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Football: Japan hopefuls breaking new ground in English 2nd tier
BLACKBURN, England (Kyodo) -- Yuki Ohashi's four goals in eight games for Blackburn Rovers have been the highlight of eight Japanese players so far th Full article
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Baseball: Fighters, Tigers win playoff preview games
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Baseball: Japan Series-winning Tigers manager Okada to step down
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Football: Ohashi earns 1st call-up ahead of Saudi, Australia clashes
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MLB: Kikuchi's Astros crash while Tigers, Padres advance
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Ticket prices for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics range from 30 to nearly 3,000 euros
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Football: Ryuya Nishio strike gives Cerezo derby win over Gamba
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Football: Clinical Marinos dismantle Ulsan 4-0 for 1st ACL Elite win
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Baseball: DeNA into CL Climax Series, retiring Norichika Aoki goes 2-for-4
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Football: Daizen Maeda scores in Celtic's Champions League loss to Dortmund
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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani wins 5th Player of Month Award
(2024/10/2)
Baseball
- Baseball: Fighters, Tigers win playoff preview games
- MLB: Kikuchi's Astros crash while Tigers, Padres advance
- Baseball: Japan Series-winning Tigers manager Okada to step down
- Baseball: DeNA into CL Climax Series, retiring Norichika Aoki goes 2-for-4
- Baseball: Shohei Ohtani wins 5th Player of Month Award
- Baseball: Roki Sasaki outduels Takayuki Kishi as Marines clinch playoff spot
Soccer
- Football: Japan hopefuls breaking new ground in English 2nd tier
- Football: Ohashi earns 1st call-up ahead of Saudi, Australia clashes
- Football: Ryuya Nishio strike gives Cerezo derby win over Gamba
- Football: Clinical Marinos dismantle Ulsan 4-0 for 1st ACL Elite win
- Football: Daizen Maeda scores in Celtic's Champions League loss to Dortmund
- Football: Frontale fall at home in Asian Champions League Elite
Sumo
- Sumo: Onosato promoted to ozeki at record pace after 9 meets
- Sumo: Bulgarian-born wrestler Aoiyama retires, to continue as elder
- Sumo: Soon-to-be ozeki Onosato vows to work harder after 2nd title
- Sumo: Onosato triumphant despite final-day loss to Abi
- Sumo: Onosato outguns Hoshoryu to clinch 2nd Emperor's Cup
- Sumo: Retired former ozeki Takakeisho 'burned out' at 28
Tennis
- Tennis: Arthur Fils wins all-French final at Japan Open
- Tennis: Kei Nishikori's impressive Japan Open run stopped by Holger Rune
- Tennis: Nishioka seeks shortcuts to survival in tall-man's game
- Tennis: Oda retains Japan Open wheelchair title
- Tennis: Morale-boosting win sends Nishikori into Japan Open q'finals
- Tennis: Kei Nishikori grinds out win over Cilic in Japan Open 1st round
Golf
- Golf: Rio Takeda wins 2nd major title at Japan Women's Open
- Golf: Rio Takeda wins JLPGA Championship for 1st major title
- Golf: Hideki Matsuyama finishes 9th, Scheffler wins Tour Championship
- Golf: Japanese woman qualifies for men's tour
- Golf: Ko wins Women's British Open, 2 Japanese share 7th
- Golf: Mao Saigo in tie for 5th after 2 rounds at Women's British Open
Rugby
- Rugby: Jones looks to lay foundation for Japan's long-term future
- Rugby: Fiji overrun Japan 41-17 in Pacific Nations Cup final
- Rugby: Japan to play Uruguay in November
- Wheelchair rugby Paralympian Yukinobu Ike helps motivate Brave Blossoms
- Rugby: Lee Seung Sin stars in switch to fullback as Japan outlast Samoa
- Rugby: Japan defeat US 41-24, stay unbeaten in Pacific Nations Cup
Athletics
- Haruka Kitaguchi hopes javelin gold will boost Japan's athletics community
- Olympics: Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon gold for 3rd medal in Paris
- Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna breaks discus throw record that stood since 1986
- Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar, has died in a car crash
- Int'l students to be limited to shortest sections in Japan nat'l high school relay race
- 3 new cases of running coach hitting students emerge at Fukuoka Pref. high school
Olympics & Paralympics
- Ticket prices for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics range from 30 to nearly 3,000 euros
- Bridgestone joins Toyota, Panasonic to end top-tier Olympic contract
- Swimming: Rikako Ikee declares her leukemia to be in 'complete remission'
- Japan's Watanabe among 7 candidates running to be next IOC president
- Olympics: Organizers boast strong ticket sales for Paris Games
- Panasonic to end 37-year Olympic sponsorship contract
Winter Sports
- Snowboarding: Kokomo Murase wins weather-interrupted World Cup opener
- NHL Roundup: Hurricanes beat Islanders 3-1 in 1st-round NHL playoff series
- In Photos: Japanese stars practice for World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal
- Japanese figure skaters Shoma Uno, Kaori Sakamoto aim to win 3rd straight world titles
- Figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu finishes first solo tour in Yokohama
- NHL Roundup: Bobrovsky makes 35 saves as Panthers beat Avalanche 4-0
More Sports News
- Basketball: Pacers waive Japanese Olympian Keisei Tominaga
- NBA: Keisei Tominaga inks training camp contract with Pacers
- Volleyball: New Perugia attacker Yuki Ishikawa looking for titles
- Swimming: Rikako Ikee declares her leukemia to be in 'complete remission'
- Skateboarding: Hinano Kusaki finishes 2nd behind Ventura at park worlds
- Japan halts gene research of athletes amid privacy concerns
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