Tag: Nagoya

U.S. freestyle wrestler David Taylor scored a dramatic 4-3 victory over Hassan Yazdanicharati on Thursday to clinch gold. ( read original story ...)

Skateboarding's debut on the Olympic stage in Tokyo has spurred many skaters to ask one very simple question: will this finally mean more skate parks across Japan? ( read original story ...)

The State Department said Wednesday that it’s investigating the disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whiskey given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the government of Japan. The ... ( read original story ...)

An outspoken central Japan mayor has drawn fire after biting the Olympic gold medal won by a member of the Japan softball team, with the act described as "lacking respect" for the athlete and ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's Olympic men's soccer gold medal match is this Saturday with Spain and Brazil meeting in Yokohama after their tight pair of semifinals which produced just one goal over two games. The Spanish ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic women’s soccer gold-medal match between Canada and Sweden has been moved from Friday morning in Tokyo to the evening in Yokohama. ( read original story ...)

At the FN + Beauty Inc. Wellness Forum, experts weighed on mental health in sports and fitness, including how top athletes are shifting the conversation. ( read original story ...)

An outspoken central Japan mayor has drawn fire after biting the Olympic gold medal won by a member of the Japan softball team, with the act described as "lacking respect" for the athlete and ... ( read original story ...)

A mayor in central Japan has sparked an uproar after biting the gold medal of a member of Japan's softball team. ( read original story ...)

The mayor of Japanese city Nagoya earned himself Internet infamy and a rare rebuke from Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Thursday for chomping down on an Olympic gold medal at an event meant to celebrate ... ( read original story ...)

"I have one career at-bat off of him in spring training, and I hit a home run over the batter's eye, as well," Casas said after he crushed a two-run, first-inning drive that started the Americans to a ... ( read original story ...)

A disgraced former chair of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said he wanted a "pure" Japanese person to light the Olympic flame, not tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is biracial, The Daily Beast ... ( read original story ...)

The penalty the IOC imposed on Russia for doping was “so weak and wimpy that it was painful,” says Olympics historian ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo reported 5,042 new daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, hitting a record since the pandemic began as the infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. The additional cases ... ( read original story ...)

A condom fixed Jessica Fox's canoe, and skateboarder Jagger Eaton celebrated his bronze medal by broadcasting live on Instagram. Margielyn Didal “let” Tony Hawk take a picture with her to post on ... ( read original story ...)

There is track and field action, basketball, diving, the men’s hockey final and women’s golf on day 13. Join our writers for updates ... ( read original story ...)