Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya outlasted Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia in a stunning sprint to the finish in the women’s marathon at ...

Sumo is more than a sport in Japan; it's a sacred tradition. Women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyō, but ...

For centuries, sumo's deep links with the Shinto religion barred women from entering the ring, let alone allowing them to ...

Peres Jepchirchir won the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Tokyo on Sunday, with the Kenyan adding a ...

The younger Charlton sister, Anthaya, certainly made a name for herself at these world championships. Competing at her first ...

It began 18 years ago in Japan as a reserve on a Jamaica relay team when she won a silver medal in the 2007 world ...

A woman with spiky, dyed blonde hair sits submerged in a bath strewn with red rose petals. She is naked, aside from a pair of swimming goggles just visible above the water line. This is one of ...

Newly crowned world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left nothing up to chance as she stormed to a new championship record ...

Tokyo — Japan's ubiquitous ramen shops have long served that most-proletarian of dishes at no-frills counters, where customers unceremoniously slurp and gulp their way through boiling-hot bowls of ...

A Korean man in his 30s has been arrested by local police in Tokyo, Japan, on suspicion of murdering a Korean woman in her ...

PM Modi on Friday arrived in Tokyo for a two-day visit. The Prime Minister expressed gratitude toward the Indian community for the warm welcome in Tokyo. He said that he is "deeply touched by the ...

A 35-year-old man was taken into police custody in Tokyo on Friday in connection with the fatal assault of a 24-year-old woman outside her residence in Kobe. Masashi Tanimoto is alleged to have ...