No Eddie Jones, no Rugby World Cup stars, no Super Rugby starters all proved to be no bother for Japan as the Brave Blossoms opened the Asia Rugby Championship with an 85-0 thrashing of South Korea on Saturday. On a gorgeous spring day in the city that introduced rugby to Japan (and Asia) 150 years […]
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Coach Mike Mularkey wants the Tennessee Titans to run so often that having the NFL’s 2014 rushing leader wasn’t enough. So they added a Heisman Trophy winner. The Titans selected Alabama running back Derrick Henry with the No. 45 overall pick, their third of three picks in the second round Friday night at the NFL […]
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The kid is all right for the Dallas Stars. Radek Faksa, the rookie center who split his season between the AHL and the NHL, scored the winning goal off a rebound with 4:44 to play and had an assist on the Stars’ other goal in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday […]
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Eighteen-year-old female jockey Nanako Fujita won her second national race on Saturday, finishing first in the eighth race at Tokyo Racecourse. Fujita, the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association in 16 years, guided 4-year-old mare and fourth favorite Lingus Vigorous to a win by a neck after stealing a march on Filare in […]
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Masahiro Tanaka threw 6⅔ strong innings on Friday, but Koji Uehara had the last laugh, earning the win in the Boston Red Sox’s 4-2 victory over Tanaka’s New York Yankees. Uehara (1-1) was razor sharp in one, 10-pitch inning, and earned the win in relief after David Ortiz homered off top-notch Yankees reliever Delin Betances […]
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Ex-Leicester City midfielder Yuki Abe has hailed Shinji Okazaki’s contribution to the Foxes as their Premier League season draws to a fairy-tale climax, and says he is not surprised that the Japan striker has become a hit at King Power Stadium. Leicester — 5,000-1 outsider for the title at the start of the season — […]
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Ichiro Suzuki reached another milestone on Friday, when he registered the 500th stolen base of his major league career during the Miami Marlins’ 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The 42-year-old Ichiro became the 39th player to achieve the feat after swiping second base in the first inning. He’d singled to lead off the game […]
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