The San Diego Padres are taking a chance on an OF cast off by the Yankees and Red Sox after an eight-month absence from professional baseball.

One notable rebel was Takanohana, a popular retired yokozuna who won 22 championships. His dizzying ascent to the pinnacle of the sport along with his brother Wakanohana created the sumo boom in the ...

The rules of Japan’s national sport are relatively straightforward: two rikishi—literally, “strong men”—face each other near the center of the ring, crouched on their haunches, like plus-size ...

MILAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Sweden ended the group stage of the women’s Olympic ice hockey tournament on maximum points after a 4-0 win over Japan at ‍Milano Rho arena on Tuesday, a result which ...

For Japan, when they take on Italy on Feb. 9, they will be looking to get themselves back in the win column. The Olympics is a short tournament, and every game matters. While there were positives, ...

Three years after Shohei Ohtani struck out then-Angels teammate Mike Trout to claim Japan’s third World Baseball Classic title, baseball’s biggest international tournament is only weeks away from ...

On Friday, Feb. 6, France and Japan kicked off the doubleheader games for the second day of the women’s ice hockey Olympic tournament. The game kicked off with a quiet first period, with no change in ...

Are they champions until someone else determines otherwise? Or can the collective power of two superstar lineups prove too difficult for the kingpins of the World Baseball Classic to handle? We’ll ...

Danylo Yavhusishyn, known in the ring as Aonishiki, is a 21-year-old Ukrainian war refugee climbing Japan’s professional sumo ranks at remarkable speed. After winning his second straight title at the ...

Ukrainian-born Aonishiki is making headlines in the sumo world with a phenomenal rise towards achieving the coveted title of yokozuna, the highest rank in the sport. Crowned as ozeki after two grand ...

Seismic change is coming to Japanese club football and with it one final chance for domestic players to press their World Cup claims. More than three decades after the J.League was launched, a major ...