Munetaka Murakami picked an ideal time to break out of his World Baseball Classic funk ... Mexico on March 20 that propelled Samurai Japan into the final against the United States.
Continue reading for highlights from Tuesday’s final. 11:19 PM: With epic ending, Shohei Ohtani’s Japan reclaims World Baseball Classic crown MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani did not jog in from the ...
Cheers erupted across Japan as the Samurai Japan’s victory over Team USA in the World Baseball Classic final in Miami sent fans in homes, ballparks and public viewing locales into ecstasy. The ...
Japan, which won the first two WBCs in 2006 and 2009, advanced to its third WBC final and will face the United ... Urias belted a three-run home run into the left field seats.
Ahead of what has been called the biggest event in the history of Japanese boxing, International Boxing Hall of Fame ...
Jason Moloney's desperate attempts for a final-second knockout fall short, the Australian losing his WBO bantamweight world boxing title to Japanese upstart Yoshiki Takei in Tokyo.
The fifth installment of the World Baseball Classic is in the books and Japan, led by the singular ... because it was real life. Here is the final out of the WBC. Ohtani threw two 100 mph ...
Shohei Ohtani told Japanese reporters Sunday that he would be available only to pitch out of the bullpen in the World Baseball Classic final Tuesday should Japan beat Mexico in the semifinals.
Japan's undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue said an early scare got him "fired up" after he stopped ...
Naoya Inoue looks to bolster his claim as the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer against Luis Nery. Follow along with Bryan Graham ...
Australia’s Jason Moloney has lost his WBO bantamweight world title to Japan’s Yoshiki Takei in a stunning upset at a packed Tokyo Dome in Japan.