Former France international Bafetimbi Gomis made his J. League debut with a start for Kawasaki Frontale on Friday night, playing just over an hour in his team’s 1-0 win over FC Tokyo in the Tamagawa Clasico.
Hoshoryu outgunned Asanoyama in a battle of current and former ozeki to improve to 3-3 at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday.
North Korea has 191 athletes signed up for the Asian Games, which start next week, according to organizers, suggesting the country is poised to end its more than three-year isolation from the global sporting arena.
Takuma Inoue, the younger brother of four-division world champion Naoya Inoue, will make the first defense of his WBA bantamweight title when he faces Jerwin Ancajas of the Philippines on Nov. 15 in Tokyo, organizers said Friday.
Kodai Senga dominated the Arizona Diamondbacks over six scoreless innings as he led the New York Mets to an 11-1 victory on Thursday.
A largely reshuffled France showed a worrying lack of discipline and a certain nonchalance as it labored to a 27-12 victory against an inspired Uruguay in its second World Cup game on Thursday.
Chasing an elusive Olympic gold medal will be one of Novak Djokovic's main goals for next season, even though the 24-time Grand Slam champion knows he will have to be physically and mentally ready to cope with a crammed schedule.
When Hanshin Tigers manager Akihiro Yano stunned everyone just before the 2022 season by announcing he would step down at the end of the year, it was not immediately clear which direction the Tigers would go after his departure.