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Fred Varcoe
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SOCCER / J. League
Aug 27, 2000
West is best as Pixi shines
RIFU, Miyagi Pref. -- East is East but West was best on Saturday night as the J-West team beat the J-East squad 5-2 in the 2000 J. League Tarami All-Star Soccer match at Miyagi Stadium, one of the venues for the 2002 World Cup.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 24, 2000
Shooting the breeze with affable Eddie
Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Eddie Thomson HIROSHIMA -- Former Australian national team coach Eddie Thomson is the longest-serving manager in the J. League, but two weeks ago he announced that he would be leaving Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of the current season. However, the affable, 53-year-old Scottish Australian, who has been at Hiroshima for four years, intends to stay in Japan and is currently looking for a new club.
COMMUNITY
Aug 20, 2000
You only live once
LONDON -- Virgin Group boss Sir Richard Branson is one of the world's most well-known and visible entrepreneurs. Recently knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, the word "tycoon" would normally apply to a businessman with his financial and political clout.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 18, 2000
Japan walks over UAE 3-1
HIROSHIMA -- Another day, another facile victory against another substandard team. Japan cruised to a 3-1 victory over the United Arab Emirates in the Kirin Challenge 2000 at Hiroshima's Big Arch on Wednesday, though quite where the challenge was meant to come from was difficult to see.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 10, 2000
Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Thomson to part company
J. League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima and manager Eddie Thomson have agreed to part company at the end of this season.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 3, 2000
World Cup vote: Africa needs a good PR officer
The jury is not out on this one: Africa should be hosting the World Cup in 2006. The continent is long overdue, having made a significant contribution to world soccer in the past 20 years.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 2, 2000
Part 2: Jealousies, revenges and tradeoffs
European soccer chief Lennart Johansson has never shied away from attacking FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, especially since being defeated in the race for the FIFA presidency two years ago.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 1, 2000
Part 1: The most hated man in football
So the South Africans want to sue after failing to win the 2006 World Cup. Sue who? Well, they haven't quite figured that one out yet, but they know the World Cup was theirs by right. Right?
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 20, 2000
Euro 2000: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Euro 2000 maybe fading into the memory banks, but before it disappears it's worth recapping the tournament's pluses and minuses and, where applicable, what Japan and South Korea might learn for the 2002 World Cup. So here then is the Good, the Bad and the Ugly rundown of Euro 2000.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 4, 2000
Japanese, Koreans study cohosting at Euro 2000
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Senior officials from both the Japanese and Korean World Cup organizing committees said Saturday they expected to learn many things from the cohosted Euro 2000 Soccer Championship, but emphasized that the 2002 World Cup was a different kettle of fish with its own attendant problems.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 3, 2000
Okano says Troussier's his man
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Japan Football Association president Shunichiro Okano confirmed on Saturday that Philippe Troussier will stay on as manager of the Japan national team until the 2002 World Cup, pending contract negotiations.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 1, 2000
Japan needs foreign touch: Troussier
THE HAGUE -- Japan soccer coach Philippe Troussier may not know if he's coming or going when dealing with the Japan Football Association, but when it comes to his players and the team he has no doubts whatsoever.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 28, 2000
Venables likes France's chances at Euro 2000
BRUSSELS -- Former England manager Terry Venables is tipping France to win the European Championship. Venables, who led England to the semifinals of Euro 96 in England, has been impressed by the improvement in the French team since it won the World Cup two years ago.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 27, 2000
Orange-flavored Dutch treats
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- There's only one thing that goes through your mind when you enter De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam: the Netherlands can never lose here.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 19, 2000
Japanese shine, beat Bolivia 2-0
YOKOHAMA -- It was a telling scene. Japan manager Philippe Troussier with a broad grin on his face holding aloft his first trophy as his happy players showered him with water in the sunshine following a 2-0 win over Bolivia on Sunday.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 1, 2000
F. Marinos starting to shape up, but other teams aren't far away
Well, that was a curious one, wasn't it? In the end, it almost seemed as if no team wanted to win the J. League's first stage. And the way the Yokohama F. Marinos triumphed, it felt like they won it by default after having to rely on Cerezo Osaka's extra-time loss to Kawasaki Frontale.
SOCCER / J. League
May 30, 2000
S-Pulse's Endo impresses the Mechelen man
If Mechelen boss Ivan Buskens had actually seen a J. League game before signing Masahiro Endo, perhaps it would have changed his mind.
SOCCER / J. League
May 28, 2000
Marinos snatch first-stage title
It happened in Italy, it happened in Germany; now it's happened in Japan.
SOCCER / J. League
May 14, 2000
Marinos beat Avispa 4-2 to stay on top
The Yokohama F. Marinos continued to roll at the top of the J. League's first division on Saturday, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to overcome 10-man Avispa Fukuoka 4-2 in Fukuoka.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
May 11, 2000
Wanted: soccer manager for long-term relationship
Heard enough about Japan soccer boss Philippe Troussier recently? OK, I understand. Don't worry, this is not about him. Well, not much. Today, we go one step beyond to the big question: Who would be right for the job as coach of the Japanese soccer team, assuming it's not going to be Troussier?
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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