Defender Hiroki Sakai, right, scores the equalizer for Urawa Reds in their 2-1 J-League first-division win over FC Tokyo at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium on Sept.... Sakai had a nightmare start to the game as Urawa conceded in the first minute.... The goal ended Reds' string of five straight clean sheets and Urawa sought a quick response, coming close in the 15th minute through Esaka's superb free-kick from 30 meters out only to be denied by Tokyo keeper Go Hatano....

Members of South Sudan's Tokyo Games delegation attend a ceremony in Maebashi on July 16, 2021.... The uncertainty continued, nonetheless, over the feasibility of holding the games during a severe health crisis.... Being the sole delegation to spend such a long time preparing in the host nation, the news of them going ahead was not surprisingly a happy one....