Sport in Japan

Turkey beat Bulgaria 3-0 in Group B in the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan on Tuesday.

Turkey is competing in Group B with China, Italy, Bulgaria, Canada, and Cuba. Turkey defeated Bulgaria 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-12) and had a second victory in the group matches.

Japan scrapped the original architectural plan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium as a result of the exploding cost estimate and ridicule over its design. On Tuesday it announced its new design by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.

Lech Walesa, former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1983, said in an interview with AGERPRES that sport is a phenomenon of global dimensions and he wishes its rules were applied in other fields as well, such as politics and the social sector.

Florin Ionita of the Onesti Karate Sakura Sports Club won three medals - one gold and two bronze - in the European Championship organized by the World Union of Karate-do Federations (WUKF) at the Palace of Sports in Verona (Italy).

Avram won bronze in kata, the 9-10 years age category; Potarca had a similar performance in the kumite 11-12 years category.

CACAK - The 43rd international karate tournament The Gold Belt of Cacak, which has brought together masters of karate from 14 countries who will compete in 14 categories, has been opened by Serbian Minister of Sports Vanja Udovicic in Cacak, central Serbia.