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China shaded Japan in men's artistic gymnastics qualifying at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, with all-around leader Zhang Boheng hailing his team's spirit.Led by Olympic debutant Zhang, China topped the team qualifying standings by 2.434…

Bordeaux: Rihito Yamamoto struck eight minutes from time as Japan survived a late penalty miss by Cheickna Doumbia to pick up a 1-0 win over Mali in Bordeaux on Saturday that ensures Go Oiwa’s side will advance to the quarter-finals of the…

Argentina bounced back from the chaos of their opening defeat in the Olympic men's football to beat Iraq 3-1 on Saturday, while Spain and Japan became the first teams through to the quarter-finals.Spain are through to the last eight…

The Champ de Mars Arena was the center of controversies early into the Paris Olympics, proving how the athletes are reluctant to cede ground without a fight. While the race to the top is on, some countries are already racking in hardware…

Women’s basketball at the Olympics is in full swing as the US National Team battles Japan on Monday in Paris. We’re dribbling around as we share our 2024 Olympics odds series, and make a USA-Japan prediction and pick for the group stage.…

Natsumi Tsunoda continued Japan's judo supremacy by defeating Mongolia's Baasankhuu Bavuudorj in the 48kg gold medal bout at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.

As expected, Germany dominated against an upcoming and ever-improving Japan. Here are three takeaways from the game.

PARIS (AP) — Longtime men’s gymnastics rivals China and Japan could be on their way to another tight finish at…

Natsumi Tsunoda gave Japan a winning start in the Olympic judo, taking women's under-48kg gold on Saturday as the competition started in Paris with the two lightest weight classes. Tsunoda, who dropped a weight class after missing her home…

Brazil looks to make another step towards the knockout round as they face Japan. It is time to continue our 2024 Olympics Women’s Soccer odds series with a Brazil-Japan prediction and pick. Brazil took a win in their first match at the…

Casey was reminiscing about his appearance in a 7-way playoff in 2021.

Tsunoda is the first Japanese woman to win gold in the under 48-kg division since Ryoko Tani at the 2004 Athens Games.

Tottenham's preparations for the upcoming season continued on Saturday as the north London side came from behind to beat Japanese side Vissel Kobe 3-2.

Ange Postecoglou felt the players took ‘a positive step’ in pre-season with victory over J League champions Vissel Kobe in Tokyo on Saturday.

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VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — In the days before Australia was set to open the Paris Olympics against Spain, coach Brian Goorjian looked to the past. He made his team watch one of the Aussies’ most painful moments in international play — a…

In his 15-year long career as a professional basketball player, Dennis Schroder has not had much experience on the international stage as he has on the domestic stage. Therefore, the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics is nothing short of a big…

The reigning FIBA World Cup champions, Germany, continued their dominance with a convincing 97-77 victory over Japan in their opening match of the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s basketball tournament. Gordie Herbert’s squad breezed past Japan…

Tottenham Hotspur beat Vissel Kobe in their preseason friendly on Saturday, coming from behind to emerge as 3-2 victors in Tokyo with 16-year-old Mikey Moore grabbing the deciding goal.