Shun Yamaguchi tossed eight innings of one-hit ball on Tuesday night as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yakult Swallows 9-0 in the battle for the Central League's top spot.

Japanese wrestlers Kojiro Shiga and Yuki Takahashi won silver and bronze, respectively, on Tuesday to kick off this year's Asian Championships in China.

World number one Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had "dodged a bullet" after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week's tournament in Stuttgart.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the tomb of his father, Emperor Hirohito, on the outskirts of Tokyo on Tuesday for an official ceremony to report his upcoming abdication on April 30.

Pirates reliever Nick Burdi left in tears with a right arm injury, a chilling low point for Pittsburgh in a 12-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.

Chelsea moved into the Premier League's top four on Monday with a frustrating 2-2 draw with Burnley.

A tweet that legendary swords featured in the popular video game were forged at a humble shrine here has set off a stampede by so-called sword girls.

Carlos Vela scored two goals, Mark-Anthony Kaye had three assists and Los Angeles FC beat Seattle 4-1 on Sunday to hand the Sounders' their first loss of the season.

The Curse of La Llorona" brought good fortune at the box office.

Before returning to the top of the Premier League, Liverpool got to savor a Manchester United humiliation.

Given the opportunity to showboat, a masterful guitarist using Kickstarter to finance an album might be expected to let 'er rip on the record.

For the second year in a row, Porto had no answer to Liverpool's attacking trio of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.