The Filipino champion wrested the 105-lbs crown from Shigeoka last year via a close split decision, aided no less by two ...

Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...

No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...

In countries where other sports are more popular, baseball is growing, as seen at this week's 2026 World Baseball Classic qualifying in Tucson.

Manfred met with his NPB counterpart Sadayuki Sakakibara on Sunday, the second of two days of games between MLB teams and NPB teams.

Hiroya Miyagi and five relievers combined on a one-hit shutout as Japan beat the Netherlands 5-0 in the opener of their ...

1893 — The first women’s collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this game, each basket is worth 1 point and the freshman class defeats the sophomore ...

Suzuki, now in his fourth season with Chicago, played nine seasons with the Central League's Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2013 to ...

China, with two wins in its WBC history, left Tucson as the only ... son of Red Sox legend Manny Ramirez. The influence of Japanese baseball and culture has made a big impact on Brazil, where ...

Arizona Diamondbacks coaches Jhonathan Solano, Jaime Del Valle and Ronald Ramirez helped guide Colombia to wins in World ...

"[Team USA] made it to the finals, but they didn't win ... and only WBC championship was won in 2017. The first three installments of the tournament, which began in 2006, were won by Japan ...