wednesday, falling 3-2 to Group I opponent Ulsan Hyundai ...

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Giannis Antetokounmpo powers Bucks to series-clinching win over Bulls

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks brush aside the Chicago Bulls to complete a 4-1 series victory in the NBA playoffs ...

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Swallows blast past Carp

Home runs from Tetsuto Yamada, Munetaka Murakami and Yasutaka Shiomi powered the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to an 8-2 victory over the Hiroshima Carp in the ...

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Balanced Summer Basho banzuke offers few reasons for complaint

With the current top-division hierarchy well established, fans in search of the unexpected may have to look down to the third-division makushita.

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Japan making mark on global horse-racing stage with recent successes

Efforts to import fast bloodlines and improve domestic training facilities have led to wins at some of the world's biggest races for Japanese horses.

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Shaq says Lakers should keep ‘Big Three’ but need younger players too

The retired star's comments come after the veteran squad, which was the oldest in the league with an average age of 30, ultimately missed the ...

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Vladimir Putin defends Kamila Valieva’s ‘perfection’

Russia's president said the teenager's performances at the Beijing Olympics were free of doping after her positive test from December cast a shadow over the ...

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Wimbledon defends ban on Russian, Belarusian players as only option

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) took the decision in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the stand was swiftly condemned by ...

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Record-setting Rui Machida looking forward to WNBA debut

The Mystics, WNBA champions in 2019, have high hopes for Machida, who arrived in Washington after finishing the Japanese season with the W League's Fujitsu ...

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Olympic champion Chloe Kim to take break for mental health

The American became the youngest woman to claim an Olympic gold in snowboarding when she won the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a ...

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Independent regulator to oversee English soccer

Ministers have given their formal support to 10 key recommendations set out in a fan-led review launched after last year's failed European Super League project.

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Carlos Alcaraz surprised by rapid rise in rankings and top-10 spot

The Barcelona Open champion entered the top 10 at the same age, on the same date and after a triumph in the same tournament as ...

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ISU bans Russia and Belraus from hosting international events

The skating body said that it was looking for a replacement host for the Cup of Russia, which is scheduled to take place in late ...

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Stanley Cup champion Lightning honored at White House

It was the first time the team was honored at the White House by a sitting president after the 2004-05 NHL lockout and the COVID-19 ...

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Kyogo Furuhashi helps push Celtic closer to league title

Celtic closed in on the Scottish Premiership title as Kyogo Furuhashi marked his first start in four months with the opening goal in a 2-0 ...

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Frontale rises to top of Asian Champions League group after rout

Veteran striker Yu Kobayashi bagged a brace before halftime as undefeated Kawasaki Frontale moved to the top of Asian Champions League Group I with a ...

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Tyson Fury will only return to ring for unification fight, says wife

Tyson Fury will return to the ring only for a title unification bout, his wife Paris said after "The Gypsy King" retained the WBC heavyweight ...

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Imperfect Roki Sasaki gets win as Marines battle past Buffaloes

Roki Sasaki allowed his first base runner and runs in three weeks, and worked just five innings, but the Chiba Lotte Marines held on to ...

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Nasa Hataoka earns five-stroke win at LA Open to claim sixth LPGA title

The 23-year-old Ibaraki native fired an eagle and four birdies in a 4-under par 67 on Sunday, finishing with a 15-under total of 269.

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Wakatakakage on prestigious east side of rankings for Summer Grand Sumo Tournament

Mitakeumi, who went 11-4 as a first-time ozeki in March, also found himself on the east side for the 15-day tourney, which starts May 8 ...

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Seiya Suzuki notches first three-hit game of MLB career as Cubs steamroll Pirates

Scoring his team's opening run in the first inning at Wrigley Field, the MLB rookie and his teammates trounced Pittsburgh 21-0.

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Bayern Munich ‘get a few things’ off their chest with 10th straight title

Bayern have spent the last fortnight licking their wounds after losing in the Champions League quarterfinals to Villarreal.

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Lewis Hamilton writes off F1 title hopes after new low at Imola

Hamilton, the most successful F1 driver of all time with 103 wins, said a lot of work was going on to fix the car's problems ...

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Tyson Fury bounces back to bow out in style with TKO win over Dillian Whyte

Tyson Fury emerged unscathed from a turbulent fight week to cement his place among the greats of heavyweight boxing on Saturday in London.

