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[ad_1] MELBOURNE – Japan's Mai Hontama was unable to capitalize on a golden opportunity to upset world No. 10 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the first round of the Australian Open on Sunday. Krejcikova fought back to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on the opening day of the Grand Slam tournament at Melbourne Park. The 122nd-ranked Hontama led 4-3 in the second set before losing the next three games, […]

[ad_1] Rashee Rice caught eight passes for 130 yards and a touchdown, Harrison Butker kicked four field goals and the host Kansas City Chiefs overcame frigid conditions to post a 26-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins in the AFC wild-card round on Saturday night.Patrick Mahomes threw for 262 yards and a touchdown and Isiah Pacheco rushed for 89 yards and a score to pace the third-seeded Chiefs in the frosty […]

[ad_1] C.J. Stroud threw for three touchdowns, Steven Nelson and Christian Harris each had a pick-6 and the host Houston Texans rolled to a 45-14 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Saturday in the AFC wild-card round.Stroud completed 16 of 21 passes for 274 yards as Houston won in the postseason for the first time since Jan. 4, 2020.Stroud (22 years, 102 days) became the youngest quarterback to win a […]

[ad_1] EASTERN UKRAINE – The Ukrainian soldier stared at the Russian tank. It was destroyed over a year ago in the country’s east and now sat far from the front line. He shrugged and cut into its rusted hull with a gas torch.The soldier was not there for the tank’s engine or turret or treads. Those had already been salvaged. He was there for its thick armor. The metal would […]

[ad_1] AL RAYYAN, Qatar – A physical Australia side dominated India to win their Asian Cup Group B opener 2-0 in front of a crowd largely made up of Indian fans at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on Saturday.After a cagey opening 45 minutes, Australia got on the board via a Jackson Irvine goal before Jordan Bos made it 2-0 seconds after coming on as a substitute.The encounter […]

[ad_1] Pizza by the slice has a New York ring to it, but the style is very much alive and well in Italy and especially in Rome. Known as “pizza romana,” large trays are baked whole, often with elaborate toppings. They’re then sold al taglio (cut into squares) or even by weight. This is not your “intangible cultural heritage” style of pizza — literally anything goes, with colorful, seasonal toppings […]

[ad_1] Hiromi Uetake founded his craft beer brewery, Brassiere Knot, inside a shuttered elementary school in eastern Hokkaido. | JUSTIN RANDALL Where children once played tag in Mosetsuri Elementary School's gymnasium, Brassiere Knot's towering vats for brewing and fermenting now stand. | JUSTIN RANDALL [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Friday to continue working together closely on issues related to China, including Taiwan, as Japan’s top diplomat visited Washington for meetings with senior American officials.According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the pair “stressed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and urged a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues.”The visit came just hours before voters […]