A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ...

At least two other NPB players will be posted by their clubs this year: 25-year-old first/third baseman Munetaka Murakami, ...

In a world where only one in five kids get the physical activity they need to thrive, girls in Japan face an even steeper uphill battle. The country ranks a startling 118th out of 146 nations in ...

Japan Athletics Worlds Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu, bottom, crosses the finish line ahead of Germany's Amanal Petros to win the men's marathon at the World ...

Yamamoto has thrown two straight complete games in the postseason, after a regular season in which the entire league produced ...

The Athletics continue to keep their future in mind while making moves this MLB offseason. The team announced Wednesday morning that it agreed to terms with Japanese two-way player Shotaro Morii on a ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...

The Athletics are expected to sign Japanese prospect Shotaro Morii, Yakyu Cosmopolitan reported Monday night. Morii skipped the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft in 2024 with the intention of scoring ...

TOKYO (WCBD) – Georgetown native Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the fastest woman in the world, earned gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Jefferson-Wooden finished with a time of 21 ...

Team Kenya co-captains Isaac Atima and Linet Nanjala have promised to deliver the best performance at the Deaflympics in the Summer Games, set for Tokyo, Japan, next month. Kenya make their eighth ...

UK Athletics performance director Paula Dunn admitted it was “time to reset” after Great Britain failed to win a gold medal at a World Athletics Championships for the first time since 2003.