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Top 14 - Union Bordeaux-Begles v Aviron Bayonnais

Matthieu JALIBERT, fly-half, and Marko GAZZOTTI, flanker for UBB, look at the crowd after their 41-12 victory over Aviron Bayonnais during the eighth round of the Top 14 at the Stade Atlantique in Bordeaux Metropole on 25 October 2025, Gironde, France. Photo by Stephane Duprat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Baseball: MLB Wild Card Series

Detroit Tigers players cheer in the dugout after Andy Ibanez's pinch-hit bases-clearing double in the eighth inning of Game 2 of MLB's American League wild card playoff series against the Houston Astros on Oct. 2, 2024, at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Tigers advanced to the Division Series with a 5-2 victory over the Astros.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Shogi player Sota Fujii holds a paper card showing the word "eight crowns" during a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii becomes 1st shogi player ever to hold all 8 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses for a photo at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 12, 2023, a day after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 11, 2023, after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii holds a paper card showing the word "eight crowns" during a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii holds a paper card showing the word "eight crowns" during a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 11, 2023, after clinching his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate at a public viewing site on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate at a public viewing site on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People grab copies of an extra edition of the local newspaper in front of Nagoya Station in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 11, 2023, after Sota Fujii clinched his eighth shogi title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

Sota Fujii speaks in front of fans after clinching the eighth shogi title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People grab copies of an extra edition of the local newspaper in front of Nagoya Station in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 11, 2023, after Sota Fujii clinched his eighth shogi title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People grab copies of an extra edition of the local newspaper in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 11, 2023, after Sota Fujii clinched his eighth shogi title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched the eighth title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza title to become the first-ever player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched the eighth title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza title to become the first-ever player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched the eighth title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza title to become the first-ever player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched the eighth title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza title to become the first-ever player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched the eighth title with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series for the Oza title to become the first-ever player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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China's goalkeeper vows to protect team at FIFA Women's World Cup

STORY: China's goalkeeper vows to protect team at FIFA Women's World Cup DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: ADELAIDE, Australia CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese national team in training 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU YU, Chinese goalkeeper STORYLINE: Chinese goalkeeper Zhu Yu hopes to contribute to the national team's success in her first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup, which begins next week. Zhu played a crucial role in the team's Asian Cup victory last year, earning the best goalkeeper award. The Chinese team, who reached the round of 16 in the 2019 World Cup, arrived in Gold Coast on Wednesday for a warm-up match against Brazil. Brazil is currently ranked eighth in the world, six places higher than China. Before departing from the team's base camp in Adelaide, Zhu, who is set to make her World Cup debut, expressed her excitement in an interview with Xinhua on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU YU, Chinese goalkeeper "When it comes to playing football, the World Cup mea

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CROATIA-ZAGREB-DRAGON BOAT RACE

(230618) -- ZAGREB, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of a team from Korcula in southern Croatia celebrate victory after winning the first place in a dragon boat race held on the Jarun Lake in Zagreb, Croatia, on June 17, 2023. The dragon boat race held at the Jarun Lake in the southwest part of the Croatian capital on Saturday was part of activities organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Zagreb to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. It was the eighth that kind of event held in Zagreb. TO GO WITH "Feature: Dragon boat race in Croatia celebrates traditional Chinese festival" (Xinhua/Li Xuejun)

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Ski jumping: Takanashi flies to 8th victory of season

HINZENBACH, Austria, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air during the World Cup ski jumping event in Hinzenbach, Austria, on Feb. 5, 2017. Takanashi took her eighth victory of the season and 52nd of her career.

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Hamilton captures Japan Grand Prix

SUZUKA, Japan - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture in central Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014. Hamilton finished 9.1 seconds ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg, marking his eighth victory of the season and his third straight.

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Hamilton captures Japan Grand Prix

SUZUKA, Japan - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain holds up his trophy during an award ceremony for the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture in central Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014. Hamilton finished 9.1 seconds ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg, marking his eighth victory of the season and his third straight.

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Hamilton captures Japan Grand Prix

SUZUKA, Japan - Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture in central Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014. Hamilton finished 9.1 seconds ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg, marking his eighth victory of the season and his third straight.

