Speed skating: High on confidence, Kato, Nagashima seek gold at Sochi

Speed skaters Joji Kato and Keiichiro Nagashima are once again eyeing 500 metres Olympic gold and Japanese fans are hoping it will not be another double disappointment. Four years ago in Vancouver,......

Jeev lifts Japan Tour title

A sensational final round of six-under 66 fetched Jeev Milkha Singh his second title of the season -- third on Japan Tour -- at the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup in Hokkaido on......

Athens torch reaches Japan

The Olympic flame arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for the second leg of a six-week relay in the run-up to the Athens Games, just in time for the first day of the Japanese rainy season.Torrential rain......