The champion player shows off champion poses that set off a trending hashtag on Twitter in Japan.
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If you’re an athlete who runs from side to side or jumps up and down, these cute cats will love you, regardless of where you’re from!
Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui has won herself plenty of new fans from around the globe with her delightfully candid interview at the Rio Olympics.
You don’t get many chances to be a part of sports history, and judging by the standards for volunteers set by the The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, this isn’t one either.
Japan may be the only country in the world that insures golfers in the event they hit a hole-in-one during a round of golf.
Now you can practice your master swordsmanship skills with chopsticks and a miniature ceramic opponent.
Dentsu Lab and Japanese fencing master Yuki Ota team up to bring you this dreamlike (and totally badass) video of two fencers in combat, enhanced with practical and digital effects.
If you were someone who could never decide between music or sports in school, this crazy oncerto might be right up your alley.
As a sumo wrestler, it takes speed and precision to succeed in the ring, and to keep your fans supplied with autographs.
Is the storied L.A. franchise ripping off the uniform of the Japanese club, or is this just a case of “What goes around comes around?”
The golden ratio has been seen in mathematics, architecture, music, natural phenomena…and now sumo wrestling.
It seems controversy over the new National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics isn’t over yet.
An insanely flexible young Indian athlete breaks the Guinness World record for limbo skating.
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