Tag: Nagoya

Peres Jepchirchir led a 1-2 Kenyan finish in the women’s marathon, withstanding the heat and humidity while running through the streets of Sapporo. Jepchirchir crossed the line in a winning time of 2 ... ( read original story ...)

The gold medal in baseball will be at stake on Saturday when the United States and Japan collide in the gold medal game of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at Yokohama Baseball Stadium. Team USA, which last ... ( read original story ...)

Echoing Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, US swimmer Simone Manuel is demanding an end to athlete interviews immediately following defeats. ( read original story ...)

Jordan Windle is the first diver of Cambodian descent to compete in the Olympics, and his journey to the world's stage is a remarkable one. ( read original story ...)

As the curtain falls on Tokyo’s Olympics, delayed and curtailed by the coronavirus, Japan’s athletes can chalk it up as a triumph, having bagged more gold medals than ever before. For Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)

When Joe Ryan toed the rubber on Thursday at Yokohama Baseball Stadium in Japan, the weight of a country’s medal expectations sat on his shoulders. Win, and the United States would move on to the ... ( read original story ...)

After clearing quarantine requirements in Japan, NBC News' Lester Holt ventured into the heart of Tokyo. He reflects on the city's vibrancy amid the pandemic and how different it looks compared to a ... ( read original story ...)

American women have accounted for nearly 60 percent of U.S. medals at the Tokyo Olympics, their most successful Games in history. ( read original story ...)

Portland Thorns captain Christine Sinclair (seen here in 2019 at the World Cup in France) played 86 minutes in Canada’s victory over Sweden in Yokohama August 6, helping the country earn its first ... ( read original story ...)

There was no Olympic heartache this time around for the Canadian women's soccer team. No controversy or last-minute heroics from the opposition like in 2012. No repeat of the semifinal elimination ... ( read original story ...)

Christine Sinclair was convinced Canadian women's soccer had the potential to stand atop an Olympic podium. She just didn't think there was enough runway left in her storied, landscape-altering career ... ( read original story ...)

The women’s Olympic soccer final between Canada and Sweden has been shifted from a scheduled morning start in Tokyo to a night-time kick off in Yokohama on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Baseball is an outlier sport at the Olympics, but the surroundings of the gold medal game between the United States and Japan will have a familiar feel for two players on the U.S. roster. Japan will ... ( read original story ...)

Echoing Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, US swimmer Simone Manuel is demanding an end to athlete interviews immediately following defeats. ( read original story ...)

The Games failed to live up to their economic promise and cast a harsh light on Japan’s political culture. Some feel ‘a hunger for a new system.’ ... ( read original story ...)

Canada beat Sweden on penalties to win Olympic gold in Yokohama . Become just the fourth nation to top the podium in this tournament . Stephanie Labbe the Canadians’ shoot-out h ... ( read original story ...)