New arrival Yuki Ohashi helps Hiroshima top Urawa in J1 opener
Sanfrecce Hiroshima opened the J. League top-flight season with a 2-0 win over fellow title aspirant Urawa Reds on Friday thanks to a brace from new signing Yuki Ohashi.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima opened the J. League top-flight season with a 2-0 win over fellow title aspirant Urawa Reds on Friday thanks to a brace from new signing Yuki Ohashi.
Kodai Senga, the New York Mets’ most successful starting pitcher last season, has been shut down indefinitely due to a right-shoulder strain, a team official said Thursday.
Sumo's governing body decided Friday to demote former yokozuna Hakuho, now known as stablemaster Miyagino, and give him a salary cut over repeated violence by his 22-year-old protege Hokuseiho.
Japan defeated Romania 3-0 to reach the women's semifinals at the world team table tennis championships Thursday, while Japan's men's team lost 3-0 against China in the quarterfinals.
Jamie George learned his rugby-fanatic mother, Jane, had contracted lung cancer the same day he was appointed England captain and said he wanted to beat Scotland in the Six Nations on Saturday in her memory after she died at the age of 68 last week.
Machida Zelvia's climb to its maiden J. League first-division season has been far more than the typical rags-to-riches promotion story, with manager Go Kuroda leading the way in an unprecedented transition from nationally known high school coach to instant pro success.
If someone had asked David MacKinnon early in the offseason about what he thought spring training would be like in 2024, he might have guessed that he would be in Japan preparing for another season in Asia with the Lions.