Most people think of gateball as a leisurely sport for the elderly to while away a lazy afternoon. Yet even as older Japanese turn increasingly to more diverse pursuits, the popularity of this “made ...

There was a time when the sound of plastic balls clacking through the park meant Japan’s older generation was getting its daily dose of gateball — a croquet-adjacent sport that peaked in the 1990s ...

Gisborne's Joe Hogan has reached the top of the world in the traditional form of croquet and has had success in the more modern golf croquet, and now he is turning his skills to what has been ...

THE CEBU-JAPANESE Team, a mix of Filipino and Japanese players based in Cebu, topped the two-day International Invitational Gateball Tournament held over the weekend in barangay Umapad, Mandaue City.