Ed Odeven

Rui Hachimura scored a game-best 30 points and Japan led by as many as 59 en route to a 123-70 triumph in the FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifier in Tokyo.

Daiya Kira, 23, won the WBA light flyweight title with an impressive effort against Venezuelan Carlos Canizales, becoming a world champ in his fifth pro fight.

Saki Hayashi made a Women's Basketball World Cup record nine 3-pointers against Mali, and Japan set a team record with 20 3s in the tourney-opening win.

Hanshin Tigers cleanup hitter Teruaki Sato leads the Central League in batting, homers and RBIs. Winning the Triple Crown is well within his reach.

Reporting on Shohei Ohtani, tennis player Naomi Osaka, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and race favorite Flicker Jab's victory in the 40th Centaur Stakes.

After winning the Nagoya Basho, Aonishiki was promoted back to ozeki. The Ukrainian sumo wrestler is seeking to become the first European-born yokozuna.

Vying for his seventh straight Grand Slam singles title, top-ranked Tokito Oda was handed his first defeat in one of the four major tourneys since January 2025.

In his legendary career, Isao Harimoto became NPB's career leader in hits. Years later, the Hiroshima bomb survivor began to speak out against nuclear weapons.

Yokozuna Onosato snapped a two-match losing streak on the final day of the Autumn Basho, beating ozeki Aonishiki to secure the title in Tokyo.

In the fifth and sixth (current) seasons of his Nippon Professional Baseball career, Teruaki Sato has played in 276 games (through September 30) for the Hanshin Tigers. The Hanshin Tigers third baseman has mashed 78 home runs in that span, more than any other professional player in Japan.