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Then-manager Erik ten Hag celebrates with the trophy after Manchester United won the FA Cup on May 25.
SOCCER
Oct 29, 2024
Manchester United sack Erik ten Hag after woeful start to the season
United assistant coach and ex-striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will take over on an interim basis.
American Grant Holloway races to Olympic gold in the men's 110-meter hurdles final at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 9, 2024
American Holloway powers to elusive Games gold
Holloway finally added Olympic 110-meter hurdles gold to his sizeable trophy cabinet as Japan's Rachid Muratake finished fifth.
American Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2024
I wanted to quit several times, says newly crowed 200-meter champion Thomas
The 27-year-old American secured her first global title after beating 100-meter champion Julien Alfred.
Canada's Evan Dunfee poses as he celebrates winning bronze in the men's 50-kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sept. 29, 2019.
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2024
Chilled athletes embrace strategies to beat Paris heat
In a warming world, heat acclimatization has moved rapidly from the fringes of sports science into the mainstream.
Merih Demiral scores his team's second goal during Turkey's win over Austria on Tuesday in Leipzig, Germany.
SOCCER
Jul 3, 2024
It took soul to beat Austria, says Turkey manager Vincenzo Montella
Merih Demiral struck in each half for Turkey in a 2-1 full-throttle victory that had pundits raving that it was the tournament's best game so far.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag celebrates with the trophy after his club won the FA Cup over Manchester City on May 25.
SOCCER
Jun 12, 2024
Manchester United manager Ten Hag to stay at Old Trafford
The decision comes after an end-of-season review by the club's board for the 2023-24 campaign, which finished on a high with a shock FA Cup final win.
France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela (left) and Bahamas' Devynne Charlton compete in the Women's 60-meters hurdles final during the world indoor athletics championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Mar 4, 2024
Charlton lowers world record; Duplantis wins another global title
Charlton clocked 7.65 seconds to shave two-hundredths of a second off her previous record in the 60-meters hurdles.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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