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Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera joins elite club with 3,000th hit

The 39-year-old became just the seventh player to achieve 3,000 career hits and 500 home runs with a single in the first inning against the ...

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To get to the Cubs, Seiya Suzuki needed a new idol

Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Trout represent wildly different body types and playing styles, but their unique abilities converged in influencing the career path of Seiya ...

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Are there limits to pitching perfection? Roki Sasaki will find out.

After 17 perfect innings, the baseball world is eagerly anticipating the next start by the Marines' phenom.

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Even on the glamorous Canadiens, Guy Lafleur shone as a rock star

Panache was the word for Guy Lafleur, a towering figure in Montreal hockey history who swooped down the right wing for the Canadiens in the ...

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Kazuya Fujita Taishi Ota lead BayStars past Tigers

Fujita and Ota were both signed as offseason free agents after they were cast off by the Pacific League's Rakuten Eagles and Nippon Ham Fighters, ...

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Gosuke Katoh makes first MLB start in Blue Jays win

Batting eighth and playing second base, the 27-year-old Katoh, born in California to Japanese parents, began a big-league game for the first time since he ...

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Skateboarder Yuto Horigome expresses excitement ahead of X Games Chiba

More than 100 athletes from 18 countries will compete for a total of 30 medals awarded in 10 competitions across three sports — skateboarding, BMX ...

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Urawa Reds lose first while Melbourne City remain unbeaten in ACL

Urawa began the campaign with two wins from two but are now level on points with Daegu in the Group F rankings.

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Larry Nassar abuse survivors seek $130 million over botched FBI investigation

The individuals say they suffered further abuse as a result of the FBI's failure to properly investigate Nassar after being made aware of some of ...

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Tennis’ ATP and WTA join hands to launch joint mobile app

The new ATP WTA Live app will replace the ATP and WTA's existing apps and allow fans to keep up with official scores and results ...

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Japan’s rowdiest baseball fans desperate to end pandemic silence

The Hanshin Tigers' Koshien Stadium near Osaka used to be a riot of noise and color, but since COVID-19, the fans have been silenced and ...

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Shohei Ohtani flirts with perfection as he grabs first win of 2022

He threw 81 pitches, 55 for strikes, and rode a dominant slider to 12 strikeouts, tying his career high.

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Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players, but ATP and WTA slam ‘unfair’ move

Russian men's world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and Belarusian female world No. 4 Aryna Sabalenka — a Wimbledon semifinalist last year — are the leading ...

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Gregory Polanco and rookie Taisei Ota clinch Giants win

Polanco, in his first season in Japan after eight years with the Pirates, doubled home Yoshikawa and Sakamoto, capping off Yomiuri's three-run eighth to make ...

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Jays’ Yusei Kikuchi left waiting for first win after no-decision

The 30-year-old persevered despite putting a runner in scoring position in each of the first four innings at Fenway Park, but the Blue Jays' bats ...

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Pique rejects wrongdoing over €24-million Saudi Super Cup deal

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique dismissed any wrongdoing over his involvement in helping the Spanish F.A. secure a deal to relocate Spain's Super Cup to Saudi ...

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Vissel edges past Kitchee to open ACL campaign with a win

Kobe dominated, but took time to double the lead and faced a nervy end to the game after Kitchee's Alex Akande slotted home in the ...

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Emma Raducanu spurred on to tackle the clay in Stuttgart

The British teenager and reigning U.S. Open champion faces Storm Sanders of Australia in her opening tie on Wednesday in the first round at the ...

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United States learns path to 2023 Women’s World Cup

The U.S. women's team is chasing an unprecedented third consecutive Women's World Cup crown after hoisting trophies in 2015 at Canada and 2019 in France.

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Pele hospitalized again for colon cancer treatment

The 81-year-old must go to the hospital at least once a month to undergo check-ups and continue chemotherapy against the colon tumor that was detected ...

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Rapper Macklemore, NFL great Marshawn Lynch join Kraken ownership

Both are longtime supporters in the community, with Macklemore using his platforms to advocate for social and racial justice and Lynch serving underprivileged youth through ...

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Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet win Boston Marathon

The win confirmed Jepchirchir as among the most dominant marathon runners of all time, as she became the first athlete to claim Olympic gold along ...

