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Wed, April 14, 2021 | 09:46

How the 1964 Tokyo Olympics changed the face of Japan

The 1964 summer Olympic Games were Japan's great return to the world stage after its defeat and destruction two decades earlier in World War II. The first Games ever held in Asia were also a chance to trumpet the rebuilding of post-war Tokyo and the country's emergence as a high-tech giant with the infrastructure to match.

2021-04-13 18:02

Spurs to take action after Korean star Son Heung-min racially abused

Tottenham Hotspur are to take action after Korean star Son Heung-min was subjected to "abhorrent racist abuse" on social media following Sunday's 3-1 defeat by Manchester United.

2021-04-12 20:26

70% of Japanese want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed: poll

More than 70% of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled or delayed as the coronavirus pandemic rolls on, a Kyodo News poll showed on Monday, just over 100 days ahead of the planned start of the Games.

2021-04-12 19:44

China blocking Korea's path to Tokyo

For South Korea's women, well all of Asia's women really, the road to the Tokyo Olympics has been a frustrating one. It started back in 2018, a time when, of course, all thought that the tournament would take place in the summer of 2020. The men sealed their place by winning the Asian U-23 Championship in January 2020, just before sports around the world ground to a halt. The...

2021-04-12 16:54

Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket

Hideki Matsuyama delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all. Ten years after Matsuyama made a sterling debut as the best amateur at Augusta National, he claimed the ultimate trophy Sunday with a victory in the Masters to become the first Japanese winner of the green jacket.

2021-04-12 10:17

Tottenham's Son Heung-min ties Premier League career high with 14th goal of season

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min has equaled his career high for goals in a Premier League season. The South Korean star netted his 14th goal of the campaign in a 3-1 loss to Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday (local time). Son's 40th-minute goal, set up by Lucas Moura, put Tottenham ahead 1-0, but Man United rallied with three unanswered goal...

2021-04-12 09:28

Padres' Kim Ha-seong hits 1st MLB homer in victory

Kim Ha-seong has gone deep for the first time in the majors. The South Korean infielder for the San Diego Padres delivered a game-tying solo home run against the Texas Rangers in the top of the fifth inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday (local time).

2021-04-11 15:03

Cloud of uncertainty remains as countdown to Tokyo Olympics nears 100 days

The countdown to the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games will reach 100 days Wednesday, if the competition opens as scheduled, that is. The 32nd edition of the Summer Olympics already got postponed by one year due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and the normally quadrennial event, now scheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in the Japanese capital, will open in an odd-numbered year for the f...

2021-04-11 09:32

Choo Shin-soo belts 1st homer in KBO

After hitting 218 home runs over 16 years in the majors, Choo Shin-soo has now homered for the first time in South Korea. The new outfielders for the SSG Landers launched a solo home run off Hanwha Eagles' starter Nick Kingham in the bottom of the third inning of their Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season game on Thursday. The no-doubter traveled 115 meters into r...

2021-04-09 16:29

Beijing warns Washington not to boycott Winter Olympics

China's government warned Washington on Wednesday not to boycott next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach to complaints of human rights abuses. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected accusations of abuses against ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. He warned of an unspecified ``robust ...

2021-04-08 13:53

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