Table tennis star and three-time Olympic medalist Kasumi Ishikawa announces retirement

Ishikawa earned three Olympic women's team medals and was a five-time singles national champion.

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Sensational Stephen Curry scores 50 in Game 7 as Warriors advance

Stephen Curry scored 50 points in a record-shattering performance to send the defending champion Golden State Warriors into the second round of the NBA playoffs, ...

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Japan to face Australia and Germany in tough FIBA World Cup group

Japan is cohosting the tournament, which opens in late August, with the Philippines and Indonesia.

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Urawa and Al Hilal draw first leg of Asian Champions League final

Urawa boss Maciej Skorza credited the players for grinding out a "good result" under challenging conditions.

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Lakers and Rui Hachimura advance to second round of NBA playoffs

Hachimura will make his first trip to the conference semifinals after providing key contributions for the Lakers during the series, including a team-high 29 points ...

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German soccer team will test a new ticket price: zero

Starting next season, Fortuna will set out to give away tickets for several games at its 54,600-seat Merkur-Spiel Arena for nothing.

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Tennis stars praise Giannis Antetokounmpo for impassioned speech on failure

"Maybe it's a wake-up call for everyone outside of sports to understand what it means when you lose or when you don't achieve your goals," ...

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Shohei Ohtani shines at plate and wins on mound against Athletics

Ohtani finished a home run shy of hitting for the cycle, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.

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Aaron Rodgers aiming high with Jets

Aaron Rodgers was unveiled as the new quarterback of the New York Jets and quickly made it clear his goal is to end the franchise's ...

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Keisei Tominaga among early entry candidates for NBA draft

Tominaga played in all 32 games for Nebraska during the 2022-23 season and averaged 13.1 points per game.

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New generation could rekindle ozeki rank’s missing spark

With a history of engaging and charismatic wrestlers, sumo's second-highest rank often draws a greater response from fans than the stoicism demanded from yokozuna.

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UEFA president says U.S.-hosted Champions League final ‘possible’

The showpiece event in European club soccer has never been held outside the continent since the competition's inception in 1955.

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Top Indian wrestlers demand arrest of ex-federation chief

The Indian Olympic Association formed a panel to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation in January, but the athletes say there has been insufficient ...

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Kazuto Ioka, Joshua Franco to fight super flyweight belt rematch

The June 24 fight at Tokyo's Ota City General Gymnasium will be a quick reunion for the pair after they battled to a 12-round draw ...

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Carlos Alcaraz brushes aside notion of replacing Rafael Nadal

Alcaraz's defense of his Barcelona Open title on Sunday has boosted his bid to succeed his countryman as French Open champion.

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Manchester United beats Brighton to set up clash with Manchester City in FA Cup final

The nail-biting finish was a fitting ending after 120 scoreless minutes of wild swings in a game that careened from end to end all night.

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Mejdi Schalck wins bouldering title at season-opening World Cup event

French teenager Mejdi Schalck won the men's bouldering at sport climbing's season-opening World Cup meet in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sunday.Belgian Hannes Van Duysen finished ...

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Masataka Yoshida homers twice in one inning to lead Red Sox past Brewers

Only three other Red Sox players have hit two homers in the same inning — David Ortiz in 2008, Nomar Garciaparra in 2002 and Ellis ...

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England beat Ireland to maintain Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam bid

The defending champions ran in eight tries in Cork as they enjoyed yet another lopsided victory.

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FC Tokyo ends Hiroshima’s winning run; Vissel loses to F. Marinos

Tokyo came into the match without a league win in four games but held on for all three points at Edion Stadium.

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Ohtani strikes out 11 as Angels beat Royals

The two-way superstar struck out the last six batters he faced in seven innings of two-hit ball at Angel Stadium.

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Rafael Nadal has endured litany of injuries during long career

During Nadal's career, which has stretched over 20 years, the Spaniard has missed 11 Grand Slams and withdrew during five others.

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Carp rally for victory over Tigers

Veteran pinch-hitter Ryuhei Matsuyama cleared the bases with a three-run double to lift the Carp to a win.

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Tiger Woods has ‘successful’ ankle surgery

Woods has competed in just five tournaments since his February 2021 car crash near Los Angeles, completing 72 holes only twice.

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Frank Schwindel leads Buffaloes to win with three-hit night in debut

"I didn't even know I was playing today," Schwindel said. "And the manager told me I was in there, so that was a good ...

