Tag: Nagoya

Kelsey Stewart has a knack for walk-off hits in Japan.Stewart hit a game-ending home run leading off the seventh inning, and the United States rallied late to beat Japan 2-1 Monday and win the Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

Canada pitched a big league sister act at Italy in the Olympic softball tournament. Danielle Lawrie, the 34-year-old sister of former major leaguer Brett Lawrie, allowed an unearned run and four hits ... ( read original story ...)

They would have talked about this night in Japan for generations. Imagine: the country’s first men’s basketball game at an Olympics in 45 years, in an arena just north of Tokyo that would have been ... ( read original story ...)

Japan ended China’s overwhelming dominance in table tennis by winning Olympic gold in mixed doubles in a major upset ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese mixed doubles pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito claimed their country's first ever Olympic table tennis gold medal on Monday, ending years of Chinese dominance with a comeback victory on home ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese mixed doubles pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito claimed their country's first-ever Olympic table tennis gold medal on Monday, ending years of ... ( read original story ...)

As numerous prominent names continued to crumble around her, Naomi Osaka advanced in the women’s singles draw of the Tokyo Olympic Games by defeating Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2 to reach ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic extended their bids for Olympic gold Monday after they both earned a spot in the round of 16 at Tokyo 2020. ( read original story ...)

The regulations for when an athlete tests positive for COVID at the Tokyo Games, such as whether they can be replaced, depends on the sport. ( read original story ...)

Taboo in much of Tokyo, tattoos are everywhere at the Olympics. There’s the lion on British swimmer Adam Peaty’s shoulder. An inspirational message on the arm of Chinese 3-on-3 basketball player Yan ... ( read original story ...)

The presence of several teenagers in skateboarding, especially among women, is helping the sport’s Olympic goal of getting more youth into the Games. ( read original story ...)

Sakura Kokumai started her Olympic karate training in a garage, following a more winding path to Tokyo, but the end result has been dominance. ( read original story ...)

DFS pro Mike McClure's golf best bets have brought in more than $10,500 in winnings since last June's PGA Tour restart ... ( read original story ...)

The grounds surrounding the 68,000-seat stadium, which was completed in November 2019 and is wedged into a bustling Tokyo neighborhood, would be teeming with tourists if these Olympics weren’t being ... ( read original story ...)

Katie Ledecky strolled onto the deck first, which meant she was headed to the second spot on the medal podium. What a strange place for her to be. For the first time in a brilliant career, Ledecky ... ( read original story ...)

Olympics may barely be underway, but some athletes are already making history. On Day 2 of the Summer Games in Tokyo, for the first time ever, American women won gold in fencing and taekwondo. Lee ... ( read original story ...)