Osaka’s left Achilles tendon injury forces her to miss the French Open tuneup event.
The tennis star will skip Wimbledon and then get ready to make her competitive comeback at the upcoming Summer Games.
Hirano is poised to become Japan's fifth athlete to appear in the Winter Games and Summer Games. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto was one of the...
Osaka's decision to pull out of one of tennis' four major tournaments is the latest chapter in a story that has generated major headlines over the...
Refusing to participate in interviews at the French Open isn’t a logical way to promote mental health advocacy. It's an important issue, but Osaka damages her...
"He continues to provide ah-ha, wow moments. He doesn't care who's defending him, he's going to do what Rui does."ーDave Johnson, longtime radio voice of the...
Rafael Nadal's latest Parisian conquest wasn't surprising. Nor should it be. The Spaniard, who brings new meaning to the phrase "clay-court specialist," controlled the...
The author is on assignment this weekend, but it’s been a busy month so far. In last week's Japan Sports Notebook, an overview of the...
Updated on Monday, October 12. Yui Kamiji and Momoko Ohtani met in the French Open women's wheelchair singles final on Friday, October 9, making...
In a year without a typical sports calendar, numerous sports are in the midst of their seasons, while other athletes and teams are preparing...
If the subject of Japanese sports trailblazers comes up in conversation, pioneering baseball and soccer stars would probably be mentioned first. After all,...
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka announced on Twitter on Monday, February, 11 she was breaking off collaboration with her coach, Sascha Bajin. “I will no...