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Tyrone athlete Eilish Flanagan becomes a contender for Olympic selection after setting a new Northern Ireland 3,000m steeplechase record. ( read original story ...)

In another interesting quarter-final match-up, No. 1 seed from Australia, Ashleigh Barty could face Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the Stuttgart and Madrid Open finals. ( read original story ...)

Internazionali BNL d'Italia draw features projected quarterfinals between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, and Ashleigh Barty and Aryna Sabalenka. ( read original story ...)

The event featured gymnasts from Team Japan as well as local universities. No overseas athletes were present and it was held without spectators.The gymnasts wore masks until their performances and sat ... ( read original story ...)

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Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 43-year-old man over the alleged attempted rape of a woman in Nagoya earlier this year ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is becoming bigger than Serena Williams, a report suggests Osaka had earlier said that Williams is still the biggest name in the sport The four-time Grand Slam champ revealed her plans for ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates said on Saturday that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in July and August because organisers have designed a "custom-made Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Yoyogi Koen is the essential Japanese city park, never lovelier than now, in the brief, delicate period between late spring and early summer. The days are warm and fresh, without the savage ... ( read original story ...)

A search continued Friday for a roughly 3.5-meter-long pet python that managed to break free and slither away from an apartment in Yokohama, according to local police. The owner notified police around ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan announced on Friday that it was extending the state of emergency in Tokyo and other cities until the end of May to contain the increase of coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)

Japanese locals are showing their support to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, as a petition to cancel The Games got over 200,000 signatures in two days. ( read original story ...)

Nikkei reported that Central Japan Railway, which operates the Shinkansen bullet train connecting Tokyo and Osaka, announced 1.5 trillion yen in additional construction costs for its planned ... ( read original story ...)

Even if you're not an avid tennis watcher, you should know by now that Naomi Osaka is an icon. The four-time Grand Slam winner is making moves on and off the court (she's a co-chair of this year's Met ... ( read original story ...)

Perhaps the Tokyo 2021 Olympics will provide the answer to an age-old question: what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the globe ... ( read original story ...)

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has blasted her country's Olympic officials over 'whitewashing' in their promotional materials. ( read original story ...)