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TOKYO, Feb. 8 (23:24) Kyodo
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Baseball: Iwakuma to start season opener for Rakuten
KUMEJIMA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma
has joined Nippon Ham Fighters ace Yu Darvish on the list of Pacific
League opening day starters for the 2010 season.
New Rakuten manager Marty Brown informed Iwakuma at the team's
spring training site in Okinawa on Monday of his decision to start
him on March 20 against the Orix Buffaloes.
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Sumo: Tickets go on sale for spring meet in wake of 'Asashoryu shock'
OSAKA - Tickets went on sale at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on
Monday for next month's Spring Grand Sumo Tournament amid worries
that Asashoryu's retirement could slow ticket sales.
According to the sumo ticket office, sales are running at around
the same pace as a normal year, including tickets reserved by phone.
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Olympics: Japan targets 10 Vancouver Olympic medals
VANCOUVER - Seiko Hashimoto, Japan's Chef de Mission for the
upcoming Vancouver Olympics, said Sunday she has set the country's
athletes a target of 10 medals.
''As a medal target, I aim at the number we won in Nagano,''
Hashimoto said after arriving in Vancouver from Japan.
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Olympics: Uemura staying calm before 4th attempt at medal
VANCOUVER - Top Japanese moguls skier Aiko Uemura said Sunday
she is not worried about how she will perform at the Vancouver
Olympics.
''I don't feel rushed at all. When the time comes, I'll just try
to give what I've got,'' Uemura told a press conference in the
Canadian host city of the Winter Games.
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Judo: Ono, Ogata win at Grand Slam meet
TOKYO - Takashi Ono claimed the men's 90-kilogram title and
Akari Ogata captured the women's 78-kg crown on the final day of the
Grand Slam meet in Paris on Sunday.
Ono beat Dilshod Choriev of Uzbekistan in the final to become
the only Japanese male winner at this tournament, while Ogata downed
compatriot Sayaka Anai in the final to add to the Japanese women's
sweep of three weight categories on Saturday.
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Golf: Imada 15th, Ishikawa 32nd at Northern Trust Open
PACIFIC PALISADES, California - Ryuji Imada finished tied for
15th and Ryo Ishikawa shared 32nd, his career-best result on the U.S.
PGA Tour, at the Northern Trust Open on Sunday.
Imada closed with a bogey-free 3-under-par 68 for a 7-under 277
total. Ishikawa finished a further three strokes behind after a 72 at
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