Baseball: Nagashima speaks for 1st time at exchange event
January 15, 2006Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima, who is on a long road to recovery from a stroke suffered almost two years ago, greeted and talked to baseball fans in his first public appearance since last summer on Sunday. At the exchange event called, ''Nagashima Japan Dream Project 2006,'' with participants from the bronze-medal winning Athens Olympics team in attendance, Nagashima shook hands with fans and gave a pep talk to elementary school children at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo.
Sumo: Asa still chasing Tochi, Hokutoriki at New Year Sumo
January 15, 2006Grand champion Asashoryu took apart Tochinohana to stay in hot pursuit of front-running duo Tochiazuma and Hokutoriki at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sunday. Asashoryu was all business in the day's finale at Ryogoku Kokugikan and needed only a matter of seconds to dispose of the third-ranked maegashira with a series of powerful shoves.