Japan's para-rowing PR3 team of, from left, Maika Saito, Ryohei Ariyasu, Toshihiro Nishioka, Haruka

Kei Nishikori is seen in action on July 28, 2021, in the Tokyo Olympic men's singles third round at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo.... Just 90 minutes before he was scheduled to play his San Diego opener against Britain's Andy Murray, Nishikori withdrew with a back injury.... " It's been a long year, coming back from injury and I look forward to( the) off-season," he wrote....

From left, Japan's Reina Satake, Yumi Takagi, Hikaru Mori and Narumi Tamura pose with their gold medals during an online interview after winning the women's team event at the trampoline world championships on Nov.... Reina Satake, Hikaru Mori and Yumi Takagi each put in a solid display to score a total of 164. 245 points to edge China by 0. 995, to top the podium again in the non-Olympic event after their first win in 2019.... " Japan's ability to deal with( unexpected) situations brought abou

Naomi Osaka, of Japan, practices for the women's tennis competition ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.... The conversation she has sparked by revealing her very public struggles with anxiety has only endeared her to fans worldwide, and it is something she seems keen to repay.... " It makes me emotional to know I have the opportunity to make an entire generation inspired and an entire country proud" by winning an Olympic gold medal, she told Business Insider r

TOKYO( Kyodo)--Tennis sensation Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron for the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, taking on the prestigious role in an opening ceremony held without spectators in the 68, 000-capacity National Stadium.... Past final torchbearers include Yoshinori Sakai, who was born on the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, boxing great Muhammad Ali at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a group of teenage athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.... Osaka's presence at th

MELBOURNE: Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek powered into the second round of the Australian Open on Tues-day as Germany’s Alexander Zverev put aside legal worries at home to progress. World number two Alcaraz was electric under the lights on Rod Laver Arena, demolishing French veteran Richard Gasquet 7-6( 7/ 5), 6-1, 6-2 in his first competitive match of the year. The Spaniard, gunning to unseat 10-time champion Novak Djokovic from the world number one spot, was tested in a tight first set but the