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Shohei Ohtani hits fourth homer in Angels’ win over Yankees

The two-way star marked a memorable occasion, with his home run arriving on the 100th anniversary of the opening of the original Yankee Stadium.

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Olivier Giroud sends Milan into CL semis despite late Napoli rally

Milan coach Stefano Pioli said he would welcome a potential semifinal against the team's city rival Inter.

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Evans Chebet retains Boston Marathon men’s title

World record holder Eliud Kipchoge was among the biggest attractions at the World Marathon Major, but lost his momentum around the halfway mark and finished ...

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Argentina to replace Indonesia as FIFA Under-20 World Cup host

FIFA withdrew hosting rights from Indonesia last month after protests against Israel's participation the tournament.

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Arsenal manager confident Gunners can handle pressure of title race

Arsenal's bid to win the Premier League for the first time since 2004 is in danger of imploding.

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Brewers overcome Yu Darvish gem to edge Padres

Yu Darvish threw seven innings of one-run ball with 12 strikeouts but his San Diego Padres lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Sunday.

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Shohei Ohtani to take mound as Angels try to avoid four-game sweep in Boston

"With all due respect to all the athletes in the world, he has to be the best athlete," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of ...

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Shigeoka brothers each win to capture world minimumweight interim titles

Yudai and Ginjiro Shigeoka both won by knockout in a world minimumweight interim title doubleheader on Sunday.

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Rui Hachimura scores 29 off bench as Lakers beat Grizzlies in Game 1

Hachimura's 29 points are the most for a Lakers player off the bench since Magic Johnson scored 25 in 1996.

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Hiroya Miyagi pitches Buffaloes past Marines

Reliever Yuki Udagawa got Miyagi out of an eighth-inning pinch before 39-year-old former Diamondbacks and Mariners reliever Yoshihisa Hirano worked a scoreless ninth for his ...

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Frankfurt’s Makoto Hasebe finds renewed passion to play past 40

The three-time World Cup veteran signed a unique contract with Frankfurt in February 2022, giving him free rein on when to quit playing and move ...

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Michael Jordan was an activist after all

On the first road trip of his NBA career, in the fall of 2001, Etan Thomas looked out the window of the Washington Wizards’ team ...

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Dominant Team USA wins World Team Trophy as host Japan takes bronze

Surprise package South Korea shone in its debut at the event as captain Cha Jun-hwan led the team to second place.

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Trainer Jessica Harrington hopes to realize dream at Grand National while also fighting breast cancer

Harrington said winning the world's most famous steeplechase has been her dream "since she was a child."

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Britain’s Anne Keothavong and Katie Boulter welcome WTA decision to return to China

Keothavong, now captain of Britain's Billie Jean King Cup team, said she hoped Peng was safe but that ultimately "tennis is a business."

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Team USA maintains World Team Trophy lead as Japan closes gap for silver

Kaori Sakamoto finished second in the women's free skate, while Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took second in the pairs short program.

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WTA to end China boycott despite no change in Peng Shuai situation

The Women's Tennis Association will resume operations in China this year, it said on Thursday, ending a stance taken in 2021 to suspend tournaments in ...

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Wrestler Akari Fujinami earns 119th straight win to match Saori Yoshida’s mark

Fujinami's streak dates back to her junior high school days in September 2017 and includes her world championship victory in 2021.

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Japan skaters struggle on first day of World Team Trophy

Team USA jumped to a strong lead at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on strong performances by Ilia Malinin, Isabeau Levito and ice dance world champions Madison ...

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The ‘sweeper’ is MLB’s new(ish) pitch on the block

"It’s kind of a glitch pitch,” said Matt Blake, the Yankees’ pitching coach. "Some guys were throwing it, but maybe didn’t really understand how they ...

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Japan looking to host Rugby World Cup as early as 2035

The Japan Rugby Football Union said Wednesday it is aiming to host the women's Rugby World Cup as early as 2037 as part of its ...

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Tigers edge Giants on 10th-inning single; Starter Shoki Murakami pulled after seven perfect innings

Shoki Murakami threw seven perfect innings before being replaced by a pinch hitter.

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Brittney Griner to write book about ‘unfathomable’ Russian detainment

The memoir will also address the issue of pay inequity for women athletes in the United States, which led Griner to play basketball in Russia ...

