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If there were a question about Naomi Osaka’s passion for tennis entering the Australian Open, the two-time and defending champion answered it with her powerful blasts and shouts of “Come on!” as she ... ( read original story ...)

Amanda Anisimova saved two match points in the third set, serving to stay in the match, and ended it with an ace. ( read original story ...)

Join Luke McLaughlin and John Ashdown for live coverage of the evening session in Melbourne with Rafael Nadal in action ... ( read original story ...)

The unseeded American Amanda Anisimova eliminated the four-time Grand Slam champion in three sets, an early end to her latest return to the tour. ( read original story ...)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been criticized for picking judges to work at the Tokyo Olympics who were not expert enough to handle doping cases. Days before CAS opens its special Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant, which has caused cases to ... ( read original story ...)

Defending champion Naomi Osaka has been knocked out of the Australian Open by unseeded American Amanda Anisimova. Two-time Australian winner Osaka had gone a set up in the high quality match on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

Join Luke McLaughlin for live coverage of the evening session in Melbourne with Rafael Nadal in action later ... ( read original story ...)

Reigning champion Naomi Osaka crashed out in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday with a 4-6 6-3 7-6 (10-5) defeat to American Amanda Anisimova, ranked 60th in the world. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as moves to expand the number of prefectures under the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency amid a surge in virus cases stoked further fears about Japan's ailing economy. ( read original story ...)

Some of Tokyo’s top bartenders from SG Club, Bar Trench and Bar Libre share their predictions for the year ahead ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Friday acted to contain a record surge in COVID-19 cases with a return to curbs that have however shown diminishing results, while a laggard vaccine booster programme leaves many people ... ( read original story ...)

There won’t be any snow sculptures at Odori Park, but the 2022 edition of the Hokkaido festival will go online ... ( read original story ...)

BOBBY Ray Parks and Dwight Ramos will be back in action in the Japan B.League this weekend as they hope to steer their respective teams back to their winning ways. B.League schedu ... ( read original story ...)

Soon after, Princess Cruises would become one of the first major cruise lines to voluntarily pause operations. Then, before we knew it, the entire world ground to a halt. Reflecting on what has since ... ( read original story ...)

Follow live updates from the Australian Open as Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty aim to advance to the fourth round at Melbourne Park and set up a sensational last-16 meeting. Both players have appeared ... ( read original story ...)