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Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s most celebrated baseball player and a linchpin of the storied Tokyo Yomiuri Giants dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s, died in a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday. He was 89. He died of pneumonia, according to a joint…

Wherever 18-year-old João Fonseca goes, he hears his name chanted as if he were akin to his countrymen, the Brazilian soccer stars Ronaldo, Pelé and Neymar. Mirra Andreeva, also 18, gets interview requests while she waits in line at a pharmacy in New…

Fox Corp. revealed new details about its streaming service on Monday, including that it would debut this fall and would be called Fox One. The announcement came ahead of the company’s upfront, an annual pitch to entice advertisers with a…

SAN ANTONIO, TX — When Gregg Popovich took over the San Antonio Spurs in 1996, the franchise was a modest, small-market team in an era dominated by big-city clubs. Owner Peter Holt had just paid $76 million for the team, and…

There it was for all to see, President Trump’s tangled relationship with the Ivy League, delivered in a burst at his rally in Michigan on Tuesday night. “He’s the top,” the president said of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity…

Shanghai is banking on more international sporting events and concerts in the city this summer to revive spending to counter the blows to consumer confidence from the China-US trade war. The city will host international equestrian, archery, triathlon and Formula E events in…

Rory McIlroy leads the Masters by two shots over Bryson DeChambeau, but that is not who he will be playing in the tournament’s final round. Sunday at Augusta National will be McIlroy versus McIlroy. “I’m just going to have to…

President Trump, some of his cabinet members and his adviser Elon Musk sat ringside in Miami late Saturday night at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event — a spectacle of violence, throbbing music and cheering crowds that the president has long…

After some rain overnight softened up the course, the scoring conditions were ideal for Friday’s second round at the Masters. And many of the world’s best golfers were ready to take advantage. Following a masterful opening round at Augusta National,…

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a winner. Much of that is…