Hokutofuji outmaneuvers Kirishima to complete ozeki sweep
Rank-and-file wrestler Hokutofuji completed an ozeki sweep by upsetting Kirishima at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
Rank-and-file wrestler Hokutofuji completed an ozeki sweep by upsetting Kirishima at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
The Premier12 baseball tournament, featuring the top 12 teams in the year-end world rankings, will be held from Nov. 10 to 24, 2024, the World Baseball Softball Confederation said Monday.
Defending champion Keegan Bradley and previous winner Hideki Matsuyama are set to play the Zozo Championship, Japan's only U.S. PGA Tour event, next month, organizers said Tuesday.
While Japan's defense in its Rugby World Cup opener against Chile on Sunday was not nearly as tight as the security in and around Stadium de Toulouse, the six tries the Brave Blossoms scored, not to mention their familiarity of playing in stifling heat, ensured it did not have to be.
A court in Portugal on Monday convicted hacker Rui Pinto over his "Football Leaks" revelations that exposed dodgy dealings in international soccer, sentencing him to a suspended four-year prison term.
In winning three games at the recent FIBA Basketball World Cup and qualifying for the Olympics as a non-host for the first time since the 1976 Montreal Games, the Japanese men's national team overcame a history of underachievement tied to the sport's mismanagement in the country.
Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after a doping control detected elevated levels of testosterone, Italian anti-doping authority NADO said on Monday.
NBA superstars LeBron James and Stephen Curry are among several top players interested in competing for the United States at next year's Paris Olympics, according to multiple reports on Monday.
Novak Djokovic, who won his 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday, will dominate men's tennis for years because younger players have yet to reach his level, according to Andy Murray.
After three weeks of protests and calls for his resignation, Spain’s soccer chief, Luis Rubiales, has quit, but the problems that surfaced in the wake of his forcible kiss of a player after the Women’s World Cup remain.