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Judo: 5-time Olympic medalist Ryoko Tani gives pep talk to Japanese team
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former judoka Ryoko Tani, who won medals at five consecutive Olympics, delivered a one-hour speech Tuesday in front of about 30 Paris Full article
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Uzbekistan and Japan qualify for men's Olympic soccer by reaching U23 Asian Cup final
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Baseball
- Baseball: Roki Sasaki outpitches Hiroya Miyagi, leads Lotte over Orix
- Dodgers play an entire game without striking out once for the first time since 2006
- Japanese firm aims to spread new baseball game for everyone
- Baseball: Yuki Yanagita homer wraps up Hawks' 3rd straight walk-off win
- MLB: Naoyuki Uwasawa set for debut with Red Sox
- Baseball: Yoshida goes 4-for-5 as Red Sox clobber Cubs 17-0
Soccer
- Uzbekistan and Japan qualify for men's Olympic soccer by reaching U23 Asian Cup final
- Football: Unbeaten Hiroshima held by Kawasaki, denied J1 top spot
- Football: Clinical Iwata down leaders Machida 2-0 at home
- Football: Ayase Ueda on target as Feyenoord maintain title hopes
- Football: Japan beat Qatar, close in on Olympic qualification
- Football: J-League champions Kobe to play Tottenham in July friendly
Sumo
- Sumo: Top prospect Onosato apologizes for underage drinking incident
- Sumo: Onosato, ex-yokozuna Kisenosato warned over drinking incident
- Former sumo grand champion Akebono dies at 54
- Sumo: Wrestlers from scandal-hit Miyagino stable to join Isegahama
- Sumo: Ozeki Kotonowaka relishes assuming yokozuna grandfather's name
- Editorial: Young Takerufuji's Grand Sumo tourney win a breath of fresh air for the sport
Tennis
- Japan advances to the Billie Jean King Cup finals without Naomi Osaka needing to play a 2nd match
- Tennis: Retired Shingo Kunieda beats world No. 1 Hewett to win Miami Open
- Tennis: Osaka loses to Garcia in Miami Open 3rd round
- Tennis: Nishikori loses on ATP Tour return at Miami Open
- Alcaraz rallies from set down after 3-hour rain delay to end Sinner's winning streak at Indian Wells
- Tennis: Naomi Osaka to play in Billie Jean King Cup qualifier vs Kazakhstan
Golf
- Golf: Japan's Mao Saigo 8th as Green wins LPGA's LA Championship
- Golf: Katsuragawa storms to victory at Japan-Europe tournament
- Golf: Hataoka 2 shots off pace after 3 rounds at LPGA LA Championship
- Brendan Steele leads LIV Adelaide by one stroke after second round at The Grange
- Japan's Kozuma takes a 1st-round lead in LIV Golf's return to The Grange in Adelaide
- Golf: Korda ties record with 5th straight win, Katsu 9th at Chevron
Rugby
- Rugby: Brave Lupus defeat Sungoliath in possible playoff preview
- Rugby: Head coach Jones lauds Tanaka's role in changing Japan's game
- Rugby: 3-time World Cup scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka to retire at season-end
- Rugby: Matera-inspired Heat beaten at death by Brave Lupus
- Super Rugby: playoffs picture clears but system raises questions
- Rugby: De Jager, Koroibete lead Wild Knights to big win over Verblitz
Athletics
- Athletics: Yuma Morii 8th, Paris-bound Suguru Osako 13th at Boston Marathon
- Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna breaks discus throw record that stood since 1986
- Athletics: Yuka Ando wins Nagoya Women's Marathon but misses Olympics
- Athletics: Olympic hopefuls aim for Japan marathon record in Nagoya
- Kenya's Kipruto, Ethiopia's Kebede win Tokyo Marathon
- Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar, has died in a car crash
Winter Sports
- Ski jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi lands 'world record' 291 meters in Iceland
- NHL Roundup: Hurricanes beat Islanders 3-1 in 1st-round NHL playoff series
- Star figure skater Hanyu still pursuing excellence in new forms
- Figure skating: Nagoya to host Grand Prix Final in Dec. 2025
- Figure skating: Uno fuels retirement rumors after losing world title
- Figure skating: US star Ilia Malinin ends Shoma Uno's reign at worlds
Olympics & Paralympics
- Yukio Kasaya, 1972 Sapporo Olympic ski jumping champion, dies at 80
- Olympics: Champion judoka Uta Abe to be beaten in Paris, analysts predict
- Olympics: Japan's official Paris Games apparel unveiled
- Olympics: Athletics' prize money offer in Paris faces criticism
- Skateboarding: Battle for Olympic spots heating up among Japanese
- Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
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- Baseball: Tigers come back to beat Swallows
- Horse racing: T O Royal captures spring Tenno-sho in 1st G1 win
- Boxing: Kazuto Ioka, Fernando Martinez set for super flyweight unification bout
- NBA playoffs finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'
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