The expanded Women's World Cup in 2015 will be played in six Canadian cities: Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Moncton.

Hodgson says yes to England

Sawa wary of Olympic opponents

Zac pleased with progress at national team camp

Japan to play Azerbaijan in warmup

Zaccheroni hands trio first callups

Miyayoshi makes case for spot on Olympic team

Japan beats Brazil to win Kirin Challenge Cup

Sasaki pleased with Japan's progress

Nadeshiko settle for draw with U.S.

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Midfielder Sawa won't play in Kirin Cup

Japan punches ticket to London Olympics

Japan to face Australia, Zico's Iraq in qualifiers

Nadeshiko beat U.S. again, move to final

Zaccheroni hoping to find new talent

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Soccer Scene by Andrew McKirdy

Halfhearted commitment leads to early managerial casualties

They say the best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray, but with three J. League managers already fired after eight games of the season, surely a little foresight could have saved a lot of trouble.

Kagawa ready to take place among world's elite

Shinji Kagawa set a new goalscoring mark for Japanese players in Europe last weekend, but if the Borussia Dortmund forward's career continues on the same trajectory, it will not be the last record he breaks.

More to Europe than meets the eye for players moving abroad

Several players have returned to the J. League from frustrating overseas experiences this winter, but until Japanese soccer begins to appreciate the diversity of the European game, more are likely to come unstuck in the future.

Strikers looking to blaze new goal trail in European leagues

Ryoichi Maeda will be disappointed that his proposed move to West Ham United broke down last weekend, but the growing overseas interest in Japanese strikers is nevertheless an encouraging sign for the national team.

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