May 8, 2021
Nako Motohashi, one of Japan’s top point guards, was practicing with the provisional national team in November when she suddenly felt pain in her knee on a drive to the basket.
After being attended to by team staff and doctors, Motohashi received the bad news shortly after the injury she had suffered ligament damage in her right knee.
At the time, Motohashi thought quite naturally the injury had shut the door on her chances of competing at the Tokyo Olympics.
Once she found out that was not necessarily the case, Motohashi resolved to do everything she could to play at the Summer Games.
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Jan 8, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s declaration of a second state of emergency in Tokyo as well as neighboring Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures on Thursday could substantially impact sporting events in Japan.
The Japan Sumo Association will stick to hosting the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled beginning Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. After initially limiting ticket sales to 5,000 on each day, the JSA cut off sales on Wednesday with only the first and last days having sold out.
The sumo world was rocked by Tuesday’s announcement that yokozuna Hakuho had tested positive for COVID-19. The JSA decided to proceed with the first