AUTO RACING/ At 18, Noda is first Japanese woman to race in Super Formula

MLB/ Yamamoto pitches 5 scoreless innings in rain

SUMO/ Feisty Konishiki challenges sport’s unwritten code on henka

MLB/ Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits longest home run at Oracle Park in nearly two years

MLB/ Shohei Ohtani has 3 doubles, Landon Knack get 1st victory as Dodgers rout Nationals 11

GYMNASTICS/ Gymnast devises outfit showing less skin to block photo voyeurism

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani passes Hideki Matsui for most MLB homers by a Japanese

Glasnow strikes out 10 and Ohtani homers against his old team in Dodgers' 7

NBA opens basketball school in Tokyo for young players

SOCCER/ S. Korea appoints Hong Myung

MLB/ Dodgers play an entire game without striking out once for the first time since 2006

MLB/ Shohei Ohtani lost sleep after translator was accused of stealing millions of dollars from him

Shohei Ohtani responds to Toronto boos by hitting 7th homer as the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 12

SOCCER/ A huge audience as India, China World Cup qualifying hopes are on the line

Japanese slugger blazing his own baseball path in U.S. via Stanford, MLB Draft League

SOCCER/ New Asian champions to earn $12 mln in prize money in club competition revamp

MLB/ Ohtani hits 21st homer, Smith and Freeman also go deep in Dodgers’ 5

FORMULA 1/ Japanese drivers try to break through but face linguistic and geographical barriers

SUMO/ Feisty Konishiki challenges sport’s unwritten code on henka

Shota Imanaga continues impressive MLB start, raising record to 4

MLB/ Yusei Kikuchi solid as Blue Jays beat Royals 5

F1 CAR RACING/ Verstappen bounces back with dominant win at Japanese Grand Prix

MLB/ Ohtani elected to start at DH in 4th straight All

SOCCER/ Yokohama’s Kewell and Al