Japan have never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup but they have set themselves the ambitious target of winning next ...

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Brown’s highest-value jump, the triple Axel, became an albatross. He botched all eight attempts at the jump in his three ...

Canadian Evan Dunfee broke the men's 35-kilometre race walk world record with a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 40 seconds ...

After celebrating qualification for an eighth consecutive World Cup finals with beaming smiles and high fives, Japan shifted focus towards becoming the first Asian side to win football's most coveted ...

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was among five Olympic champions who won events at the world freestyle skiing and snowboard ...

It’s still 452 days until the first 2026 World Cup game will be played in Kansas City, but qualifying is in full swing. Japan became the first team to win a spot in next year’s World Cup with its 2-0 ...

World Cup is approaching next year and qualifying is finally getting underway. Most of the biggest national teams around the ...

Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2026 men’s World Cup after it beat Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium on ...

Head coach Hajime Moriyasu, captain Wataru Endo and star forward Kaoru Mitoma react after Japan secured World Cup qualification with three matches to spare.

Thomas Bach's life has been dominated by the Olympics, as a team fencing gold medallist and then IOC chief -- and he deserves ...

Bach, a German lawyer and former Olympic fencing champion, took over in 2013 and immediately introduced wide-ranging reforms.