Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday that his lengthy layoff from boxing has reignited his passion for the sport as he prepares for next month's world welterweight title fight against Mario Barrios. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/26/more-sports/manny-pacquiao-trains-title-fight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #mannypacquiao #mariobarrios
The racing scenes in Brad Pitt's new "F1" movie are impressively authentic, but the filmmakers have also made much of how the sport's past is woven into the plot — with a hefty slice of Hollywood artistic license. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/25/more-sports/f1-movie/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #formulaone #bradpitt #lewishamilton
Sebastian Coe has two years left as World Athletics president, and he says next year's inaugural Ultimate Team Championship will remind the world the sport is "big and punchy and still there." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/24/more-sports/coe-athletics-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #sebastiancoe #worldathletics
Defending champion Thailand and past winners the United States and South Korea were among seven teams named Monday as qualifiers for October's LPGA International Crown team event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/24/more-sports/lpga-international-crown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #lpgainternationalcrown #thailand
Starting this year, the World Skate Federation is phasing in a minimum age for World Skateboarding Tour events, which could have an impact on the field for the LA Olympics in 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/23/more-sports/skateboarding-new-age-limit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldskatefederation #worldskateboardingtour #xgames #xgamesosaka #arisatrew #emakawakami #miakretzer
Minjee Lee of Australia steadied herself after a bumpy start, carded a final round of 74 and captured the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas, on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/23/more-sports/minjee-lee-womens-pga-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #minjeelee #women039spgachampionship