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Kotozakura won his first Emperor’s Cup on Sunday, November 24 when he swatted down fellow ozeki Hoshoryu in a winner-take-all bout on the final day of the Kyushu Basho. In the day’s final bout at Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Hoshoryu went on the attack with several arm thrusts to the neck and upper body of his […]
Read the full story on SportsLook – BayStars Manager Miura Says NPB Teams Should Accept Losing Players to MLB with a Positive Attitude The manager of the Japan Series champion Yokohama DeNA BayStars says NPB teams have to do their best to adjust when they lose star players to Major League Baseball. There is no point in […]
Read the full story on SportsLook – Shugo Maki Delivers Key Hit in Japan’s Triumph Over South Korea in the Premier12 Shugo Maki picked up where he left off in the Japan Series to lead defending champion Samurai Japan to a 6-3 win over rival South Korea in the opening round of the Premier12 tournament on Friday, […]
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homered and drove in four runs on Sunday, November 3 as the Yokohama DeNA BayStars hammered the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 11-2 to win their first Japan Series championship in 26 years and their third title overall. Yokohama manager Daisuke Miura, who was a pitcher for the BayStars when the team last won the […]
Read the full story on SportsLook – Masayuki Kuwahara, Katsuki Azuma Come Up Big for BayStars in Must-Win Game 3 of Japan Series Masayuki Kuwahara hit a solo homer on Tuesday, October 29 and Katsuki Azuma went seven strong innings as the Yokohama DeNA BayStars beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4-1 in Game 3 of the Japan […]
INZAI, Chiba Prefecture ― Overnight leader Nico Echavarria birdied the final hole on Sunday, October 27 to finish with a 3-under-par 67 and win the ZOZO Championship by one stroke ahead of Justin Thomas and Max Greyserman. It was just Echavarria’s second win on the PGA Tour following a victory in Puerto Rico in 2023. […]
Read the full story on SportsLook – Taylor Moore Grabs a 1-Stroke Lead After the 1st Round of ZOZO Championship INZAI, Chiba Prefecture ― American Taylor Moore fired an opening round 7-under-par 63 on Thursday, October 24 to take a one-stroke lead at the ZOZO Championship, the only PGA Tour event in Japan. The highlight of […]
Read the full story on SportsLook – Managerial Changes Aplenty as the 2024 NPB Regular Season Concludes Managerial changes happen almost every off-season but this year sees an unprecedented shuffling of bench bosses in NPB. A total of five teams will have new managers at the helm when the 2025 season gets underway next spring. The Chunichi […]