Australian-born surfer Connor O'Leary was selected to represent his mother's homeland at the Paris Games. Competitors will ride the waves in Tahiti.
For Tomoe Kawabata, a traffic accident had a profound impact on her career: "I was unable to get my body back to full condition to compete...
Tournament MVP Yuki Togashi led the Jets with 24 points in a back-and-forth East Asia Super League championship match against the Seoul SK Knights.
Ozeki grapplers Kirishima and Hoshoryu also fell on Day 1 of the 15-day Spring Basho in Osaka, while Kotonowaka triumphed in his ozeki debut.
For years, Ikuma Horishima has had consistent success in men's moguls competitions, placing in the top five in World Cup standings for six straight seasons.
The lone yokozuna will be bidding for his 10th Emperor's Cup at the Spring Basho, but he will have to contend with new ozeki Kotonowaka.
On the anniversary of his double gold-medal haul, we look at what it took for Haile Gebrselassie to challenge himself at two distances in Gunma Prefecture.
Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue headlines the first pro boxing event at Tokyo Dome since 1990. Three more title fights are on the card.
For the second year in a row, Japanese skaters took home at least half of the singles medals from the World Junior Championships. Here's who to...
Cornhuskers guard Keisei Tominaga scored a game-high 18 points, including 10 straight in the second half, in an emotional win over Big Ten foe Rutgers.
Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge fades to 10th at the Tokyo Marathon, while Japan's Yusuke Nishiyama misses out on a Paris Olympic spot.
Rising JLPGA Tour star Chisato Iwai had a pair of 7-under 65 efforts entering the final round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament.