Prized high school right-hander Shohei Otani announced on Sunday that he has decided to join Japan’s Nippon Ham Fighters, reversing his earlier decision to go straight to Major League Baseball.

The Japanese government decided on Tuesday to bestow the People’s Honor Award on triple Olympic champion wrestler Saori Yoshida for her record-setting achievement of winning 13 straight world titles.

A 43-year-old Austrian skydiver on Sunday successfully jumped from a record-breaking height of 39,000 meters above the New Mexico desert in a supersonic free fall.

Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji on Sunday guaranteed himself promotion to the top rank of grand champion after defeating yokozuna Hakuho to win his second tournament in a row with a perfect 15-0 record.