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Kawasaki hit eight goals past Guangzhou in ACL

After rescuing a late draw in their Group I opener against Ulsan Hyundai on Friday, Kawasaki thumped the side who lost their first game 5-0 ...

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Colin Kaepernick willing to accept backup QB role if given chance

Kaepernick sparked a polarizing national debate in 2016 when he protested against racial injustice by kneeling during the U.S. national anthem before games.

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Hiromi Miyake becomes Japan’s first female IWF board member

The 36-year-old, who won silver and bronze medals during her Olympic career, was elected as vice chair of the IWF Athlete's Commission and joins the ...

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Trio of Japanese MLB stars standout for their teams in series finale

Rookie sensation Seiya Suzuki walked twice and homered as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 to earn a split of a four-game series.

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Real Madrid fight back again to stun Sevilla as Atletico scrape past Espanyol

Karim Benzema completed another incredible Real Madrid comeback as they fought from two goals down to defeat Sevilla 3-2 in La Liga.

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Anti-dopers ponder paying informants to break code of silence in sports

Paid criminal informants are a staple of police work in many countries, but the suggestion that the sports world adopt the same approach has led ...

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Jordan Spieth defeats Patrick Cantlay in RBC Heritage playoff

It was the three-time major champion's first victory in 12½ months. He won on Easter Sunday for the second straight year after securing his last ...

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Defensive development key to Rui Hachimura’s NBA future

Heading into the offseason, Hachimura said he knows he needs to keep working on his game, but there may be a gap between what he ...

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Hinako Shibuno finishes second at Lotte Championship

Shibuno, the 2019 Women's British Open champion, finished the day two shots off winner Kim Hyo-joo of South Korea.

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Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer might challenge leave extension

Bauer last appeared in a Dodgers uniform on June 28, before the allegations by a Southern California woman that he sexually assaulted her went public.

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Jurgen Klopp salutes Liverpool after team seals F.A. Cup final place

Liverpool was three goals up by halftime as they tore City apart with a scintillating display that Klopp rated among the very finest of ...

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Oscar De La Hoya expresses desire to end feud with UFC president

The feud between the former world champion and Dana White has been around a while, with both parties lobbing insults at one another since at ...

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Marines fire-baller Roki Sasaki quickly fulfilling promise

Efforts to build up the 20-year-old's physical strength over the last two seasons have already produced results this year in the form of a historic ...

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Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Famer on champion Islander teams, dies at 65

Kimber Auerbach, director of communications for the Islanders, said the cause was lung cancer. Bossy announced he had the disease in October.

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Shohei Ohtani smacks two homers to end drought

The reigning American League MVP had not homered in his first seven games of the season for the first time in his five-year MLB career.

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NBA playoffs tip off with intriguing first-round clashes

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and last year's runners-up Phoenix Suns are the favorites but plenty of other teams have the firepower to get to ...

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Shohei Ohtani surrenders six runs, takes second straight loss

The two-way star struggled on the mound against the Rangers and has yet to find his rhythm at the plate in the first season featuring ...

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‘Thai Messi’ Chanathip making his own name in Japan

Kawasaki Frontale's star midfielder is keen to show soccer-mad Thai fans that he can live up to their expectations.

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Bryson DeChambeau likely to miss PGA Championship after surgery

The American fractured the bone in his wrist when he slipped on marble floors while playing ping pong in Saudi Arabia, also injuring his hip ...

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‘This is American history’: Baseball’s Hall of Fame reconsiders race

A planned permanent exhibit in Cooperstown is intended to highlight the Black experience in baseball, aiming to shed light on a legacy that has often ...

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Team GB hands back men’s 4×100 silver medals after doping ruling

Chijindu Ujah and his teammates finished second behind Italy last August but were stripped of the silver in February after a Court of Arbitration for ...

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Daichi Kamada assists in Frankfurt’s Europa League win over Barca

The 25-year-old, overlooked by Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu in the latter stages of World Cup qualifying, had a solid outing defensively and nearly scored a ...

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Raiders’ QB Derek Carr signs three-year $121.5 million extension

Carr recorded a career-high and franchise-record 4,804 passing yards last season with six 300-yard games.

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Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki stays red hot with early-season hit streak

Suzuki has three home runs, nine RBIs, and is batting .400 in the first five games of the season.

