The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani ...

Inside the IOC’s secret presidential election and Seb Coe’s battle for power - IN DEPTH: Lord Coe faces a seven-way fight to ...

From classic sights to lesser-known gems and transport tips to seasonal highlights, here’s the lowdown on visiting Japan.

The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.

When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs square off in Tokyo this week for MLB’s season-opening series, it will ...

It was 70 years ago today, on 16 March 1955, that Adhemar Ferreira da Silva became the first man to triple jump beyond 16.50m ...

There have been 10 games when a player has notched double-digit shot attempts since 2021. Nine of the 10 were active members of the USWNT. The only exception, and the sole 10-shot firer of 2024, was ...

Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China then deported for taking photos showing exposed ...

TOKYO, JAPAN, March 02 — Converted steeplechaser Tadese Takele sped along a fast learning curve in the Tokyo Marathon as the 23-year Ethiopian ran 2:03:23 to win his first WMM title in just his third ...

Nicholas Kimeli is determined to reclaim Kenya’s dominance in the 5000m and 10,000m, vowing to go after Ugandans and ...

Dutch Olympic champion Sifan Hassan and world record holders Faith Kipyegon of Kenya and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the U.S. make up half the athletes nominated for Laureus Sportswoman of the Year.

In Olympic heptathlon competition she won the silver medal in ... Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete, as well as USA Track & Field's Jesse Owens Award in 1986 and '87. In 1999, she was ...