Hinata Miyazawa, the top scorer at this year's Women's World Cup for Nadeshiko Japan, will join England's Women's Super League side Manchester United from Japan's Mynavi Sendai Ladies, the teams announced Wednesday.
With just one day to go until the Rugby World Cup kicks off and three days before Japan starts its campaign against Chile in Toulouse, Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport was full Wednesday night of Japanese rugby fans in addition to many others who have adopted the Brave Blossoms as their second team.
Chicago Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki drove in three runs for the third straight game to help the team to an 8-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wedesday.
Naomi Osaka didn’t bring any rackets with her when she arrived at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon. Osaka had no plans to play tennis.
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz finished off an exhausted Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday to move into the U.S. Open semifinals where he will take on Daniil Medvedev in an intriguing clash featuring the last two champions at Flushing Meadows.
Before France takes on New Zealand in the opening game of the Rugby World Cup, it will have to face the ferocious challenge laid down by the All Blacks in the haka.
Conventional wisdom suggests maybe it's best to get the first shot at the defending champs, to run into them early before the complete calibration of systems around MVP Patrick Mahomes.