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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
Daisuke Takahashi has admitted the high-octane quadruple jump is the key missing ingredient he needs to narrow the widening chasm that separates him from Canadian Patrick Chan. After slumping to fifth place after the short program, Olympic bronze medalist and 2010 world champion Takahashi ...
The mother of figure skating star Mao Asada died early Friday morning, the skater’s management agency IMG reported. She was 48. Two-time world champion Mao pulled out of the Grand Prix Final in Quebec City early Thursday morning and returned to Japan after learning ...
If there was any suggestion Canadian figure skating fans had fallen out of love with world champion Patrick Chan, they certainly didn’t show it at the Grand Prix Final on Friday. Chan earned a standing ovation after launching his title defense with a passionate, ...
Mao Asada hastily returned to Japan on Friday evening after withdrawing from the Grand Prix Final in Canada because her mother Kyoko is in a critical condition. According to her management company IMG, Mao’s 48-year-old mother is suffering from visceral disease and her health ...
Attacking midfielder Leandro Domingues, one of the driving forces behind Kashiwa Reysol’s historic championship triumph, was named J. League Player of the Year on Monday. The 28-year-old Brazilian averaged a goal every other game as Kashiwa became the first team to win the title ...
Kashiwa Reysol returned to the J. League summit against a stunning backdrop of Mt. Fuji on Sunday as second-half goals from Masato Kudo and Leandro Domingues earned them a gritty 2-1 win at Shimizu S-Pulse. Champions Nagoya Grampus started the day top on goal ...
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has brushed off concerns over the Asian champions’ recent lack of firepower, but admits he is expecting another tight World Cup qualifier against Tajikistan in Osaka on Tuesday night. In the absence of star midfielder Keisuke Honda, who is recovering ...
Asian Cup hero Tadanari Lee was on target as Japan warmed up for next week’s World Cup qualifier against Tajikistan with a comfortable but uninspiring 1-0 win over Vietnam on Friday night. Lee swept home in the 24th minute but the Sanfrecce Hiroshima striker’s ...
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has warned his players not to expect a walkover on Friday when the Blue Samurai take on minnow Vietnam in Kobe in a warmup for next week’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against Tajikistan. The last time Japan met Vietnam it ...
Russian fourth seed Vera Zvonareva overpowered Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in straight sets to advance to the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Friday. Zvonareva overcame a 5-1 deficit to win the first set in a tiebreak and never ...
Rafael grabbed a superb brace and goalkeeper Takashi Kitano saved a second-half penalty as relegation-threatened Omiya Ardija denied Kashiwa Reysol the chance to return to the top of the table with a surprise 3-1 win away in the J. League on Sunday. Gamba Osaka’s ...
Yokohama F. Marinos held leaders Gamba Osaka to a 1-1 draw to keep the J. League title race finely balanced as champions Nagoya Grampus also shared the spoils with Kashima Antlers on Sunday night. Shingo Hyodo broke the deadlock with a blistering strike midway ...