Buffaloes clinch third straight Pacific League pennant
The Orix Buffaloes became the first Pacific League team to win three straight championships since 1994, when they clinched the pennant with a 6-2 win over the Lotte Marines on Wednesday.
The Orix Buffaloes became the first Pacific League team to win three straight championships since 1994, when they clinched the pennant with a 6-2 win over the Lotte Marines on Wednesday.
Sole leader and No. 15 maegashira Atamifuji recorded a superb win over komusubi Tobizaru to open a two-win lead after 11 days of action at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday when his closest rival, No. 7 Takayasu, fell to his third defeat.
Formula One roared into the Tokyo nightlife district of Kabukicho on Wednesday afternoon, inviting thousands of fans to get close to some of their favorite cars and drivers ahead of the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit.
Fiji’s victory over Australia at the 2023 Rugby World Cup was a boost for smaller rugby nations and a sign of the Pacific islanders’ rapid improvement, but structural issues within the game mean it is likely to be the exception rather than the norm.
Orix Buffaloes starter Kohei Azuma threw seven innings of one-run ball as the reigning Japan Series champions inched closer to a third straight Pacific League pennant with a 3-2 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday.
North Korea returned to major international competition for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic with a 2-0 win over Taiwan in men's soccer at the Asian Games on Tuesday.
Brazilian winger Hernandes scored twice in a four-minute span to secure Asian Champions League debutant Incheon United a 4-2 upset against J. League heavyweights Yokohama F. Marinos in their opening Group G match on Tuesday.
For the second time in less than a decade, Urawa Reds have been handed a historic punishment by Japanese soccer authorities.
Shohei Ohtani underwent surgery on his elbow on Tuesday morning and will not return to the two-way role that catapulted him to superstardom in Japan and North America until the 2025 MLB season.