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Taiwan's Lu wins Resort Trust Ladies Open golf

MIKI, Japan - Taiwan's Teresa Lu (L) holds the victory trophy together with the best amateur player Kotone Hori as Lu shot an 8-under 64 in the final round of the Resort Trust Ladies Open golf tournament with a total of a 15-under 201 at the Kansai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 1, 2014. Hori was in a tie for eighth with a 6-under 210.

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Traditional Kemari event held to pray for Japan's victory in World Cup

KYOTO, Japan - A man in Heian era (eighth to 12th century) aristocratic attire kicks a ball made of deer skin at a "Kemari" event at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 31, 2014. The event was held to pray for Japan's victory in the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil.

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Traditional Kemari event held to pray for Japan's victory in World Cup

KYOTO, Japan - Hidetoshi Nakata (2nd from R), a former top Japanese soccer player, walks wearing Heian era (eighth to 12th century) aristocratic attire to attend a "Kemari" event at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 31, 2014. The event was held to pray for Japan's victory in the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil.

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Uemura ends career with victory

HAKUBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura acknowledges cheers at the award ceremony after winning her eighth moguls title at the freestyle skiing national championships in her last competitive appearance in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, on March 27, 2014. Uemura, a five-time Olympian, won the overall World Cup crown in the 2007-2008 season and two titles at the 2009 world freestyle championships.

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Uemura ends career with victory

HAKUBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura acknowledges cheers holding flowers after winning her eighth moguls title at the freestyle skiing national championships in her last competitive appearance in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, on March 27, 2014. Uemura, a five-time Olympian, won the overall World Cup crown during the 2007-2008 season and two titles at the 2009 world freestyle championships.

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Uemura ends career with victory

HAKUBA, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura hurtles down the piste during her first run in the women's moguls final at the freestyle skiing national championships in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, on March 27, 2014. Uemura won the eighth national title of her career in her last competitive appearance. The five-time Olympian won the overall World Cup crown in the 2007-2008 season and two titles at the 2009 world freestyle championships.

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Uemura ends career with victory

HAKUBA, Japan - Japanese moguls skier Aiko Uemura takes a second air jump during her first run in the women's final at the freestyle skiing national championships in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, on March 27, 2014. Uemura won the eighth national title of her career in her last competitive appearance. The five-time Olympian won the overall World Cup crown in the 2007-2008 season and two titles at the 2009 world freestyle championships.

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Murata wins 2nd pro fight

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympic middleweight champion Ryota Murata (R) attacks American Dave Peterson in the first round of a non-title fight at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Dec. 6, 2013. Murata, the Japanese and OPBF No. 1, won his second professional fight when he scored a technical knockout victory in the eighth round.

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Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki stands at the batter's box in the eighth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 20, 2013, amid chants of "Ichi-ro!" after he moved within one of a career 4,000 hits. Suzuki went 2-for-5 in the team's 8-4 victory.

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Ichiro 1 hit away from career 4,000

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki stands at the batter's box in the eighth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 20, 2013, amid chants of "Ichi-ro!" after he moved within one of a career 4,000 hits. Suzuki went 2-for-5 in the team's 8-4 victory.

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Japan women struggle to last place in gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Members of the Japanese team (from L in front row) Yuko Shintake, Yu Minobe, Asuka Teramoto and Rie Tanaka applaud the U.S. team's victory in the London Olympic women's gymnastics team final at the North Greenwich Arena on July 31, 2012. Japan finished eighth.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles down the middle in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Sept. 6, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 2-1 victory for the Mariners.

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Cubs' Fukudome

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs right fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a triple in the eighth inning of a game against the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field in Chicago on July 23, 2011. Fukudome went 1-for-1 in a 5-1 victory.

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Giants win Game 4 of World Series

ARLINGTON, United States - The San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey hits a home run during the eighth inning in Game 4 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas on Oct. 31, 2010. The Giants won 4-0, which left them one victory shy of capturing the World Series title with a 3-1 series lead.

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Giants win Game 4 of World Series

ARLINGTON, United States - The San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey (L) high-fives Cody Ross after blasting a home run during the eighth inning in Game 4 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas on Oct. 31, 2010. The Giants won 4-0, which left them one victory shy of capturing the World Series title with a 3-1 series lead.

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Phillies' Madson in Game 5

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Ryan Madson throws a pitch against the San Francisco Giants in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2010. Madson struck out all the batters in the inning, contributing to his club's 4-2 victory.