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MMA Fight Night …on Camp Foster [ENTERTAINMENT Sports]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is coming to Camp Foster for a competition you don’t want to miss—MMA Fight Night! It’ll all go down in the fieldho...Read More
Warm weather promised for Sunday Naha Ma… [Sports]
30,000 runners picked from a much larger number of applicants will line up behind the starting line at Meiji Bridge on Highway 58 in Naha to...Read More
Koza Motor Sports Festival [Festival Sports]
The Koza Motor Sports Festival 2019 will take place at the Koza Sports Park on November 9 and 10. Admission to the event is free and it runs...Read More
2013.12.24
Expansion team snaps Golden Kings win streak [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The newest kids on the block, an expansion team from Aomori, threw the wrench into the high-flying Ryukyu Golden Kings Saturday, snapping a 12-game win streak with a squeaker 72-70...
2013.12.18
Nobody, simply nobody, can stop the Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The road to basketball victories is filled with bumps and potholes, but for now, no team in the Basketball Japan League has found a way to even slow – let alone stop — the high fly...
2013.12.13
Group aims to bring international auto racing to Okinawa [Sports]
By Bill Charles Race fever is making its way to Okinawa, where a local outfit has jumped onto the international motor race circuit –and finished well up in the pack — with an eye t...
2013.12.09
Golden Kings appear unstoppable as streak continues [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The challenge in the Basketball Japan League is finding a team capable of beating the Ryukyu Golden Kings, who’ve run their winning streak to ten in a row with weekend victories ov...
Ryo Kiyuna wins bronze medal in karate katas [Sports]
The 12th Asia Karate Senior Tournament and 13th Asia Karate Junior & Cadet Tournament were held Dec. 6 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Representing Japan in the men’s sen...
2013.12.04
Golden Kings promote Ladies’ Day at Saturday home game [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are climbing aboard the breast cancer awareness program, designating its Saturday evening home game as Ladies’ Day, complete with special prices. The profes...
2013.11.28
Runners hit streets Sunday for Naha Marathon [Sports]
A total of 25,000 runners are registered for Sunday’s 29th Naha Marathon, Okinawa’s top marathon. It only took one day to fill the quota of 25,000 runners, and organizers say they’...
2013.11.26
Golden Kings extend winning streak to eight! [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings know how to generate excitement, whether on the road or in front of the home fans, and they have done it again with a pair of victories over the Hamamatsu H...
FC Ryukyu to join J3 [Sports]
The Japan Professional Football League, J-League announced on the 19th that Okinawa’s professional soccer team FC Ryukyu has been accepted to join the new division “J3” which will ...
2013.11.19
Golden Kings again on a roll [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The home fans couldn’t have been happier, watching their high-flying Ryukyu Golden Kings make winning look easier as they swept a pair from the visiting Shimane Susanoo Magic. Play...
2013.11.19
Get radical skateboarding in Okinawa [Sports]
If you haven’t noticed that skateboarding is very popular on Okinawa then you can definitely confirm you are too old and staying inside your home too much. The skateboarders on Oki...
2013.11.13
Golden Kings trade Scootie Randall, grab Draelon Burns [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
When a basketball team’s top scorer gets a pink ticket for a trade, you know the Ryukyu Golden Kings are looking for something special. That’s exactly what happened this week with ...
Chura Shima Okinawa Century Run 2014 cycle race scheduled [Sports]
Organizers of the 5th Chura Shima Okinawa Century Run bicycle race announced that the 2014 race will be held Sunday, Jan 19, 2014. The pre-event for the race takes place a day earl...
2013.11.09
Surfers wax boards for Sunday competition [Sports]
Surf’s up off the Komesu Coast in Itoman, just in time for this weekend’s 12th annual Itoman Mayor’s Cup Surfing Contest. Surfing is a very popular sport on Okinawa, with hordes of...
2013.11.09
Jet ski riders gather to Araha Beach for day of racing Sunday [Sports]
Personal water craft, or PWC, popularly known as jet skis, are popular toys on Okinawa. Besides for just zipping around off resorts and beaches, they are used for serous racing. An...
2013.11.09
Tour de Okinawa draws bicycle racers to Nago [Sports]
The hills are alive around Nago City this weekend, but with the sounds of bicycles, not music, as the Tour de Okinawa generates 23 races. Cyclists will be competing in 13 elements ...
2013.11.05
Golden Kings sweep Kyoto to climb into lead [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings climbed to the top of the Western Conference standings in front of its home fans this past weekend, ousting the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz in a pair of contest...
Strider bike tournament to be held in Yomitan [Sports]
Strider bikes that were originally introduced in the U.S. in 2007, are now going to have their first competition in Okinawa when over 200 children, some as young as two years old, ...
Nakazato selected Japan wheelchair rugby team captain [Sports]
Sun Abilities athletic association for handicapped people announced Tuesday in Urasoe City that wheelchair rugby player Susumu Nakazato has been elected captain of the Japan wheelc...
2013.10.29
Golden Kings snag pair of home court wins [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s professional basketball squad is currently third in the Basketball Japan League’s Western Division, but with play like they demonstrated against visiting Rizing Fukuoka, ...
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