Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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USA Hockey: Win vs Sweden, Semi-Final vs Slovakia

Wednesday’s quarter-final decided the composition of the semi-final pairs of the hockey tournament at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy. Slovakia will face the United States, Canada will face Finland in the second semi-final. The last to make it to the semi-finals was the United States, which eliminated Sweden in the evening match. The Americans … Read more

Näslund Skicross: Olympic Bronze & Emotional Reaction

Watch the emotional interview with Sandra Näslund in the player above. At the Olympics in Beijing four years ago, Sandra Näslund became Olympic champion for the first time in her career. Now the Swede claimed the bronze. In the final she was pitted against Daniela Maier (Germany), Fanny Smith (Switzerland) and Marielle Berger Sabbatel (France). … Read more

Czech Republic vs Canada: Games Upset & Controversy

The match between Canada and the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament experienced one of the biggest scandals of the … Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games. The European team scored their third goal, which at that moment made their partial victory 2-3, with three extra players on the ice. At first … Read more

Škriniar Injury Update: Europa League Concerns for Inter Milan

According to the official report of his club Fenerbahce Istanbul, the captain of the Slovak national football team, Milan Škriniar, suffered a partial tear in the groin area. The 31-year-old stopper was injured in Thursday’s opening match of the Europa League round of 16 play-off against Nottingham Forest. According to his employer, Škriniar has started … Read more

Kompany Condemns Mourinho | Vinicius Racism Row

A 12 minute long answer. Present at a press conference on the eve of the Bundesliga match between his Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt, Vincent Kompany spoke at length about the controversy which marred the Benfica-Real Madrid match on Tuesday in the Champions League. While UEFA opened an investigation following Vinicius’ accusations, who claims to … Read more

Liu Wins Gold: Olympics Figure Skating Reaction

Gold, shine and pure joy: Alysa Liu enchants the audience at the Olympic figure skating freestyle. It crowns her return to competitive sport in an impressive way. Her life story is worthy of a film. Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu wrote her most beautiful fairy tale herself. “I am a storyteller,” said the 20-year-old … Read more

Péaule Archery: Regional Championship Results

Last weekend, the individual regional archery championship took place in Finistère, under the organization of the Abers de Saint-Renan archery company. Four archers represented the Peaulaise association. In the senior women’s recurve event, Madeline Moreau had a good run before losing in the quarter-finals and finishing in an honorable seventh place. In senior men’s recurve … Read more

Bas Nijhuis & FC Twente: Whistle Ban Explained

Jan Willem van Dop wants to know from referee boss Raymond van Meenen why Bas Nijhuis is not allowed to referee FC Twente matches. If the reason is that the referee comes from the same region, the director of Go Ahead Eagles finds it strange that Marc Nagtegaal was allowed to referee last weekend at … Read more