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Osaka, who was ranked No. 1 in the world until last week, lost to Yulia Putinseva 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Monday in the first round at Wimbledon. The second-seeded Osaka won the U.S. Open last year and the ... ( read original story ...)

Unseeded Yulia Putintseva sent Naomi Osaka packing from Wimbledon, defeating the No. 2-ranked star in their first-round matchup, 7-6(4), 6-2. More to come. ... ( read original story ...)

Other major champions in Day 1 action include Naomi Osaka and Stan Wawrinka. More AP Tennis: https://www.apnews.com/apf-Tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Subscribe for FREE today. Get breaking ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON: Naomi Osaka's bid to win a third Grand Slam title ... Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts in her Ladies' Singles first round match against Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan during Day 1 of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ... ( read original story ...)

Three-time rowing gold-medallist Marnie McBean has been named Canada's Olympic chef de mission for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games ... after from COC president Tricia Smith to give her the news. "I've ... ( read original story ...)

Japan rolled back the years and rose to the challenge, as the first Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games test event of 2019 came to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday. A total of 72 athletes from more than 20 ... ( read original story ...)

The catch quota for the rest of this year will be 227 whales, fewer than the 637 that Japan hunted in the Antarctic and the northwestern Pacific in its research program in recent years. (Masanori ... ( read original story ...)

United will now provide twice-daily service aboard a Boeing 737 to the Japanese city. That raises the total weekly number of flight to Nagoya from 11 to 14. In a news release announcing the additional ... ( read original story ...)

head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association. "People have hunted whales for more than 400 years in my hometown." "I'm a bit nervous but happy that we can start whaling," one whaler told AFP news ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan moved to cut off materials vital to South Korea’s tech industry, escalating a long-running dispute over colonial compensation into a threat to the core economic interests of its ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has long said few whale species are endangered, and news in December that it was leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to resume hunting was the culmination of years of campaigns by ... ( read original story ...)

head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association, said. "People have hunted whales for more than 400 years in my home town." "I'm a bit nervous but happy that we can start whaling," one whaler told ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that's seen as a largely lost cause. Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan is imposing further restrictions on exports to South Korea, citing a decline in “relations of international trust” between the Asian neighbours. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Second seed Naomi Osaka kicks off her quest for a third Grand Slam title against unseeded Kazakh Yulia Putintseva at Wimbledon on Monday in the Japanese's first tournament since losing her ... ( read original story ...)