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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 ...)

Kyodo news agency said, quoting association sources. The decision to openly hunt whales for profit comes weeks after Japan announced its withdrawal from the IWC following years of friction between Tok... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo’s core consumer price inflation picked up slightly more than expected in January due to higher energy prices, but Japan’s central bank still has a long way to achieve its elusi... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Japanese noodle company Nissin has apologized to Naomi Osaka after controversially depicting her in a commercial which has since been removed, the 21-year-old said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka staved off a fightback from Karolina Pliskova to reach her maiden Australian Open final with a 6-2 4-6 6-4 win on Thursday setting up a title ... ( read original story ...)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Japan and Iran became the first two teams to advance to the Asian Cup semifinals on Thursday. Four-time champion Japan eliminated Vietnam 1-0 in their quarterfinal b... ( read original story ...)

Osaka's appeal has grown in Japan since she beat Serena Williams in last year's U.S. Open. Her performance at the Australian Open has topped daily news coverage. It's not the first time Japan has ... ( read original story ...)