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INSANE: Saitama - The Real Truth

A season-delaying crash, a coach break-up and losing key teammates – Has Jonas Vingegaard's 2026 Tour de France bid gone wrong before it's even started?

Two-time former winner was hoping for a less disrupted path to July this year, but so far, pretty much everything that could go wrong has

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Israel-Premier Tech close website and social media accounts with rebranded identity expected soon, confirm departure of Chris Froome

'We want to take the chance to thank our departing staff for all of their hard work and, of course, the departing riders'

Cycling News

'I think I'd prefer to win all three Grand Tours' – Jonas Vingegaard hints further at Giro d'Italia focus in 2026 despite Tour de France remaining the 'biggest objective'

Dane would be chasing a maiden victory on debut at the Italian Grand Tour if he can fit it into his schedule

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Jonas Vingegaard attacks solo after crash to win Tour de France Saitama Criterium

Dane drops Primož Roglič with two kilometres to go as Jonathan Milan finishes second, Kaden Groves third

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On The Ground in Japan: FourFourTwo head East to experience J.LEAGUE

We visited Saitama and Yokohama to watch two games featuring Urawa Reds and Liverpool

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Chris Froome undergoes successful surgery following training crash

Briton suffered a pneumothorax, five broken ribs, and a lumbar vertebrae fracture in crash on Wednesday

Cycling News

Japan are the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup – are they an outside bet to succeed next summer?

Samurai Blue breezed through AFC qualification and Hajime Moriyasu will lead them at his second World Cup finals

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How the real murders behind the hit novel Butter exposed Japanese media misogyny

Japan, 2009. It is a morning in August and, in a parking lot in Saitama – a regional centre about 30kms north of Tokyo – a rental car is spotted with a man lying in the back seat. His name is Yoshiyuki Oide. But it turns out that he’s not…

The Conversation

Japanese region asks 1.2 million people to use less water to help sinkhole rescue

Japanese authorities have asked residents of 12 cities and towns in Saitama prefecture to limit showers and laundry to prevent worsening sewage leaks

The Independent UK

RIZIN 49: Best photos from Japan

Check out these photos from RIZIN 49 on New Year's Eve in Saitama, Japan.

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘The timer is now at zero’ - Pello Bilbao targets Giro d’Italia as Bahrain Victorious look to put ‘disappointing’ 2024 season behind them

Basque rider undecided on Tour de France plans, hopes to overcome setbacks of 2024 season

Cycling News

'One final push on the road' - Chris Froome on retirement, sliding doors and chasing another Grand Tour

Speaking to Cyclingnews at the Tour de France criterium in Saitama, Froome speaks about his form, his final years in the sport and his unbroken bond with the Tour de France

Cycling News

Inside the lead-in to the Tour de France Singapore Criterium – Could it be Mark Cavendish’s last race?

A tribute or 'last chance to witness the Manx Missile in action'?Either way the Asian city-state is winding up for a cycling celebration

Cycling News

Saitama Criterium - Biniam Girmay sails over line first as Japan gets its taste of the Tour de France

Mark Cavendish, Primož Roglič and Jasper Philipsen among riders lining up for the off-season crowd pleaser

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Biniam Girmay pips Primož Roglič to the post at Saitama Criterium

Tour de France sprint king heads up phalanx of WorldTour stars to take the victory in Japan

Cycling Weekly

Tadej Pogačar 'unbeatable', says Primož Roglič, but winning the Tour de France doesn't keep him up at night

Speaking at Saitama, the Slovenian also described the 'completely new way of racing' Pogačar had ushered in

Cycling Weekly

Mark Cavendish: 'I'd want to stay in cycling forever'

The Tour de France star was speaking in Japan ahead of the Saitama Criterium

The Guardian - AU

Smash-and-grab for Socceroos earns precious point in Japan

Australia eke out 1-1 draw to end Samurai Blue’s run of nine wins as an own goal at either end decides World Cup qualifier

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'Point to prove': Socceroos set for mission impossible

Mitch Duke says the Socceroos are ignoring their record in Japan while Lewis Miller says his team have a point to prove after their struggles earlier this year.

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A Kumagaya House in Saitama is a modest family home subdivided by a soaring interior

This Kumagaya House is a domestic puzzle box taking the art of the Japanese house to another level as it intersects a minimal interior with exterior spaces, balconies and walkways

The Independent UK

Chinese soccer appears not to be improving despite president's pledge to make it better

Japan defeated China’s men’s national team 7-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Saitama, Japan, a brutal loss that came against one of China’s biggest sporting and geopolitcal rivals in Asia

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rizin 45: Best photos from Saitama, Japan

Check out these photos from the fights at Rizin 45 on New Year's Eve in Japan.

Cycling News

Saitama Criterium: Tadej Pogačar wins ahead of Sepp Kuss

UAE Team Emirates champ fends off Sepp Kuss in exhibition race

Cycling News

Bernal joins Pogacar, Kuss, Cavendish and Froome at Saitama Criterium

Event takes key players of Tour de France to three kilometre circuit on outskirts of Tokyo

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shoma Uno of Japan Repeats as World Figure Skating Champion

Shoma Uno prevailed in a quad showdown in the free skate on Saturday to become the first Japanese man to defend his title at the figure skating world championships. Uno, skating to selection of music that included Bach, attempted five quadruple jumps at Saitama Super Arena. He landed all of…

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