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📰 Cricket

India controversially defend 32 against minnows Japan in bizarre one-off T20

World champions India narrowly survived being on the end of a huge upset as they edged a spirited Japan by two runs in a rain-shortened first-ever T20 international between the teams on Tuesday.

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⚽ Football

Muto on target as Kobe see off Port FC to begin Asian Champions League with win

Vissel Kobe secured a 2-1 win over Port FC through ⁠Yoshinori Muto's deft finish as the Japanese side made the perfect start to the league phase of the ‌Asian Champions League Elite in Thailand on Wednesday.

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⚾ Baseball

Munetaka Murakami becomes first Japanese-born rookie to hit 30 home runs

Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami became the first Japanese-born rookie in Major League Baseball history to hit 30 home runs in a season on Saturday.

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⚽ Football

Japan to face World Cup vanquishers at November friendly tournament in Singapore

Japan will get a chance to avenge their heart-breaking World Cup defeat to Brazil when they take part in a four-team international tournament in Singapore in November, organisers said Thursday.

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🎾 Tennis

Frances Tiafoe moves on in straight sets at US Open after beating qualifier

Frances Tiafoe ⁠claimed a 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-5 victory over Japanese qualifier Rei Sakamoto ‌on Wednesday to reach the third round of ‌the U.S. Open.

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⚽ Football

Eredivisie top scorer Ayase Ueda completes Lille move from Feyenoord

Japanese striker Ayase Ueda has completed a transfer from Feyenoord to French side Lille, the clubs confirmed on Monday evening.

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⚽ Football

Eredivisie top scorer Ayase Ueda set to join Lille from Feyenoord

Japanese striker Ayase Ueda is set to leave Feyenoord after three years, with a full agreement reportedly being reached between the Rotterdam club and Lille.

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⚽ Football

Danish Superliga club Randers taken over by Japanese investors

Randers FC has come under Japanese ownership. The Superliga club has announced on its website that the Suzuyo Group has acquired 80 percent of the shares in the company behind the club.

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📰 Racing

Trackhouse Racing's Ai Ogura withdraws from Aragon Grand Prix due to injury

Trackhouse Racing rider Ai Ogura ⁠will miss this week's Aragon Grand Prix after ‌suffering a fracture to his left ‌hand while training ‌in Japan, the MotoGP team ‌said on Wednesday.