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NBA mogul and former captain duo join Stephen Pagliuca on Chelsea bid

Chelsea were put up for sale by owner Roman Abramovich following Russia's invasion and before sanctions were imposed on the oligarch by the British government.

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Alexander Zverev cruises into Monte Carlo Masters final 16

Zverev, who took to court as the highest ranked player remaining in the tournament, lost the first four points of the match but breezed through ...

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J. League interpreter’s career was found in translation

Among the unsung heroes working in the background of sports, interpreters play a particularly vital role in keeping teams whose players and coaches come from ...

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Prestigious University of Tokyo may claim its first sumo wrestler

Hotaka Suyama could become the school's first graduate to enter the world of ōzumo when he takes the Japan Sumo Association's entrance exam.

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Australia cricket board and players sign deal to issue NFTs

The cricket deal, in partnership with Rario and digital trading company BlockTrust, will pave the way for fans to buy NFTs involving Australian players.

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Sepp Blatter and Michael Platini to face Swiss fraud trial in June

The former FIFA and UEFA chiefs have repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the past over the $2 million payment, for which Swiss prosecutors indicted them in ...

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J. League targets Generation Z with TikTok partnership

The league hopes to use the short-form video-sharing platform to offer an unfiltered look behind the scenes and appeal to younger fans.

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Australia’s Victoria to spread 2026 Commonwealth Games far and wide

Melbourne, the state capital, hosted the 2006 Games and will stage the 2026 opening ceremony at Melbourne Cricket Ground, but the sports will be spread ...

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Mike Brown slams England coach Eddie Jones over 2019 World Cup axing

The critical comments from England's most-capped fullback come after Jones presided over a second successive Six Nations in which England lost three games.

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Dream select Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard No. 1 overall in WNBA draft

The Dream sent two first-round picks to the Mystics in order to position themselves to draft Howard, a three-time first-team All-American during her time with ...

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Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says cancer treatment behind him

The 70-year-old still plans to lead his team at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in seven months' time despite having gone through 25 chemotherapy ...

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Man City and Liverpool seek perfection in push for glory

Fans will not have long to wait until the next installment, with the two teams locking horns again in the FA Cup semi-final.

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Roki Sasaki moves on from perfect game to focus on next start

It was the first perfect game in Japan since Hiromi Makihara did it on May 18, 1994, for the Yomiuri Giants, and the 16th the ...

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Seta Tamanivalu hat-trick pushes Brave Lupus past Verblitz

Another former All Black, Tom Taylor, kicks 18 points for the winners, who are fifth in the table on 34 points, while Verblitz are a ...

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Playoff makeovers may upend the NBA championship chase

Over the coming days and weeks, opposing coaches will overprepare for the possibility that long-injured stars could return.

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World No.1 Scottie Scheffler wins first major at Masters after Tiger’s return

The 25-year-old American took a $2.7 million top prize and joined 1991 Masters champion Ian Woosnam as the only players to win majors in their ...

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Brewers stave off Cubs as Seiya Suzuki hits first big league homer

The Japanese outfielder signed a five-year contract worth $85 million back in March. He went 1-for-3 in his third regular season game.

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Kobe remains winless after 10 J1 games with loss to Cerezo

The Noevir Stadium residents failed to benefit from their newly announced managerial replacement, with Miguel Lotina falling short against his former Cerezo side.

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Lotte pitcher Roki Sasaki throws Japan’s 16th perfect game

The 20-year-old's no-hitter was the 94th in Japanese pro baseball and the first since Aug. 15, 2020, as well as Japan's first perfect game since ...

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Japanese duo nets in Celtic hammering as Kyogo Furuhashi returns

Celtic, which beat crosstown rival Rangers 2-1 away in the Glasgow derby last weekend, is now nine points clear at the top of the table ...

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Scottie Scheffler clings to three-shot Masters lead after third round

With the sun setting, the world No. 1 unleashed a brilliant approach on the 18th hole that allowed him to happily walk away three shots ...

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Shakhtar Donetsk start ‘peace’ tour to mixed reaction

Proceeds from the friendly against Greece's Olympiakos were donated to charities helping the millions of Ukrainians who have fled their embattled country.

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Alysa Liu announces retirement at 16

The American won her first U.S. title in 2019 aged 13, breaking Tara Lipinski's record to become the youngest national champion, and repeated the feat ...

