Free-falling Grampus’ winless streak reaches 14 games

Nagoya Grampus slipped further into relegation trouble after a 0-0 draw with Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday that extended the 2010 J. League champions’ winless streak to 14 games. Grampus — one of only three teams, along with Marinos and Kashima Antlers, to have played every season in the first division since the J. League […]

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Giants clober CL rival Swallows

Kan Otake threw seven shutout innings as the Yomiuri Giants walloped the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9-0 in the Central League on Saturday. Otake (3-1) held Yakult to four hits and three walks, while striking out five in a 132-pitch outing, making the most of his impressive run support before 44,423 at Tokyo Dome. “I always […]

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Fencer Ota targets gold in Olympic swan song

Having become the first Japanese world champion, two-time Olympic silver medalist Yuki Ota is ready to bring home the first gold medal in fencing in what will be his fourth and final Summer Games. The 30-year-old, who won his first Olympic medal in Beijing in 2008 in the men’s individual foil and another in team […]

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