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ATHLETICS

Japan Times
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Jan 31, 2023
Mo Farah announces return to London Marathon
Farah missed the London race last year when he was forced to withdraw due to injury.
Japan Times
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Jan 22, 2023
World Athletics proposes tighter rules for transgender women athletes
Track and field's global governing body stressed that no final decision has been made on the matter after the Telegraph reported on the discussions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 12, 2023
Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami reaches agreement with Athletics
Fujinami, who was selected in the same 2012 draft class as Shohei Ohtani, is 57-54 with a 3.41 ERA and 1,011 strikeouts with Hanshin over 189 appearances.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 10, 2023
Track and field finals at Paris 2024 to take place in the evening
World Athletics said that events would be spread out over 11 days, starting with the 20-kilometer race walks on Aug. 1 and ending with the women's marathon on Aug. 11.
Japan Times
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Nov 1, 2022
World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou postponed until 2025
The postponement impacts the qualification system for the relay events at next year's World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Japan Times
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Oct 25, 2022
Russian hurdler Natalya Antyukh could lose London gold over doping
Antyukh won the title at the London Games in August 2012, beating American Lashinda Demus, who will be upgraded to the gold if the International Olympic Committee acts on the AIU ruling.
Japan Times
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Oct 11, 2022
British sprinter Chijindu Ujah banned 22 months for doping
Authorities ruled that the 28-year-old's rule violation was not intentional, handing him a shorter punishment than those given for deliberate offenses.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 30, 2022
Shohei Ohtani pitches near no-hitter as Angels down A's
Although the no-hitter was ultimately unrealized, for some the performance surely added weight in favor of Ohtani in the American League MVP race.
Japan Times
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Aug 10, 2022
World hammer throw champion to avoid flying after twice losing gear
Poland's Pawel Fajdek recently won his fifth straight world title in Eugene, Oregon, despite his favorite equipment having gone missing on a flight earlier in July.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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