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Gennadiy Golovkin stops London Olympic champion Ryota Murata

The win moved Golovkin a step closer to a third crack at pound-for-pound king Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, completing a trilogy that could box-office records.

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Hideki Matsuyama moves into second at Masters, but five shots off leader Scottie Scheffler

Starting the day in 19th and at even par, Matsuyama piled up four birdies and a bogey for a 3-under 69 at Augusta National Golf ...

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Max Verstappen wary that off-track demands could hurt performance

The Dutch Red Bull driver is hot property for media, sponsors and fans after his 2021 triumph, and the relaxation of biosecurity protocols could mean ...

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Andres Iniesta pulling for Japan and Spain to advance in World Cup

The Samurai Blue are long shots to advance to the knockout stage from a group that also includes four-time champion Germany.

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Seiya Suzuki gets first MLB hit as Cubs win on opening day

Welcomed by a huge cheer from the home crowd at Wrigley Field, the 27-year-old former Carp slugger got his first hit in the big leagues ...

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Diego Maradona’s daughter claims wrong jersey is up for auction

Auctioneers Sotheby's strongly refuted Dalma Maradona's claims on Thursday, saying an external company had provided a "conclusive photomatch" that proved the Argentina uniform was authentic.

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Serena Williams hints at Wimbledon return after year on sidelines

The former world No. 1 left last year's Wimbledon with a hamstring injury, skipped the Olympics in Tokyo and the U.S. Open in 2021 as ...

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Billie Jean King to donate $50,000 for Ukraine relief

The tennis legend's announcement comes ahead of the United States hosting Ukraine in a qualifier for the former Fed Cup, which was renamed in her ...

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Remarkable Tiger Woods in Masters hunt after opening 71

In his first competitive round of golf in 508 days, Woods mixed three birdies with two bogeys at Augusta National to sit in a tie ...

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Boston Marathon restricts Russian and Belarusian runners

The restrictions, which also apply to the 5 kilometer race, are the latest in a series of sanctions across global sport in response to Russia's ...

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U.K.’s Johnson rejects transgender women in female sports

Debate in Britain about transgender rights has become ever more acrimonious after transgender cyclist Emily Bridges was barred from a women's race.

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Soul searching ahead for Lakers after missing playoffs

What was supposed to be a heart-warming coming home story for the Long Beach native and former league MVP Westbrook quickly turned nightmarish amid injuries ...

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Minor league journeyman Gosuke Katoh makes Blue Jays’ opening day roster

The 27-year-old versatile defender has appeared at every infield position this spring, where he had a strong showing both at the plate and in the ...

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Mariners and Twins ready to showcase offseason additions

Seattle's rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez and Minnesota's new star shortstop Carlos Correa will look to spark their respective teams to a hot start in 2022.

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Football Union of Russia withdraws appeal over FIFA ban

Russia's hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were effectively ended after CAS rejected a request to freeze FIFA's suspension while the ...

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Reds release Shogo Akiyama with one year left on deal

The 33-year-old, who will still receive $8 million from Cincinnati, becomes a free agent and can sign with any other MLB team or return to ...

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Tiger Woods sets stage for another storybook Masters comeback

The 15-time major winner delighted fans by saying he will not only play the Masters, but that he can win a sixth green jacket.

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MLB to allow use of pitch-calling technology this season

MLB hopes "PitchCom," which allows catchers to communicate directly to pitchers without hand signals, will prevent sign-stealing and speed up the pace of the game.

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Masahiro Tanaka earns win as virus-hit Rakuten returns to action

Masahiro Tanaka pitched the coronavirus-hit Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 7-3 Pacific League win against the Saitama Seibu Lions on Tuesday, allowing two runs ...

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ATP warns of stricter action for misconduct

The ATP has recently come under fire for what many pundits and fans perceived to be soft punishments from the governing body following a series ...

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Three-time Olympian Nana Takagi announces retirement

Nana Takagi, who with her younger sister Miho became the first pair of speed skating siblings to appear at three Olympic Winter Games, announced her ...

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‘Tigermania’ sweeps Augusta as Tiger Woods keeps Masters guessing

The car crash that 14 months ago had threatened to take Woods' right leg seemed a distant misfortune on a picture perfect Monday as he ...

