Naomi Osaka of Japan fields questions from the media during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 09, 2022 in Indian Wells, California. (AFP) Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka returns to Indian Wells, scene of her breakthrough triumph in 2018, with a new outlook on...
Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts as she plays against Amanda Anisimova of the US during their women's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 21, 2022. (AFP) A philosophical Naomi Osaka said Friday she "is not God" and cannot always win after the...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against Colombia's Camila Osorio during their women's singles match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 17, 2022. (AFP) Defending women's champion Naomi Osaka breezed into the second round as the Australian Open finally began...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against France's Alize Cornet during their women's singles match at the Melbourne Summer. (AFP) A nervous Naomi Osaka overcame a second set wobble to make a winning return Tuesday in her first match since taking an indefinite break after a tearful US Open exit in...
TOKYO, Japan -- Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a blaze swept through a commercial building housing a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, fire officials said. TV footage showed dozens of firefighters working inside and outside the narrow office building after...
The Shinshu Brave Warriors used a fiery fourth quarter surge to zoom past the Osaka Evessa, 95-79, in Division I of the Japan B.League at the Ookini Arena Maishima Sunday, Oct. 24. Yudai Okada and Anthony McHenry spearheaded Shinshu with 21 points apiece, Ko Kumagai posted 19 markers, four assists,...
The Shinshu Brave Warriors survived the Osaka Evessa's late-game scare and got away with an 85-82 win as Filipino forward Matthew Aquino remained on the bench in his debut in Division I of the Japan B.League at the Ookini Arena Maishima Saturday, Oct. 23. Matthew Aquino has yet to make a formal...
Leylah Fernandez (AFP) Leylah Fernandez, a Canadian player with Filipino descent, pulled off the biggest upset victory in her young career after shocking defending champion Naomi Osaka in the US Open third round Friday (Saturday in Manila). The 18-year-old Fernandez, whose father is Ecuadorian and...
In this file photo taken on February 18, 2021, Japan's Naomi Osaka serves against Serena Williams of the US during their women's singles semi-final match on day eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. (Photo by David Gray / AFP) Naomi Osaka launches her bid for a third US Open...
Naomi Osaka of Japan returns a shot to Jill Teichmann of Switzerland during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2021 in Mason, Ohio. (AFP) Defending champion Naomi Osaka seeks her third US Open title in four tries as the year's final Grand Slam begins...
Naomi Osaka of Japan plays Jill Teichmann of Switzerland during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 19, 2021 in Mason, Ohio. (Photo by MATTHEW STOCKMAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Naomi Osaka has no regrets over her stunning third-round...
Japan's Naomi Osaka competes against Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles third round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Japan's Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa...
