Up 2-0, Japan had a golden opportunity to finish off Italy in the third set of the Olympic volleyball quarterfinal match but it couldn't capitalize.
In the preliminary round of the Olympic volleyball tournament, Japan won one of its three Pool C matches in the French capital.
The world's third-ranked men's volleyball team dropped its Olympic opener to Germany. Japan faces the United States in its next match.
After dropping the opening set, world No 2 Japan won the next two against Germany in the volleyball showdown. Germany then bounced back to earn the...
Siblings Yuki and Mayu Ishikawa have starring roles for Japan's men's and women's volleyball teams. Yuji Nishida and his wife, Sarina Koga, do as well.
After earning a third-place finish in the same tournament in 2023, the Japan men's volleyball squad heads to Paris with a renewed sense of purpose.
In Fukuoka, the Japan men's volleyball squad earned three wins in a five-day span, beating Iran, Germany and Slovenia but falling to world No 1 Poland.
Teaming up with veteran jockey Yuji Hishida, 6-year-old T O Royal surged to victory on the home stretch in the 169th Tenno Sho at Kyoto Racecourse.
