Retired athletes voiced their support for four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Saturday after she said she would take a break from tennis having lost her enthusiasm for competition. The world ... ( read original story ...)
Ezra Frech was Team USA’s second-youngest Paralympian in Tokyo. He’s just getting started
Ezra Frech, a 16-year-old native of L.A. who attends the Brentwood School, finishes eighth in the high jump in his Paralympics Game debut in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: an Italy sweep and Hewett’s heartache
In today’s Paralympics briefing: ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka earns support after announcing break from sport
Retired athletes voiced their support for four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Saturday after she said she would take a break from tennis having lost her enthusiasm for competition. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka considers ‘break’ from tennis during tearful announcement after US Open loss
I feel like for me, recently, when I win, I don’t feel happy, I feel more like a relief. And then when I lose, I feel very sad,” Osaka said at her news conference following the loss. ( read original story ...)
Piers Morgan Defends Calling Naomi Osaka ‘Spoiled Brat’ After U.S. Open Exit
British journalist and commentator Piers Morgan has defended calling tennis star Naomi Osaka a "spoiled brat" following her exit from the U.S. Open on Friday and video of her slamming a racket. Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Nate Riech claims gold for Canada on Day 11 of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
The Canadian national anthem was played for a fifth time at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on Saturday, courtesy of a gold medal performance from Para runner Nate Riech (Victoria, BC). Canada now ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Osaka should take whatever time off she needs
AP Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich writes that Naomi Osaka does not owe it to anyone to play tennis for the rest of this season ... ( read original story ...)
‘I’m dealing with stuff’: Naomi Osaka questions her future in tennis
After crashing out of the US Open, the troubled star says she doesn’t know when she’ll play her next match ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She May Take Another Break From Tennis After Losing In The U.S. Open
In a tearful post-match news conference, the tennis superstar says the sport no longer makes her happy. "I honestly don't know when I'm going to play my next tennis match," she says. ( read original story ...)
What it was like to watch Naomi Osaka up close during her vexing 2021 US Open
Osaka move through time and space at the US Open. No questions, no quotes. What he saw, he now realizes, was someone in pain. ( read original story ...)
What’s Next for Naomi Osaka
The 23-year-old defending U.S. Open champion falls in the third round in New York, and deliberates a break from tennis. ( read original story ...)
Laura Sugar: Tokyo Paralympics Para-canoe champion hopes gold can inspire others
Tokyo Paralympics champion Laura Sugar hopes her Para-canoe gold medal inspires other people with her disability to take up sport. ( read original story ...)
A father and son who help clients find forgotten crypto passwords estimate billions of dollars worth of lost bitcoin is recoverable
Programmers Chris and Charlie Brooks of Crypto Asset Recovery estimate between 68,110 and 92,855 seemingly lost bitcoins can be retrieved. ( read original story ...)
Japan to Extend COVID-19 State of Emergency in Tokyo Area – Paper
The Japanese government plans to extend a state of emergency in and around Tokyo until the last week of September in a further bid to contain the coronavirus epidemic, the Mainichi newspaper reported ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live: England mulls further vaccine passport plans; Japan extends Tokyo state of emergency
If there’s no ambulance to take the call, there’s no ambulance to come to the call.” A state of emergency in and around Tokyo is to be extended until the last week of September, even as curbs in the ... ( read original story ...)