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Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch has won second place in Sapporo, the first competition of the World Cup circuit. Kamil Stoch of Poland soars through the air during the FIS World Cup ski jumping large hi... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia -- So close to victory, Naomi Osaka suddenly was letting the Australian Open final slip away. Three championship points? Gone. A sizable lead? Soon all gone, too. She was playing ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka overcame nerves, tears and a spirited challenge from double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to claim the Australian Open title with a 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 win on Saturday. ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Saturday at the Australian Open (all times local): 11:35 p.m. The No. 1 ranking was at stake as well as the Australian Open title, and so Petra Kvitova finish... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — So close to victory, Naomi Osaka suddenly was letting the Australian Open final slip away. Three championship points? Gone. A sizable lead? Soon all gone, too. She was play... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 to become the first Japanese player to win the Australian Open on Saturday. The win made fourth seed Osaka the first player from an ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The Latest on Saturday at the Australian Open (all times local): 9:32 p.m. Petra Kvitova has leveled the Australian Open final at one-set all after saving three championsh... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka celebrates matchpoint in her semifinal match against ... Visit cnn.com/sport for more news and videos This after the twice-Wimbledon champion was lucky to be alive, following a home invasi... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Naomi Osaka said she was “in a state of shock” Saturday after holding her nerve to battle past Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open in a three-set thriller that also delivered her the worl... ( read original story ...)

The victory ensures that Osaka will be the first Asian tennis player to reach No. 1 in the world rankings, ESPN reported. >> Read more trending news Osaka replaces Simona Halep, who was No. 1 for 48 w... ( read original story ...)

Her arrest was closely followed up by news that two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, had been detained in China in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has described as "arbitrary" detentio... ( read original story ...)

January 25, 2019 8:55am EST January 25, 2019 8:55am EST Tennis, Preview, WTA, Australian Open, News, Grand Slams, US Open, English, Petra Kvitova, WTA Tour, Features, Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka has becom... ( read original story ...)

Prominent Japanese conservatives, meanwhile, applauded the move, calling it a coup for nationalist activists agitating for English-language news outlets to change such descriptions. In an email, Mizun... ( read original story ...)

Japanese athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will wear an official kit made in part from recycled clothes collected from across the country, sports firm Asics said on Friday. The project was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan's Supreme Court has upheld a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents. The court said the law is ... ( read original story ...)

What she is focused on now is winning her first Grand Slam title since Wimbledon in 2014. To get there, she'll have to beat 21-year-old Naomi Osaka, the U.S. Open champion who is on a 13-match winning ... ( read original story ...)