August 31, 2012
Despite doctor's orders, wheelchair racer Tomoya Ito will be competing in the 2012 London Paralympics, where he will be defending the 400-meter and 800-meter gold medals he won at the Beijing Games.
August 30, 2012
This is the 13th installment of professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa's column for The Asahi Shimbun, which appears every other Thursday.
August 29, 2012
The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, are more than a year and a half away.
August 28, 2012
PYONGYANG--North Korea, long accused of shunting its disabled residents off to isolated detention camps, will take part for the first time this year in the Paralympics, which open Aug. 29 in London.
August 28, 2012
Japan's Olympic boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata is considering a future away from the sport after rejecting a lucrative offer to turn professional.
August 28, 2012
After winning a gold medal in men's singles at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Shingo Kunieda hit the big time in spring 2009, when he became Japan's first professional wheelchair tennis player.
August 27, 2012
This is the ninth installment of London-based writer Brian Mallon's column on the Ultimate Fighting Championship for The Asahi Shimbun. Mallon has been a martial arts practitioner, UFC fan and journalist for many years. The biweekly feature appears every other Monday.
August 27, 2012
LONDON--The Olympic rings have disappeared across London, and the Paralympic symbols hoisted in their place. Let the games begin -- again.
August 25, 2012
As a young adult, Fumio Usui wandered from odd job to odd job without realizing a solid career path.
August 25, 2012
LONDON -- This year's Paralympics are expected to draw their largest ever live television audience -- except in the United States, where events will receive only minimal coverage and won't be screened as they happen, prompting anger from some fans and campaigners.
August 23, 2012
At the 2011 International Paralympic Committee world championships, runner Shinya Wada cruised in the 10,000-meter race to finish with an Asian record.
August 23, 2012
Olympic gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura has experienced the darker side of celebrity after complaining of a schoolgirl "stalker," local media reported on Aug. 23.
August 22, 2012
The day of the Great East Japan Earthquake is one judoka Shizuka Hangai won't soon forget.
August 22, 2012
SAO PAULO -- The Brazilian Olympic Committee says boxing officials have turned down its request to review the result of the Olympic final in which a local fighter lost.
August 21, 2012
After I finished covering the London Olympics, I decided to assess whether they were a success or not.
August 21, 2012
Nine of the world's top 10 players, including French Open champion Maria Sharapova, will compete in next month's Pan Pacific Open.
August 20, 2012
Japan's 71 Olympic medalists received a hero's welcome as they rode through the streets of Tokyo's Ginza district on Aug. 20, being greeted by a crowd of about 500,000 well-wishers.
August 20, 2012
Fresh off her medal-winning performance in London, archer Miki Kanie has hardly had time for the reality of Olympic bronze to sink in.
August 20, 2012
NORTH PLAINS, Oregon -- Japan's Mika Miyazato won the Safeway Classic on Aug. 19 for her first victory on the LPGA Tour, finishing with a 2-under 70 to beat Brittany Lincicome and Inbee Park by two strokes.
August 18, 2012
Sports junkies who didn't get enough of the London Olympics can continue to get their fix later this month when the 2012 Summer Paralympics get under way in the British capital.