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Carlos Beltran: Astros’ World Series title ‘stained’ by scandal

The nine-time All Star was the only player named in a bombshell 2020 MLB report on the 2017 sign-stealing incident, forcing him to resign from ...

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Qatar will host a World Cup, but not as we know it

The tournament's first journey to West Asia brings with it unique challenges, including the need to accommodate millions of fans expected to descend on Doha ...

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Shohei Ohtani homers as Shogo Akiyama misses Reds’ Opening Day roster

Ohtani looks sharp in Angels' spring camp. Akiyama, meanwhile, has a decision to make ahead of his final season of a three-year deal with Cincinnati.

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Hinako Shibuno bounces back to finish fourth at Chevron Championship

The 2019 Women's British Open winner, who sat top after two rounds at Mission Hills Country Club, carded seven birdies and a bogey for a ...

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Naomi Osaka up to 35th in WTA rankings after Miami Open final

Osaka, the former world No. 1 and four-time grand-slam winner, had been plummeting in the rankings after taking two self-imposed mental health breaks in 2021.

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Japan wingers Junya Ito and Kaoru Mitoma star in Belgian top-flight wins

Ito, the standout performer for Japan as they qualified for their seventh-straight World Cup finals, scored Genk's third goal during their trouncing of Eupen at ...

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China state broadcaster airs first NBA match since 2020

The return of the NBA to Chinese screens sparked a mixed reaction from the country's social media users, with some slamming what they saw as ...

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Frank Gore set to retire as a 49er after signing one-day contract

The 38-year-old Gore, who did not play in the NFL last season, ranks third all-time with 16,000 rushing yards.

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Padres acquire LHP Sean Manaea from Athletics

Manaea, who joins a rotation that includes Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, Mike Clevinger and Joe Musgrove, posted an 11-10 record with a 3.91 ERA in ...

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The best game that money could buy

In MLB, where players’ salaries are public but owners’ revenues are not, teams can spend as little as they want. They can also spend as ...

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‘Coach K’ says goodbye as North Carolina downs Duke in Final Four

The pregame focus was the 75-year-old veteran, who had announced this would be his last season and had hoped to lead the Blue Devils to ...

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Ultimate test awaits Samurai Blue after ‘Group of Death’ draw

While Japan will face a daunting challenge in a group featuring former World Cup champions Germany and Spain, the high-profile games may be exactly what ...

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Hinako Shibuno falters at Chevron to see hopes of major title fade

The 23-year-old led by a stroke after two rounds at Mission Hills Country Club but then dropped to 5-over-par 77, carding two birdies, three bogeys ...

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Christian Eriksen inspires Brentford to historic win over Chelsea

After beating Chelsea for the first time since 1939, Brentford has now won all three Premier League games in which Eriksen has started after failing ...

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Manu Ginobili among selections to basketball Hall of Fame

The 13-member class of 2022 includes four-time NBA champion Ginobili, who won Olympic gold with Argentina in 2004, as well as three-time WNBA champion Lindsay ...

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Naomi Osaka beaten by rising Iga Swiatek in Miami Open final

The former world No. 1, who used to train in Miami, was happy to be back battling for a title after going through two self-imposed ...

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Surging Giants add to Tigers’ woes with fifth straight victory

The Tigers matched the longest losing streak to start a season by a Central League team.

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Japan boss says nothing to fear from tough World Cup draw

The draw for the World Cup in Qatar later this year threw Japan into Group E along with heavyweights Spain and Germany.

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Shohei Ohtani praises MLB’s flexibility after approval of new DH rule

Ohtani said he is in better shape this year, and believes the new rule will simplify his work."I'll be able to pitch more aggressively," he ...

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Lewis Hamilton opens up about struggles with mental health

"I have struggled mentally and emotionally for a long time, to keep going is a constant effort but we have to keep fighting, we have ...

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MLB and union officially approve ‘Shohei Ohtani’ rule for designated hitters

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association formally announced an amended designated hitter rule that has been approved for the 2022 season.Dubbed the "Shohei ...

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Padres’ Yu Darvish gets call to start on opening day

Japan will have two opening day pitchers in the majors for the third time with Darvish and Shohei Ohtani both in action.

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino backs away from plans for biennial World Cup

Infantino, who has pushed the project along in recent months, said the plan had never actually been proposed by soccer's governing body.

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