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TENNIS
Jan 30, 2018
Kei Nishikori picks up first victory in comeback from wrist injury
Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori won his first match since returning from a five-month injury layoff, beating Dennis Novikov 6-3, 6-3 in the first-round of the Challenger Tennis Championships of Dallas on Monday.
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Figure Skating
Jan 27, 2018
Shoma Uno collects silver medal at Four Continents
Less than two weeks before the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Shoma Uno captured the men's silver medal at the Four Continents Championships on Saturday.
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Figure Skating
Jan 25, 2018
Shoma Uno takes lead at Four Continents; Keiji Tanaka sits in third place
Shoma Uno took a narrow lead Thursday after the men's short program at the Four Continents Championships.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 23, 2018
Japan women look for Four Continents sweep
The final tuneup for the Pyeongchang Games begins Wednesday when the Four Continents Championships kicks off in Taipei. Japan is sending its entire Olympic team — minus Yuzuru Hanyu — to get one more competitive run through on their programs ahead of the extravaganza next month in South Korea.
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Figure Skating
Dec 24, 2017
Shoma Uno defends national title despite free skate struggles
Shoma Uno captured his second straight national title on Sunday night in decisive fashion at Musashino Forest Sports Centre. The young star dominated his opponents at the All-Japan Championships despite struggling in his free skate.
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Figure Skating
Dec 23, 2017
Drama on ice: Satoko Miyahara captures fourth consecutive national title
Satoko Miyahara showed her mettle when the chips were down on Saturday night, coming from second place after the short program to capture her fourth straight national title at the All-Japan Championships at Musashino Forest Sports Centre.
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Figure Skating
Dec 22, 2017
Reigning champion Shoma Uno takes control at nationals
Shoma Uno is halfway to his second straight national title after taking a comfortable lead following the short program at the All-Japan Championships on Friday night.
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Nov 30, 2017
Weightlifter Yoichi Itokazu nabs silver at world championships
Yoichi Itokazu won silver in the men's 62-kg division at the Weightlifting World Championships on Wednesday.
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Figure Skating
Nov 26, 2017
Rika Kihira roars back to win Japan Junior Championship with two triple axels
Rika Kihira hit two booming triple axels in the opening minute of her free skate to rally to victory Sunday night at the Japan Junior Championships at Gunma Ice Arena.
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Figure Skating
Nov 25, 2017
Mitsuki Sumoto, Mako Yamashita are atop leaderboard after first day at Japan Junior Championships
Mitsuki Sumoto grabbed the lead after the men's short program at the Japan Junior Championships on Saturday with a score of 67.34 points.
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Figure Skating
Nov 24, 2017
Rika Kihira, Mako Yamashita, Riko Takino in running for coveted Japan women's junior crown
With Kaori Sakamoto, Marin Honda and Yuna Shiraiwa having moved on to the senior ranks, Japan will crown a new junior women's queen this weekend at the Japan Junior Championships at Gunma Ice Arena.
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Nov 20, 2017
Junshiro Kobayashi wins first World Cup individual title
Junshiro Kobayashi claimed the men's ski jumping title Sunday at the 2017-18 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, topping the podium at the tournament for the first time.
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Nov 9, 2017
LS Kitami claims women's silver at Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
South Korea defeated Japan's LS Kitami 11-6 in the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships women's gold-medal game on Thursday.
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Nov 8, 2017
Japanese women qualify for curling world championships
Japan claimed a spot at next March's world women's curling championship on Wednesday, after LS Kitami secured a top-three finish at the ongoing Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.
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Oct 26, 2017
Hideki Matsuyama struggles in opening round of HSBC Champions
Hideki Matsuyama got off to a rough start in his bid to defend the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions title on Thursday, carding a 2-over-par 74 in the first round.
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Oct 21, 2017
Nao Kodaira captures eighth national title at 500 meters
Nao Kodaira earned her eighth National Single Distance Championships title in the women's 500 meters on Saturday, while extending her winning streak at the distance to 16 straight races.
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Oct 9, 2017
Mai Murakami makes history with gold medal at worlds; Kenzo Shirai wins vault title
Mai Murakami became the first Japanese woman to win the floor exercise at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Sunday, while compatriot Kenzo Shirai captured his second title of the meet in the men's vault.
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Oct 8, 2017
Shirai wins third floor exercise gold
Kenzo Shirai won the men's floor exercise gold medal for the third time at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Saturday.
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Oct 7, 2017
Mai Murakami finishes fourth in women's all-around final at world championships
Mai Murakami narrowly missed out on a medal at the world championships on Friday, finishing fourth in the women's all-around final.
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Oct 6, 2017
Kenzo Shirai gets bronze in all-around at world championships
Kenzo Shirai claimed the bronze medal in the men's individual all-around on Thursday at the world championships to continue a Japanese podium streak that dates back to 2003.

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