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Frontale fans’ protest shows league’s ‘superclub’ push carries risks

Supporters of the four-time J1 champion raised alarms over what they see as weakening ties between the club and the community that has supported it ...

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Giants’ Louis Okoye off to hot start with new team

Okoye has nine hits in six games with the Giants.

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Twins’ Kenta Maeda, Padres’ Yu Darvish struggle on mound

Maeda threw 55 of his 83 pitches for strikes in his longest appearance since his September 2021 elbow surgery.

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United States looks for path forward without injured Mallory Swanson

The absence of the team's talismanic striker continues to be cause for concern after she had to be carried off on a stretcher just three ...

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FIFA predicts 2023 Women’s World Cup will be ‘watershed’ moment

Women's soccer is already enjoying a surge in popularity in some countries, and the tournament looks set to spark further global interest.

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Jon Rahm pulls away to claim first Masters title

Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner, collected his second major championship by finishing at 12 under for a four-stroke victory.

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Odell Beckham Jr. agrees to deal with Ravens

Free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has agreed in principle to a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens, the team announced Sunday. Beckham later ...

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Japan Cup BMX meet set to welcome international riders

Yokosuka hosted the Japan Cup last July for the first time and is aiming to vitalize its local communities through urban sports.

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Yui Hasegawa, Mina Tanaka goals give Nadeshiko Japan win in Portugal

Manager Futoshi Ikeda found success after making personnel and tactical changes from the U.S.-hosted SheBelieves Cup in February.

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Jill Biden stumbles by inviting NCAA winners (and losers) to White House after Women’s Final Four

President Joe Biden said both the men’s and women’s basketball champions would be invited to the White House.

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Shohei Ohtani says MLB still in gray area with pitch clock

Shohei Ohtani made history again Wednesday as the first player to run afoul of MLB's new pitch-timer rules as both a hitter and a pitcher, ...

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Sam Kerr hopes Women’s World Cup has lasting impact in Australia

Striker Sam Kerr said the Matildas can create a lasting legacy for women's soccer in Australia when they co-host this year's Women's World Cup in ...

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Frank Lampard says returning to Chelsea was ‘easy decision’

Asked if the role could become permanent, Lampard said he "would not get ahead of himself."

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Brooks Koepka has strong opening round to grab share of Masters lead

Koepka joined Viktor Hovland and John Rahm with opening-round 65s to finish with a share the lead.

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Roki Sasaki strikes out 11 to help Marines sweep past Fighters

Sasaki was pitching for the first time this season after helping Samurai Japan win the World Baseball Classic in March.

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The tangled inner world of LIV Golf

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been a public cheerleader for LIV, which played two tournaments at his company’s courses last year.

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Eagles’ Yuki Matsui youngest to 200 career saves in Japan

The lefty became the ninth pitcher to reach the milestone in Nippon Professional Baseball and the youngest at the age of 27 years and five ...

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Switzerland to host 2025 Women’s Euros

UEFA received four bids to host the tournament, including a joint bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden that reached the final round of voting.

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Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee books worlds spot in 100 butterfly

The 22-year-old will be making her third appearance at the world championships and her first since 2017.

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Russians, Belarusians set to return at taekwondo world championships

The IOC issued recommendations last week for athletes from the two countries to return to international competition.

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Endeavor and WWE join forces to create live-combat tag team

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and WWE boss Vince McMahon are betting that traditional TV companies and video-streaming giants will continue to pay top dollar for ...

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Daniil Medvedev turns attention to clay after dominant run on hard courts

Daniil Medvedev could be forgiven for a little wishful thinking after confirming his status as the current king of the hard courts by winning the ...

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LSU overcomes Caitlin Clark and Iowa to win first national title

Louisiana State University blew past Iowa and national player of the year Caitlin Clark 102-85 to win the coveted women's NCAA collegiate basketball crown on ...

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Kodai Senga strikes out eight to win MLB debut with Mets

All eight of his strikeouts came on his best pitch, which has been called a "ghost fork"

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Paris to make Olympic history with men’s artistic swimming debut

Only women have competed since the sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, was added to the Olympic program in 1984 in Los Angeles.

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Koya Yuruki brace helps J1 leader Kobe ease past Kyoto

Kobe, which welcomed back Andres Iniesta as an unused substitute, is top on 15 points following its fifth win from six games this season.

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