Figure skating star Mao Asada announced plans to open a skating rink bearing her name in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, in autumn 2024. “It would be helpful for skaters if the facility has restaurants that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's figure skater Mao Asada speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Asada announced ...

We've already heard juicy tales of "ambush marketing" from these Olympics, but I think the case of Mao Asada is more tasty than those. Literally. Asada, the Japanese figure skater who is expected to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese figure skater Mao Asada will take a season off from competitive skating and says there is a 50 percent chance she will return to the sport. Speaking at a news conference Monday, ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) Mao Asada is still trying triple axels. More important at the Sochi Olympics, perhaps, is the renewed focus on the rest of her jumps. The Japanese star now does just one triple axel ...

TOKYO — The head of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic organizing committee has criticized Japanese figure skater Mao Asada’s performance in the women’s short program at the Sochi Olympics. The two-time world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mao Asada of Japan competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter ...

Japan’s Mao Asada shows her gold medal during the awards ceremony of the ladies free skating competition at the world figure skating championships in Saitama on March 29, 2014. Japan’s Mao Asada won ...

Japanese figure skating star Mao Asada came up short in her second bid for Olympic hardware at the 2014 Winter Games on Thursday, finishing sixth and striking out on the podium in the ladies' singles ...

Japan's Mao Asada, 23, is the 2010 Winter Olympic silver medalist and one of the favorites in the women's figure skating competition in Sochi. Allar's selection has no impact whatsoever on the team's ...

Crash Course: Mao Asada is one of the most decorated figure skaters in the world and a national hero in Japan. She has been skating competitively since the 2002-03 season and plans to retire after the ...