TOKYO (Reuters) - Ira Brown may have entertained Olympic dreams when he became a pro baseball player in 2001, but two decades later he's showcasing a completely new sport in his adopted home of Japan.

TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) - The French women advanced to the semi-finals for the first ever Olympic medals in 3x3 basketball, defeating host nation Japan in a nail-biting elimination match on Tuesday.

TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Top-seeded Serbia remained perfect in the Olympic men's 3x3 basketball tournament on Sunday, while the Japanese women shocked the heavily favoured French team. 3x3 ...

Incoming Nebraska men's basketball player Keisei Tominaga helped lead his Japan team to the quarterfinals of the Olympic 3x3 basketball tournament Tuesday morning in Tokyo. Playing in his home country ...

Four WNBA players will be heading to Tokyo to represent the United States in a new Olympic event, the 3x3 basketball tournament. The event was added in 2017, and will feature eight teams comprising of ...

A few hours after an inspiring run that included a win over the already-qualified United States, Japan's women's 3x3 basketball team lost 16-14 to France in the quarterfinals late Tuesday. France ...

Ira Brown has watched Rui Hachimura’s rise to stardom from near and far. During Friday’s opening ceremonies at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Brown will see it from one of the best vantage points in the ...

Among the new sports and events at the Tokyo Olympics is an addition to basketball: a three-on-three (3x3) half-court version of hoops that's different in so many ways from its five-on-five full-court ...

Over more than a century since the Olympic games were first introduced in their modern form back in 1896, the landscape of the sporting world has been altered dramatically by the introduction and ...