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Oleksandr Usyk (left) and Rico Verhoeven attend a press conference in London on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Apr 15, 2026
Usyk defends decision to fight kickboxer Verhoeven
Oleksandr Usyk, who has not boxed since ?beating ?Britain¡¯s Daniel Dubois at London¡¯s Wembley ?Stadium last July, will face Rico Verhoeven on May 23 in Egypt.
Lin Yu-ting before her fight against Esra Yildiz Kahraman at the Olympic Games in Paris on Aug. 7, 2024
MORE SPORTS
Apr 7, 2026
Taiwan¡¯s Lin takes bronze at Asian championships in competitive return
Lin opted not to compete in ?the world championships last year after governing ?body World ?Boxing announced that women boxers would ?have to undergo mandatory sex testing.
Chinami Yoshida competes during an event in 2023. Yoshida will captain the Typhoon Curling Club in the upstart Rock League.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 5, 2026
Curling¡¯s new professional league bets big on Olympic buzz
Boasting an Olympic-heavy roster that includes several medallists from the Milano Cortina Games, the Rock League will feature six mixed-gender franchises.
The Olympic rings pictured on the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina, Italy on Jan. 25, 2025.
OLYMPICS / Curling
Jan 5, 2026
Curling seeks to break free of reliance on Winter Games spotlight
While ?curling is becoming more popular outside traditional winter sports strongholds, it experiences peaks and troughs of interest in a pattern ?pegged to ?the Games.
Liverpool's Alexander Isak (right) shoots to score the opening goal against Tottenham Hotspur as defender Micky van de Ven challenges at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday.
SOCCER
Dec 24, 2025
Liverpool¡¯s Isak out for at least two months after ¡®reckless¡¯ tackle
Isak suffered the injury while scoring Liverpool¡¯s opening goal in Saturday¡¯s 2-1 win over Tottenham ?Hotspur.
People play curling outside the Duomo di Milano in Milan on Feb. 6
OLYMPICS / Curling
Dec 3, 2025
Curler Helen Williams gets fresh lease of life with Australia
Williams had hoped to make the Nagano Winter Olympics with Britain in 1998, but injury derailed her plans.
Aryna Sabalenka in action during her WTA Finals group stage match against Jessica Pegula in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
TENNIS
Nov 5, 2025
Sabalenka to take on Kyrgios in ¡®Battle of the Sexes¡¯ match
Sabalenka will face Kyrgios in a modern rendition of tennis icon Billie Jean King¡¯s 1973 showdown with fellow American Bobby Riggs
Mikaela Shiffrin in action during her second Giant Slalom run at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Soelden, Austria on Saturday
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Oct 28, 2025
Shiffrin taking it step by step with Winter Games on the horizon
The 30-year-old began her Alpine Ski World Cup campaign on Saturday, finishing fourth in the women¡¯s giant slalom in the season-opener in Soelden, Austria.
Switzerland skip Marc Pfister, now with the Philippines team, delivers a rock against Scotland during the World Men's Curling Championships in Halifax, Canada on April 1, 2015.
OLYMPICS / Curling
Oct 24, 2025
Philippines curling team chases Olympic dream with nothing to lose
Just over two years since the Philippines men¡¯s curling team was formed, it is preparing a final push to qualify for next year¡¯s Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Former cricket player Stuart Broad before the start of the third test match between England and India at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on July 10
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Oct 15, 2025
Australia¡¯s team is worst since 2010-11 Ashes, says England¡¯s Broad
England last won the Ashes in 2015 and has not won in Australia since 2011.
South Korea's Son Heung-min (left) fights for the ball with Omar Alderete during the friendly match against Paraguay in Seoul on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 15, 2025
Son wants South Korea to be more aggressive at World Cup
South Korea, which was?hammered 5-0 by five-time?World Cup winner?Brazil in an international friendly match last week, claimed a 2-0 home win over Paraguay on Tuesday.
U.S. guard Stephen Curry celebrates after making a shot in the gold medal game against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games.
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2025
LA28 basketball to start two days before opening ceremony
The basketball competition will take place at the Inglewood Dome, with the United States looking to defend their men¡¯s and women¡¯s titles.
Gable Steveson of the United States poses with his gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Aug. 6, 2021.
OLYMPICS / Wrestling
Aug 21, 2025
Olympic champion wrestler Steveson set for MMA debut
Steveson won a gold medal in the super heavyweight category at the Tokyo Olympics four years ago.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif attends the ChangeNOW 2025 summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on April 25, 2025.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Aug 21, 2025
Olympic champion Khelif denies ¡®malicious¡¯ claims of retirement
Khelif has not competed since winning Olympic gold in Paris.
Italy skip Stefania Constantini in action during a match against South Korea at the Women's Curling Championship in Sandviken, Sweden on March 19, 2023
OLYMPICS / Curling
Aug 6, 2025
Curling champion Constantini set to throw rocks at ¡®special¡¯ hometown Games
Constantini will be a defending champion at next year¡¯s Games after teaming up with Amos Mosaner to secure Italy¡¯s first curling medal in Beijing.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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