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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“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, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
The King’s Cup trophy could have been coach Jose Mourinho’s parting gift for Real Madrid, or at least a consolation prize after a disappointing season filled with locker room turmoil and failure in La Liga and the Champions League. Instead, Atletico Madrid ended a ...
David Beckham, whose curling free kicks, rugged good looks and celebrity marriage made him one of the most famous athletes in the world, is retiring from soccer. Whether striding on the grass, the red carpet or the fashion catwalks, Beckham transcended his sport and ...
The England coach was pulling away after a training session when suddenly David Beckham asked the driver to stop. Beckham stepped out of the coach and signed autographs for two fans he had missed earlier. Sometimes it is the small things that define a ...
Vegalta Sendai striker Wilson will serve out the remainder of his two-match ban for Saturday’s away game to Yokohama F. Marinos after being sent off in the Asian Champions League, the J. League said Friday. Wilson was handed the ban by the Asian Football ...
Branislav Ivanovic rose to head home an injury-time winner as Chelsea beat Benfica 2-1 in the Europa League final on Wednesday, securing the club’s second European title in as many seasons. Just as they did in last year’s penalty shootout victory over Bayern Munich ...
Saburo Kawabuchi, the J. League's first chairman, looks back at the history of the league he helped create 20 years ago.
Kashiwa Reysol flew the flag high for Japan on the J. League’s 20th birthday on Wednesday with a 2-0 first-leg win away to South Korea’s Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League round of 16. Kashiwa, the only Japanese team left in this year’s ...
Wigan became the first team to be relegated and win the F.A. Cup in the same season as a 4-1 loss at Arsenal ended an eight-year stay in the Premier League on Tuesday. Arsenal, meanwhile, is now primed to qualify for the Champions League ...
Manchester City fired manager Roberto Mancini on Monday, exactly one year after he delivered the club’s first English League title in 44 years. The Italian coach, who had four years remaining on his contract, was dismissed just as players from rival Manchester United were ...
As red-and-white ticker tape flew into the rainy sky above Old Trafford, a beaming Alex Ferguson hoisted up the Premier League trophy for a 13th and final time. Behind Britain’s most successful soccer manager stood his jubilant squad of players, dancing to a soundtrack ...
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni received both good and bad news Sunday, with the Italian learning Yuto Nagatomo had made a miraculous return from a knee injury but Keisuke Honda left after one half due to pain in his thigh. Inter Milan’s Nagatomo had been ...
Clint Dempsey scored an equalizer on a sliding shot into an empty net from 30 meters, then crossed to Emmanuel Adebayor for the winner in the 83rd minute to lead Tottenham over Stoke 2-1 Sunday and into fourth place in the Premier League. In ...