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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
Captain Yuki Abe went from zero to hero as Urawa Reds kept alive their chances of progressing to the round of 16 in the Asian Champions League with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over China’s Guangzhou Evergrande on Wednesday night. Abe missed a first-half penalty, ...
Omiya Ardija took center stage last Saturday after setting a new J. League record for consecutive unbeaten games, but the unheralded Saitama side can expect plenty more attention if it manages to maintain its impressive start to the season. Ardija beat local rivals Urawa ...
Kashiwa Reysol qualifies for the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League for the second straight year despite a 1-1 draw at home to China’s Guizhou Renhe.
Former Italy stars Franco Baresi and Salvatore “Toto” Schillaci will play in a summer friendly against a select Japanese old boys’ side featuring ex-international Ruy Ramos, organizers announced on Monday. Milan legend Baresi and former Jubilo Iwata striker Schillaci will headline a team made ...
Omiya Ardija set a new J.League record for consecutive unbeaten games in the sweetest way possible on Saturday, beating fierce local rivals Urawa Reds 1-0 to extend their streak to 18. Omiya headed into the game at Nack 5 Stadium tied with Kashima Antlers’ ...
Shinzo Koroki opens his Urawa Reds account as the former Asian club champions kept the pressure on early pacesetters Yokohama F Marinos with a routine 2-0 win over promoted Shonan Bellmare in the J-League on Sunday.
Substitute Jin Hanato struck one minute to time as Yokohama F. Marinos extended their perfect start to the J.League season to six games with a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday. Hanato opened his 2013 account after coming on late for Manabu Saito, ...
Former J. League and Asian club champions Urawa Reds will play English Premier League giants Arsenal in a home friendly this summer, local officials said Thursday. Arsenal will take on the Reds at Saitama Stadium 2002 on July 26, four days after playing Nagoya ...
Two-time World Cup forward Atsushi Yanagisawa opened his 2013 account at the perfect time as Vegalta Sendai recorded their first-ever win in the Asian Champions League with a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul on Wednesday. Yanagisawa scored shortly after the quarter-hour in his first ...
Australia forward Josh Kennedy, who has not played since September due to injury, is poised to return for Nagoya Grampus, manager Dragan Stojkovic revealed on Tuesday. Kennedy, who led the J. League in goals in 2010 and 2011, had surgery on his lower back ...
Urawa Reds have vowed to break a J. League jinx after allowing prolific Jubilo Iwata striker Ryoichi Maeda to score his dreaded “goal of death”. For six straight years, whichever team Maeda has scored his first league goal against has gone on to be ...
Keiji Tamada denied Kashiwa Reysol an unlikely win after playing the entire second half with 10 men as Nagoya Grampus came back to rescue a 3-3 draw in the J.League on Saturday. Reysol’s Ryoichi Kurisawa picked up his second booking in first-half injury time ...