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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc during a practice session ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, in Melbourne on Friday.
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Leclerc fastest in second Australian GP practice as Hamilton slots fifth
Yuki Tsunoda has a good session in his RB and finished with the fourth-fastest time.
Naoya Inoue celebrates after winning a fight in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2019. Inoue has fought eight times in Japan since his last overseas bout, a KO against Michael Dasmarinas in Las Vegas in June 2021.
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Naoya Inoue to end four-year Las Vegas absence against Ramon Cardenas
The 31-year-old, known as "Monster," will defend his undisputed super bantamweight world titles in his first fight outside of Japan since 2021.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen attends a press conference at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Verstappen says Red Bull 'not the quickest at the moment'
Verstappen acknowledged there had been improvements to his car in the offseason but said it was too soon to know how it compared to McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin walks back to the bench after an interception during the fourth quarter against the Denver Broncos in an AFC wild card game at Highmark Stadium on Jan 12.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Mar 13, 2025
Damar Hamlin returns to Bills with one-year extension
Hamlin started 14 games for the Bills last season, part of his remarkable comeback since going into cardiac arrest after a hit to the chest during a game in 2023.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Feb. 27
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Mar 12, 2025
Piastri commits long-term to McLaren
By Alan Baldwin
Piastri won a sprint race in his rookie season and finished fourth overall in 2024, when he was also the only driver to complete every racing lap.
Tiger Woods waves to the fans at The Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Torrey Pines in San Diego on Feb. 16.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Mar 12, 2025
Tiger Woods has surgery for ruptured Achilles tendon
The recovery time from an Achilles rupture can often last several months, which would almost certainly rule Woods out from playing in any of this season's majors.
The entrance sign of the headquarters of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is pictured, on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria, on March 5, 2025. While the sports organization has faced accusations of working for Pyongyang, ITF has denied "any wrongdoing," insisting the federation promotes taekwondo worldwide.
MORE SPORTS / Taekwondo
Mar 11, 2025
The North Korea taekwondo supremo that Austria can't kick
By Blaise Gauquelin
Austria is trying to kick out Ri Yong Son, the North Korean head of the International Taekwon-Do Federation, who it suspects of funneling foreign currency to Pyongyang.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold against the Los Angeles Rams during an NFC wild card game at State Farm Stadium on Jan. 13. Darnold reportedly plans to sign with the Seahawks.
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Mar 11, 2025
QB Sam Darnold to sign $100 million contract with Seahawks: reports
Darnold parlayed a career season with the Minnesota Vikings into the largest contract of his career.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen throws a pass in the third quarter of a 2025 AFC divisional round game against the Baltimore Ravens at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 19.
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Mar 10, 2025
Bills star Allen set for record-breaking $330 million deal
The $250 million Allen will receive is the largest guaranteed figure paid to any NFL player in the history of the sport.
Norway's Marius Lindvik in action during the men's large hill first round at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on March 8
MORE SPORTS / Winter Sports
Mar 10, 2025
Norwegians admit to cheating at World Ski Championships
By Trevor Stynes
Race director Sandro Pertile said afterwards that they had received information prior to the event about possible manipulations of the Norwegian's ski suits.

The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
Struggling Intel names industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The struggling tech giant announced Lip-Bu Tan as its new chief executive, boosting shares of the U.S. computer chipmaker.
Concerns grow over possible U.S. tariffs on Japan's auto sector
Toyota vehicles are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Nagoya in June last year.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu told The Japan Times in an interview last week in Taipei that he hopes with the island democracy can strengthen ties with Japan and other like-minded nations “at every level.”
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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