Tag: phenom

Japan’s top prospect is expected to play baseball at an American college instead of the country’s top baseball league. Rintaro Sasaki didn’t submit his name for the Nippon

The Kashima Antlers have agreed to transfer attacker Hiroki Abe to Barcelona, the J. League team announced Friday. The 20-year-old, who made his senior Japan debut at the

At the age of seven, Takefusa Kubo started playing football for FC Persimmon, a local club based in his home city Kawasaki. In August 2009, he was awarded MVP

Japanese Megastar Shohei Otani Reportedly Coming to MLB Next Season By Dan Gartland September 13, 2017 Shohei Otani, the most heralded prospect to come out of Japan in years,

Johnny Juzang is the first ever Asian-American prospect to be projected as a future NBA first round pick.  Jeremy Lin has been great in the NBA, but even

Nick Suzuki of the Owen Sound Attack (OHL) is a brilliant offensive player who posted the best offensive season among draft eligible players this past campaign. He has

Kevin Zhang’s journey to becoming a young basketball pioneer play Kevin Zhang’s basketball journey has taken him from China to Indiana basketball powerhouse La Lumiere. (5:10) Amid top

In late November, Kentucky’s Wesley Christian School and new head coach David Meddings pulled off a program-defining upset of West Virginia’s mighty Huntington Prep. The Circuit Riders overcame

Cub Swanson has been in this game a long time. So when a hot-shot prospect was paired against him as his next opponent, it surely lit a fire

Could another Jeremy Lin come out from the San Francisco Bay Area? Anthony Yu is a 6’0″ freshman from the Bay Area who plays for a team called

Since Yao Ming‘s 2011 retirement and Yi Jianlian’s flameout in 2012, the NBA-obsessed people of China have yearned for another homegrown hero. To whomever that distinction falls, so too

Kobe Paras donning the Middlebrooks Sphinx threads. | Twitter Photo/Magic Compton  MANILA, Philippines – The other “Kobe” keeps on adding to his legend. Our very own Kobe Paras,

Chloe Kim is on fire, and just snagged her fourth consecutive superpipe win of the season at the inaugural X Games in Olso, Norway. Kim solidified the win

Austen Huang, the No. 8-seed out of 128 competitors, upset top-seeded William Genesen in the Boy’s 18’s singles finals, 6-3, 0-6, 6-1, to win the United States Tennis

China doesn’t produce a high volume of NBA-caliber prospects, but every few years, a highly intriguing youngster arrives on the radar. The latest prodigy from the world’s most

Kobe Paras successfully defended his title in the FIBA 3X3 Slam Dunk Contest early Monday in Hungary as he defeated representatives from the United States, Uruguay, and Hungary,

  Zhou Qi played on the World Team at the annual Portland Nike Hoop Summit game where the best young talents play.  Zhou Qi had to fight through a

Dennis Yan, a winger who is NHL draft-eligible, had two goals and two assists against Val-d’Or and was named the game’s first star. The next night against Chicoutimi,

Drew Kobayashi may not have offers piling up yet, but it is only a matter of time. The wide receiver out of St. Louis High School is one

The new China Basketball Association season kicked off two months ago. Many observers are keeping a close eye on Xinjiang’s squad, as the club is now home to

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Surrounded by her Philippine teammates, Princess Mary Superalwas difficult to pick out Saturday. Late in the day on the 14th green at Forest Highlands Golf Club,

Fil-Canadian Christian David ranked No.1 prospect in Canada’s HS class of 2017 While the likes of Jordan Clarkson and Kobe Paras are currently making their mark as promising

TOKYO – High school pitching star Tomohiro Anraku was chosen first overall in Nippon Professional Baseball’s amateur draft on Thursday and was headed to the former team of

The British Guardian newspaper has listed Phan Thanh Hau, a midfielder on the Vietnam U19 football squad, among the “40 of the Best Young Talents in World Football”.

Although Jennifer Yu started playing chess in first grade in California, her parents didn’t pay much attention to her progress. “My husband and I did not take her

Lucy Li made history Monday as the 11-year-old became the youngest to ever qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open. Li earned her way into the event by shooting

Hideki Matsuyama, who finished in the top 10 in this year’s U.S. Open and British Open, has been picked for the international team for the Presidents Cup, organizers

Yoshihide Kiryu did not look like the saviour of athletics’ flagship event when he finished last in the 100m at Birmingham’s Diamond League event in June. In his

MATSUYAMA, EHIME PREF. – High school pitcher Tomohiro Anraku, whose extreme pitch counts this spring drew worldwide attention, pitched Saibi High School into the upcoming National High School

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — Only three years or so since first picking up the game of chess, 9-year-old Carissa Yip can already look down at 93 percent of the

Watch the ESPN feature on Anraku here: Video Japan’s unique baseball culture reveres dominant young pitchers who often throw hundreds of pitches over a few days. These are Tomohiro Anraku’s

Hideki Matsuyama became the second player this year to get a one-shot penalty for the slow play in a major.It nearly cost Guan Tianlang a weekend at the

Hideki Matsuyama may not yet be a household name but the evidence of everything he’s done since turning professional suggests that’s about to change. The Japanese starlet only

Move over Ryo Ishikawa, Asian golf finally has a new star. With two wins on the Japanese tour this year and an unexpected 10th-place finish at last month’s