World Cup winner Mana Iwabuchi retires with 'no regrets'
Former Japan forward Mana Iwabuchi bid a tearful farewell to professional soccer at her retirement news conference in Tokyo on Saturday.
Former Japan forward Mana Iwabuchi bid a tearful farewell to professional soccer at her retirement news conference in Tokyo on Saturday.
Yokozuna Terunofuji will skip the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament due to a nagging back injury, his stable said Friday, leaving the 15-day competition without a wrestler at the sport's highest rank.
Outside of a 14-1 title winning performance in May, yokozuna Terunofuji has barely set foot on a honbasho dohyo over the past year, competing in just three bouts since withdrawing midway through the 2022 September tournament.
The Detroit Lions, touted as NFL contenders after decades of playoff futility, stunned the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs 21-20 on the road on Thursday to kick off the 2023 season.
Coco Gauff beat Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-5 to reach her first U.S. Open final in a match that was halted for nearly an hour when an environmental activist glued his feet to the floor of Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday.
Japan opened the doors of Stade Ernest Wallon to the rugby-mad Toulouse public on Thursday as it held its final training session before Jamie Joseph announces the team that will take on Chile in the Brave Blossoms' Rugby World Cup opener on the weekend.
Katsuki Azuma threw a complete game to pick up his Central League-leading 13th win, as the DeNA BayStars beat the Hiroshima Carp 3-1 on Thursday.