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As perhaps much expected, Nadeshiko Japan was the face of the 2011 sports scene in Japan. The World Cup-winning women’s national squad received the Japan Pro Sports Grand Prize at the annual Japan Sports Awards ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Tuesday. Nadeshiko Japan is the second female athlete or all-female team to be selected [...]
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The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks are the 2011 NPB champions. Although they were forced to play a decisive seventh game in the Japan Series, the Hawks displayed dominance on the diamond throughout the year. The Hawks were triumphant during interleague play, in the Pacific League pennant race, the PL Climax Series and the Japan Series. They [...]
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The Chunichi Dragons just don’t know how to do anything the easy way. Which is a bit ironic, since their path to the Japan Series title just got a whole lot clearer. Masahiko Morino lined a go-ahead single into left during the 10th inning and the Dragons victimized reliever Takahiro Mahara for the second straight [...]
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Just over one year ago, Mao Asada entered the NHK Trophy coming off her second world title and a silver medal at the Vancouver Olympics. The stage was set for a triumphant return at the Grand Prix event in her hometown of Nagoya. With archrival Kim Yu Na having announced she would sit out the [...]
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NAPIER, New Zealand — John Kirwan watched replays of his team’s 31-18 loss to Tonga “about 15 times” so he could figure out what Japan needs to do against Canada to stop its World Cup winless streak. If there has been one bright spot since Japan’s only win at the World Cup—against Zimbabwe in 1991—it [...]
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Japanese racing fans will hope they finally achieve their dream at Longchamp of winning Europe’s most prestigious flat race the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after two agonising runners-up spots. Australian turf followers too are likely to postpone their bedtime plans as former home-based champion So You Think bids to set matters straight in light [...]
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