Move is a temporary measure as J.League transitions to European schedule but could benefit national team in US, Canada and Mexico this summer ...

Takumi Minamino (31) has not played since suffering an ACL injury against AJ Auxerre at the end of December. And whilst the ...

“Our findings challenge the prevailing view that tigers once took refuge in Japan and that cave lion distribution was limited ...

A 33,000-capacity League One football ground will host an international rugby match for the first time this summer. Wales are ...

Japan won its first Olympic pairs gold and Georgia earned its first Winter Games medal at Milan Cortina 2026, rewriting figure skating history.

In a bold experiment ahead of the 2026 World Cup, Japan’s top football league will settle every tied match with a penalty shootout, testing a new points system designed to boost drama and sharpen spot ...

Shohei Ohtani played for the first time in what is expected to be only a couple of Cactus League games for the two-time ...

Nathan Chen recaps the final night of the pairs competition from Milan, Italy where the Japan pair of Riku Miura and Ryuichi ...

Each nation will have a white home jersey as well as an away jersey of a solid base color.

Only USA's Alysa Liu broke up Japan's trio of Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Mone Chiba, who finished first, second and fourth after the short program.

This kind of surprise ending happens now and then in figure skating, when pairs or singles not even in the last group ...