Once dismissed as a basement game, table tennis is enjoying an unlikely US revival as the Oscar-tipped biopic Marty Supreme collides with a wave of new players For decades in the US, table tennis has ...

When writer Lisa Lucas visited Phoenix, Arizona, she learned about the table tennis player Thelma Thall, who won two world championships in the 1950s. Thall competed in a male-dominated world shaped ...

Japanese star Kaori Sakamoto delivered deliver one of skating’s most moving programs of all time in the team event.

Shohei Ohtani confirmed that he will not pitch in the 2026 World Baseball Classic and will only be used as a hitter. Ohtani ...

Taufatofua was announced as a flag bearer ahead of Friday's Opening Ceremony for the Milan Cortina Olympics, and he appeared ...

NZ Listener Arts & Entertainment Editor Russell Baillie has worked at the Listener since 2017 and was previously the editor of the NZ Herald’s TimeOut section. Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie, ...

For Pico Iyer, making his acting debut in the hit movie “Marty Supreme” was the latest journey in a life full of unexpected voyages. By Pico Iyer The author’s TED Talk “What Ping-Pong Taught Me About ...

BEIJING (AP) — Kao Miura of Japan won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Sunday in his final tuneup for the ...

Finding authentic ramen in Kenya may seem unlikely, but this experience proves that true Japanese flavours can be found right in Nairobi. Located in the Lavington area, Chekafe offers a Japanese style ...

Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano was named to the Japanese team heading to next month’s Milan Cortina Games despite breaking bones in his face in an accident at a contest in Switzerland over the ...

There is a choice to be made at this Tokyo noodle bar, and misjudgment could be painful. The laminated menu lists increasing levels of karasa (heat from chilli oil) and shibire (numbing spice from ...

LONDON, Jan 19 - Reigning champions Italy will face a home tie against Japan in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers in April as they begin their quest for a hat-trick of titles in the team competition ...