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Marco Arop will have a chance to win a second consecutive world championship gold medal Saturday in the men's 800 metres on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone became the first woman in nearly 40 years to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meters ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 17, Day 4 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

New Delhi: It had to end, eventually. The unerring sequence of top-two finishes, the unreal consistency, the unwavering ...

Gout Gout has pledged to come back bigger and better after his thrilling run to the 200m semi-finals at the world ...

One of the perks of Smith's job was that her employer was able to secure her an apartment before she even got to Japan. It's a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with a balcony that rents for 35,000 ...

Nickisha Pryce finished eighth in her first global individual final after she ran 49.97 seconds in an epic women’s 400m final ...

TOKYO: Japanese organisers admit public awareness of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya "needs to be higher" as they look to ...

In July, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Mongolia in a trip wrought with symbolism. In East Asia’s ...

The Australian sprinting sensation is making his senior international debut in Tokyo. Here's what you need to know.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone blazed over a wet track for the fastest 400-meter race for a woman since 1985 on Thursday en route to a world championship gold medal.