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Jun 7, 2023
PGA Tour and LIV announce shock merger to end bitter split
No details were given as to how the agreement will impact the current competitive golf landscape.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2023
Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama reveals team's secrets for success at WBC
Kuriyama believes Japan's performance at the WBC impressed baseball fans both inside and outside Japan.
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Rugby
May 31, 2023
Rugby World Cup 'timely' as sport deals with off-field problems
Issues in the sport over recent months have included clubs in England continuing to experience financial woes and Welsh players threatening to strike over contract problems.
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May 30, 2023
Badminton body extends ban on 'spin serve' until after Paris Olympics
The ban will be in place for the Thailand Open, which begins on Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2023
Can the global economy avoid a lost decade?
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are now predicting a prolonged period of sluggish growth and declining investment.
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May 26, 2023
Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata reach mixed doubles final at world championships
Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata advanced to the mixed doubles final at the world table tennis championships with a 3-1 win over China's Lin Shidong and Kuai Man on Thursday.
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May 24, 2023
World Athletics to create new 'short track' concept to evolve indoor events
The new term will allow for greater flexibility, as it has become increasingly difficult to maintain the traditional separation between outdoor and indoor athletics.
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Rugby
May 24, 2023
Shota Horie, Rikiya Matsuda back in Japan squad for World Cup training camp
The Brave Blossoms' final World Cup squad will be announced in early August.
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May 23, 2023
IBA suspends four national federations for joining 'rogue' body
The IBA was suspended by the International Olympic Committee in 2019.
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Rugby
May 21, 2023
Spears' Bernard Foley stakes World Cup claim with League One title
The 33-year-old is vying with several players including Quade Cooper, Ben Donaldson, Carter Gordon and Noah Lolesio for the Wallabies' No. 10 shirt.
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Rugby
May 16, 2023
France withdraws as host of 2025 Rugby League World Cup
Organizers said a lack of funding meant hosting the tournament carried unacceptable financial risks.
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May 15, 2023
Japan wraps up world championships by winning mixed team gold
Japan wrapped up the judo world championships by taking gold in the mixed team competition on Sunday.
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May 12, 2023
Saki Niizoe captures first judo world title
Saki Niizoe won her first individual world title in the under-70 kg final at the World Judo Championships on Thursday.
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BASEBALL
May 12, 2023
World Baseball Classic documentary headed to theaters in Japan
A documentary film about Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic victory will be shown at theaters around the country for three weeks from June 2, NPB Enterprise Inc. said Thursday.
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Rugby
May 11, 2023
Eddie Jones finalizes Wallabies staff ahead of 'smash and grab' World Cup bid
The Australian has been slowly building his coaching team since taking over from the axed Dave Rennie in January, with all 11 members now on board.
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May 10, 2023
Haruka Funakubo loses worlds 57-kg final to Canada's Christa Deguchi
Japan's gold medal tally remains at three in Doha after Soichi Hashimoto came third in the men's 73 kg.
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Rugby
May 9, 2023
Faf de Klerk says Springboks motivated to 'prove world wrong'
The feisty scrum-half believes the underdog tag fits the fourth-ranked defending world champions ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
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May 9, 2023
Siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe defend crowns at judo worlds
With their parents watching from the stands, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalists each picked up a second consecutive and fourth career world title.
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May 7, 2023
Yuri Yoshida wins first Japan women's major title
The 23-year-old finished at 1-over 289, three strokes clear of South Korean runner-up Shin Ji Yai, at Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Rugby
May 4, 2023
Former World Rugby President Bernard Lapasset dies
Bernard Lapasset, former president of rugby union's governing body and the driving force behind Paris' successful 2024 Olympic bid, has died. He was 75.

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