TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still ...

The Japanese women's basketball and volleyball teams won gold medals at the Tokyo Deaflympics on Tuesday. Japan narrowly beat the United States 65-64 in the women's basketball final, and trumped Turke ...

The post Mai Yamamoto scores on teammates in WNBA-Japan basketball crossover appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Dallas Wings played their final preseason game on Saturday against Japan’s Toyota ...

Cunningham is the third WNBA player who has signed with Project B, the planned international women’s basketball league scheduled to begin competition next year.

The Japanese Basketball Association (JBA) has been suspended by governing body, FIBA, after failing to re-organise the game in the country. O Omnisports Pulse Follow FIBA announced on Wednesday that ...

Isabelle Bourne, a former Nebraska Cornhusker women's basketball star, scored eight points and pulled down three rebounds in Australia's 88-79 win over Japan for the FIBA Asia Cup title Sunday morning ...

Penn State has developed a strong basketball presence in Japan, where the country's best professional player and its men's national team coach are former Nittany Lions. D.J. Newbill, one of the top ...