Kenya's Cherotich claimed the gold in 8:51.59, and on the same night Italy's Mattia...
Ed Odeven
Ed Odeven is a longtime sports journalist who previously worked for The Japan Times as its chief basketball reporter for nearly 14 years. He also covered a wide range of other sports for the newspaper, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Games. A graduate of Arizona State University, Odeven worked for several newspapers in the Grand Canyon State before moving to Japan. He has freelanced for dozens of media outlets around the world.
Alphonce Felix Simbu, Tanzania's first-ever gold medalist at the world championships, won the marathon...
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani slugged his 50th homer of the season in the eighth...
In Tokyo, Rachid Muratake completed the race in 13.18 seconds on a night when...
Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.30 meters on his final attempt at Tokyo's National...
In his first fight to go the distance since November 2019, Naoya Inoue exhibited...
Showcasing his talent as a sprinter, Oblique Seville captured his first world title in...
Veteran race walker Hayato Katsuki was clocked in 2 hours, 29 minutes, 16 seconds...
After winning his first Emperor's Cup at the Nagoya Basho in July, Chiba Prefecture...
Reporting on the US-Japan soccer exhibition, the Hanshin Tigers' pennant-clinching victory, Naomi Osaka's rise...
Reporting on the Women's Volleyball World Championship, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and the Japan-Mexico...
Tokito Oda outplayed Argentine Gustavo Fernandez in a 2-hour, 12-minute match in the US...
