Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes and sports authorities have a warning for trolls planning to target ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A generation ago, the sight of an Olympic halfpipe podium drenched in red, white and blue was as common as fresh powder on the mountain — a fitting and expected celebration for a ...

Japan is back in Olympic women’s fours curling, with a new team for tens of millions of near-fanatical fans to follow. Sayaka Yoshimura’s Sapporo crew defeated Norway’s Marianne Roervik 6-5 in the ...

Japan did not win an Olympic figure skating medal until 1992 but it is now among the sport's world powers, with kids dreaming of becoming the next Yuzuru Hanyu or Mao Asada. The country produces a ...

MILAN — Only a few months ago, Ami Nakai, by her own admission, didn’t have skating in the 2026 Olympic Games on her radar. Yet there was the Japanese 17-year-old leading a pair of world champions in ...

Yuzuru Hanyu won Olympic men's singles gold twice and attracted a devoted following of fans Mao Asada was a three-time figure skating world champion Kaori Sakamoto is aiming to win the women's figure ...