2008
11
Oct
A bubbling Lewis Hamilton was keen to keep his composure after claiming pole for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, knowing that he is close to becoming Formula One’s youngest champion.
The Briton — seven points ahead of nearest rival Felipe Massa with three races remaining — beamed with delight after grabbing his sixth pole position of the [...]
2008
6
Oct
The AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo September 29 to October 5 at the Ariake Colosseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park, one of the proposed venues of Tokyo’s 2016 Summer Olympic Games bid. But even living in Japan i didn’t hear anything about this event.
The venue is positioned next to the [...]
2008
23
Sep
KAWASAKI, Japan: Olympic bronze medalist Bershawn Jackson of the United States won the 400-meter hurdles Tuesday at the Super Track and Field meet.
Jackson got off to a slow start but recovered to surge ahead of Kenji Narisako of Japan down the stretch in 49.33 seconds. Narisako finished in 49.68.
American Miriam Barnes won the women’s [...]
2008
9
Sep
The Japanese team is aiming to win 39 medals at the Beijing Paralympic Games–11 golds and 14 silver and bronze medals.
It will be difficult for the Japanese team to top the number of medals it won in Athens in 2004 because events at the Paralympics have decreased.
Japanese athletes won a record 52 medals in [...]
2008
29
Aug
Japan is well known for bribery in getting international events. If they can’t do it then they will try to bribe someone to get things going. For the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing it wasn’t all that clear what was going on.
Keirin is a cycling sport popular in Japan. However, it is virually unknown [...]
2008
29
Aug
As support for Tokyo 2016 continues to rise across all sections of Japanese society, the country’s Beijing 2008 Olympic medal-winning wrestlers today threw their considerable strength behind Japan’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
At an official meeting with Tokyo Governor and President of Tokyo 2016, extremist right-wing Shintaro Ishihara, and Tokyo 2016 Chairman [...]
2008
23
Aug
The United States has defeated Japan to win the bronze medal in baseball, with a final score of 8-4. It was the first event I watched live and will post more pictures soon.
Cuba play South Korea in the gold medal match.
2008
22
Aug
Jamaica have proved they are the sprint champions of the Beijing Olympics by winning the men’s 4×100 meter relay setting a new record of 37.10.
Tinidad and Tobago won the silver medal and Japan won the bronze.
Jamaica
CARTER Nesta
FRATER Michael
BOLT Usain
POWELL Asafa
Tinidad and Tobago
EDMAN Keston
BURNS Marc
CALLENDER Emmanuel
THOMPSON Richard
Japan
TSUKAHARA Naoki
SUETSUGU Shingo
TAKAHIRA Shinji
ASAHARA Nobuharu
2008
21
Aug
JAPAN stunned the United States 3-1 tonight to claim Olympic softball gold, denying America a fourth straight title.
Softnall is due to be dropped from the Games after Beijing.
It was the first time the US failed to win the gold since softball was introduced in 1996, and their first defeat in 22 Olympic matches [...]
2008
21
Aug
The United States have lost their second game ever in the the softball tonight in the Olympics, losing to Japan 3-1.
It is a huge upset for the United States team, who have been on a 22-game winning streak, with their last loss at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The United States may have a long time to [...]