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Shanghai's 20th dragon boat tournament attracts foreign athletes

STORY: Shanghai's 20th dragon boat tournament attracts foreign athletes SHOOTING TIME: June 1&2, 2024 DATELINE: June 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the race 2. various of Muscat rowing the boat 3. various of Muscat participating in marathon STORYLINE: The 20th Shanghai Suzhou Creek Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament attracted more than 700 athletes from 36 teams from different countries and regions last weekend. Kevin Vincent Muscat, an Australian former football player and the current manager of Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port, also graced the event as a dragon boat promotion ambassador. Under the guidance of a professional coach, he experienced dragon boat rowing. Earlier this year, in March, Muscat volunteered for his first marathon, the 2024 Shanghai Suzhou River Half Marathon. He finished the race in 1 hour and 42 minutes. Xinhua News Agency correspondent reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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Polish woman to join professional shogi training program

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Karolina Styczynska, a 22-year-old Polish college student. The Japan Shogi Association said June 23, 2013, that Styczynska has passed an examination to join a program to train professional female players of the game, known as Japanese chess. She is the first foreign woman to join the Kenshukai training program. So far, no foreign woman has become a professional shogi player.

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Ramirez attains 2,000 hits in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - DeNA BayStars outfielder Alex Ramirez from Venezuela homers during the sixth inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on April 6, 2013, becoming the first foreign player to reach 2,000 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

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Ramirez attains 2,000 hits in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - DeNA BayStars outfielder Alex Ramirez from Venezuela homers during the sixth inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on April 6, 2013, becoming the first foreign player to reach 2,000 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

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Ramirez attains 2,000 hits in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - DeNA BayStars outfielder Alex Ramirez from Venezuela holds a bouquet and a signboard at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on April 6, 2013, after becoming the first foreign player to reach 2,000 career hits in Japanese professional baseball.

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S. Korean student makes pledge at high school baseball c'ship

KYOTO, Japan - Lee Ryang Gang, captain of the Kyoto Korean High School baseball team in Japan, makes the fair play pledge as athlete representative at the Kyoto preliminary games on July 12 for the summer national high school baseball championship. An official of the Japan High School Baseball Federation said, ''I believe this is the first time in Japan for a player with foreign nationality to make the pledge'' at the games.

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Polish woman loses 1st game in bid to become pro shogi player

Karolina Styczynska of Poland, who is bidding to become the first foreign female professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, loses her first game of a qualifying tournament in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish Styczynska to be 1st foreign female "shogi" player

Karolina Styczynska of Poland poses with a large "king" piece from "shogi," a chess-like Japanese board game, in Tokyo on June 28, 2015, after she was entitled to become a professional shogi player. Styczynska, a 24-year-old student at Yamanashi Gakuin University who took up shogi after coming across it in a popular Japanese manga, will become the first foreign female shogi player. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reviews her game after losing to Sakura Ishimoto in her pro debut in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska (L) from Poland, who became the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi on Feb. 20, 2017, reacts after losing to Sakura Ihsimoto in her pro debut match in Osaka on March 9. Styczynska, a 25-year-old native of Warsaw, first came across shogi when she was a teenager reading "Naruto," a popular manga series published in Japan which has been translated into more than 30 languages including Polish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman loses in pro shogi debut

Karolina Styczynska (L) from Poland, the first foreign female professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, loses in her pro debut to Sakura Ishimoto (R) in Osaka on March 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska is seen during a match of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi against professional player Minami Sadamasu in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017. The 25-year-old Polish woman became the first foreign female professional player after beating the pro to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska (L) plays a match of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi against professional player Minami Sadamasu in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017. The 25-year-old Polish woman became the first foreign female professional player after beating the pro to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska, a 25-year-old Polish woman, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017, after becoming the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi as she won a match the same day to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polish woman becomes 1st foreign female pro shogi player in Japan

Karolina Styczynska, a 25-year-old Polish woman, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017, after becoming the first foreign female professional player of the chess-like Japanese board game shogi as she won a match the same day to boost her ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean student makes pledge at high school baseball c'ship

KYOTO, Japan - Lee Ryang Gang, captain of the Kyoto Korean High School baseball team in Japan, makes the fair play pledge as athlete representative at the Kyoto preliminary games on July 12 for the summer national high school baseball championship. An official of the Japan High School Baseball Federation said, ''I believe this is the first time in Japan for a player with foreign nationality to make the pledge'' at the games. (Kyodo)

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Boca Juniors make offer for Japan striker Takahara

TOKYO, Japan - Naohiro Takahara, a forward for the J-League first division side Jubilo Iwata, speaks to reporters at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 31, before leaving for Argentina to negotiate an offer from first division side Boca Juniors. If Takahara signs on with the Argentinean club, he will become the fourth Japanese player to join a foreign club this summer.