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Naomi Osaka says the heartbreaking situations in Haiti and Afghanistan have made her feel grateful for her tennis career. ( read original story ...)

Down a set and a break to 17-year-old Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka fought back to pull out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the Western & Southern Open, her first WTA Tour event since the French Open in late May. ( read original story ...)

Paralympic officials in Tokyo on Thursday reported the first confirmed coronavirus case in the Olympic Village, five days before the Games are set to open. The Olympic Village case is one of 16 total ... ( read original story ...)

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying urged Japan on Thursday to reconsider its arrangements with the Chinese-claimed island. ( read original story ...)

The world number two sealed a comeback victory over Coco Gauff at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday, her first event outside the Olympics since withdrawing from the French Open in ... ( read original story ...)

The Paralympics are due to begin on 24 August A Covid case has been detected in the Tokyo Paralympics village, just days before the Games are due to start, organisers said on Thursday. The person who ... ( read original story ...)

GB wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater says he didn't know if the pandemic would end his Paralympic career. ( read original story ...)

From athletics to Zorn via classification and Kenny, an alphabetical look through the history of the Paralympic Games. ( read original story ...)

Critical care beds are reaching capacity in Japan while Joe Biden says vaccine booster shot will be available to all Americans from 20 September ... ( read original story ...)

Critical care beds are nearing capacity in Tokyo and prefectures outside the capital are also tackling worst ever outbreak ... ( read original story ...)

Japan warned on Thursday of "serious" ramifications if a South Korean court ruling against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T) over forced colonial labour is enforced. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister has been forced to make a U-turn just as his government was about to confirm the appointment of an associate of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to lead the country’s first ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka needed a come-from-behind effort Wednesday to defeat up-and-coming American Coco Gauff at the Western & Southern Open. ( read original story ...)

Confidence among Japanese manufacturers hit a more than three-and-half-year high in August and service-sector sentiment turned positive, the Reuters Tankan poll showed, suggesting the economy was ... ( read original story ...)

It was a reaffirming victory for Osaka, who dropped the first set but kept her composure and found a way to impose her power game on Coco Gauff. ( read original story ...)

Down a set and a break to 17-year-old Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka fought back to pull out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the Western & Southern Open, her first WTA Tour event since the French Open in late May. ( read original story ...)