Baseball
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Japan rocked by bullying scandal after team withdraws from high school baseball tournament
Koryo high pulled out of the popular competition after an outcry over reports that some of its members had bul…
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Amid stifling summers Japan warns of future restrictions on children’s sport
As soon as 2060, global heating may send temperatures high enough to stop children in most parts of country fr…
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Stamps, sticks and stories: looking for traces of baseball in North Korea
Like a trail of breadcrumbs, there are signs this most cherished of American sports may still be played in a c…
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Japanese baseball fans bid farewell to ‘lucky charm’ Colonel Sanders statue
Effigy recovered in 2009 after being thrown into Osaka river by jubilant fans but is in poor state and will be…
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Osaka’s baseball underdogs hope one more win will lift curse of KFC
Many in the city have put the Hanshin Tigers’ lack of success down to an unusual Colonel Sanders-based superst…