LONDON (AP) — Middleweight Ryota Murata won the second boxing gold medal in Japan’s Olympic history Saturday night, edging Brazil’s Esquiva Falcao 14-13. Murata is the only Japanese
South Korea’s soccer players won bronze with a 2-0 win over Japan, but many admitted they were also celebrating an even greater prize: the chance to skip military
Japanese sprinter Maya Nakanishi published a calendar featuring her posing semi-nude with her prosthetic leg to help fund her training and trip to the London Paralympic Games. Nakanishi
Kaori Icho became the first woman to win three Olympic wrestling titles on Wednesday, while her teammate Hitomi Obara also claimed gold as Japan cemented their dominance of
LONDON–In what will likely be his last Olympics, Koji Murofushi came out with another medal. The fact that it was bronze does not detract from its luster. Murofushi
Kurt Suzuki learned he had been traded from the Oakland A’s, the only team he had known in seven professional seasons, at 11 a.m. Friday. Before he said
LOS ANGELES – Manny Gamburyan likely saved his octagon job and sent Michihiro Omigawa packing. After a back-and-forth fight between the former judokas, Gamburyan took home a unanimous
MANCHESTER, England — Japan advanced to the mens Olympic soccer semifinals Saturday with a 3-0 win over a short-handed Egypt team after goals from Kensuke Nagai, captain Maya
Lyoto Machida and Ryan Bader are now in the running for a UFC light heavyweight title shot. Promotion officials announced Tuesday that the UFC on Fox 4 co-main
Japan’s Kohei Uchimura cruised to a gold medal at the all-around competition on Wednesday. Though he showed cracks during the qualification round and team final, Uchimura showed again
Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura had a controversial dismount during his last routine, so Japanese coaches appealed the scoring … with a crisp Benjamin. The Japanese officials brought money
Gold medalist Kaori Matsumoto of Japan, Silver medalist Corina Caprioriu of Romania, Bronze medalist B Automne Pavia of France, Bronze medalist A Marti Malloy of the United States
LONDON — The Chinese men, who seemed sluggish and unenthusiastic when they qualified only sixth among the eight teams that advanced to the gymnastics team final, came out
LONDON — The bronze age arrived for Japanese swimming on Monday as Ryosuke Irie, Aya Terakawa and Satomi Suzuki all took third in their respective events at the
Kensuke Nagai scored a late goal Sunday to give Japan a 1-0 win over Morocco and a spot in the Olympic soccer quarterfinals. Nagai collected a long ball
LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – Mixed badminton doubles Group B. Shintaro Ikeda/Reiko Shiota (Japan) beat Toby Ng/Grace Gao (Canada) 21-10 11-21 21-15 STANDINGS P W D L F
LONDON–Hiroaki Hiraoka avoided the pitfall that met him four years ago in Beijing, scoring a decisive win in his opening match of the 60-kilogram class in men’s judo
NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki sat at a table beside interpreter Allen Turner in a cavernous interview room, sunglasses perched on his cap, Yankees logos everywhere. The faces
LONDON — “Sex And The City” move over. Here comes “Sex In The Village.” Make that athletes village. As in Olympics. Tales of shenanigans at the living quarters
“Watching him play for United motivated me a lot. I began to truly believe Asian players could play in big clubs,” says Japan international ‘I will focus every
The vast majority in a healthy Hampden Park attendance of 37,726 turned up with the expectancy of being dazzled by the reigning world and European champions. They left
SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki bid farewell to the Mariners and their fans on Wednesday, playing his final game at Safeco Field this season after calling the ballpark home
Hideki Matsui has been designated for assignment to make room for infielder Ryan Roberts on the 25- and 40-man rosters, the Rays announced on Wednesday. The Rays have
Ichiro Suzuki‘s 12-year run of excellence with the Seattle Mariners ended abruptly today with a trade to the New York Yankees. Suzuki contacted the Mariners several weeks ago
Manager Eric Wedge said that Hisashi Iwakuma would move into the rotation after the break. He’ll be taking the spot that had belonged to Hector Noesi. “Iwakuma will
Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Sayaka Kaneshiro was involved in a practice accident on Wednesday, June 27, while preparing for the 2012 X-Games, sustaining injuries to both wrists and
Writers from around Tribune Co. reveal which of the five choices — Jonathan Broxton, Yu Darvish, Ernesto Frieri, Jason Hammel or Jake Peavy — they think should
As Yu Darvish began his rock-star ascension with the Rangers this season, Hideki Matsui was looking for a job. Only three years earlier, Matsui was the World Series
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers have acquired defender Kosuke Kimura from the Colorado Rapids for allocation money and an international slot. Kimura has spent six seasons with
Having tackled the UFC and WWE, video game developer Yuke’s has moved on to another sport: lingerie football. The studio says it has snagged the rights to create titles
At the Fourth of July Nathan’s International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y., Joey Chestnut scarfed down 68 hot dogs to win the 2012 title. But across
Joey Chestnut is now tied with is former rival, Takeru Kobayashi, with six wins. Kobayashi hasn’t competed at Coney Island since 2009. He was arrested for crashing the
Saturday night’s featured attraction at Wong Stadium was Na Koa Ikaika Maui’s Eri Yoshida, also known as the “Knuckle Princess,” but the show stealer was her opposing starting