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  • Hakuho wins one-day tournament
    Yokozuna Hakuho came back from the brink of defeat, toppling Goeido with a powerful throw in the final of a one-day exhibition tournament on Sunday.
    In the first one-off contest in two years after the meet was called off due to a match-fixing scandal last year, Hakuho exacted his revenge against Goeido to capture his first title in three years and third overall.




  • Tokyo zoo celebrates elephant's birthday
    Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo held an event Sunday to mark the 65th birthday of Hanako, Japan's oldest Asian elephant.
    Visitors joined zoo staff in celebrating in front of the elephant's play area, providing a birthday treat for the pachyderm, holding quizzes on its feed, and a session in which zookeepers fielded questions from around the country.




  • Fukumi claims judo victory in Paris
    Tomoko Fukumi continued to build her case for this summer's London Olympics, outclassing Brazil's Sarah Menezes in the 48-kg final to win the Grand Slam Paris judo title on Saturday.
    Fukumi, who defeated Haruna Asami for the World Masters title last month after losing to her rival in two consecutive world championship finals, beat Menezes on points to clinch victory at the two-day tournament.




  • Favorite France starts Six Nations campaign with rousing win
    France justified its status as Six Nations favorite with a 30-12 win over Italy, while England's rebuilt side showed it has spirit as well as talent to open its title defense with a 13-6 win at Scotland on Saturday.
    In their first match since losing the Rugby World Cup final in October, the French touched down four times at Stade de France and conceded only four kicks to gain some payback for last season's 22-21 upset in Rome.




  • Sawa injures right calf in training
    FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa has injured her right calf while training in Spain with her Nadeshiko League team INAC Kobe Leonessa, a team spokesperson said on Saturday.
    Women's national team captain Sawa complained of discomfort in a pre-match practice session before Kobe drew 1-1 with the Barcelona women's team in a friendly on Thursday. She was substituted after the first half of the game.




  • St. Louis celebrates milestone with treble
    Martin St. Louis had a memorable milestone game.
    St. Louis scored three times in his 900th NHL game, Steven Stamkos added his league-leading 34th goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-3 on Saturday night.




  • Olympus to pick new execs in April
    Olympus Corp. said Sunday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on April 20 to select a new management team and replace its top executives, who will resign over an accounting scandal unraveled by former President Michael C. Woodford.
    A company committee will choose the new lineup by mid-March with advice from external experts. The new crew will succeed six outgoing executives, including President Shuichi Takayama.




  • Packers' Rodgers wins first NFL MVP award
    Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide on Saturday.
    Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL.




  • Martin voted to HOF
    Curtis Martin has gone from the mean streets of Pittsburgh to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
    The star running back with the Patriots and Jets for 11 seasons was one of six players elected Saturday to the shrine. Martin once disliked playing the game, but used it to escape a neighborhood where his grandmother was murdered.




  • Americans seem driven to work more for less
    Recently a friend confided over dinner that her job was "killing" her. I was surprised. She is a director of a midsize nonprofit that is doing citizen diplomacy work in the Middle East, and she has often remarked on how gratifying it is to be involved in a program that brings historical enemies face to face to share their stories.
    But 2011 was a tough year for fundraisers, and my friend has been doing double duty as her understaffed organization struggles to make up the shortfall. Like many nowadays, she takes her work home with her, which has taken a toll on her personal life, health and sleep. She is thinking of leaving the nonprofit but is afraid to do so before she finds another job.




  • Battlegrounds for bringing Wall Street to justice
    What shall we make of the surprise pronouncement in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address that a belated investigation has been launched into the role of fraud in the financial crisis?
    This much is clear: Despite rampant illegalities, bank fraud and countless cases of perjury, the response to date — at the federal level and from most, but not all, states — has been underwhelming, cowardly even.




  • The dark hole of modern capitalism
    The International Labor Organization last month put out a stark warning about increasingly wretched employment prospects almost everywhere in the world. It wrote: "The world must rise to the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade".
    The report was all but ignored except by the very serious press and the BBC. Perhaps it is not surprising. How did the ILO calculate such a figure? Did they count the unemployed? How can anyone count up to 600 million, especially over 10 years into the future? Is it a case of thinking of the highest number that may scare you?




  • Njoroge wins Beppu-Oita marathon
    Kenyan runner Harun Njoroge pulled away with 5 km to go to win his first Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon title on Sunday.
    Njoroge crossed the finish line at Oita Athletics Stadium in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 38 seconds and Mongolia's Serod Batochir was a distant second in 2:11:05. Ethiopia's Yakob Jarso finished a further eight seconds back.




  • Komoda seizes initiative to power 89ers past Albirex
    Unlikely heroes emerge when you least expect them.
    Forward Takuya Komoda played the role for the Sendai 89ers in a 66-62 win over the host Niigata Albirex BB on Sunday in the bj-league.




  • Havenaar sets up goal for Vitesse
    Japan forward Mike Havenaar made his first start in Europe, setting up the winner in Vitesse Arnhem's 1-0 home win over NAC Breda on Saturday.
    Havenaar created the only goal of the match in the 19th minute, feeding midfielder Nicky Hofs in the area to hit past goalkeeper Jelle ten Rouwelaar for the victory.