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The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday the mercury at the agency's Osaka Regional Headquarters rose to 38.9 degrees Celsius, the second-highest reading for Osaka since the agency started taking ... ( read original story ...)

Sporting stars Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka recently put their emotional well-being ahead of their careers, reminding us it’s OK to take days off for mental health, not just for physical ailments. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, fourth-ranked Sofia Kenin and eighth-ranked Iga Swiatek have withdrawn from next week's Montreal WTA tournament, Tennis Canada announced on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)