Finishing second at worlds in Boston to Alysa Liu, Kaori Sakamoto found herself in a familiar spot following the women's ...

Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu topped their respective short program standings Thursday as the United States took the lead after ...

Alysa Liu became the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto with a brilliant free skate that ...

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama plans to try a difficult quadruple flip for the first time in his short program when he competes ...

Time away from the ice and a reignited passion helped the 19-year-old become the first U.S. woman to win the figure skating world championships since 2006.

The 19-year-old produced a captivating free-skate routine, to the delight of her home crowd at TD Garden, to edge out Japan's three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto. Liu quit the sport after ...

Alysa Liu followed up her title at worlds with the top free skate in the short program at the ISU World Team Trophy in Tokyo, ...

Following last year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Kaori Sakamoto seemed invincible. This season, which culminated with the worlds in Boston last week, proved otherwise.

American Alysa Liu is the surprise leader in the women's short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston. The 19-year-old retired from skating in 2022 at age 16 and only came ...

Liu became the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending champ Kaori Sakamoto with a brilliant free skate Friday night. Her program to ...

Alysa Liu won the women's figure skating world title on Friday, delivering a dazzling free skate to edge three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. Liu, who walked away from the sport ...