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WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2017

Argentine soccer great Maradona vows to be 'soldier' for Maduro, gets Caracas opposition invite to view disaster

With Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro facing criticism from around Latin America and the world amid a deepening political crisis, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said he was willing to fight for the embattled leftist regime.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 29, 2016

Plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team crashes in Colombia, 76 dead

Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in their history, were on board a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle, killing 76 people, police said on Tuesday.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 21, 2015

History of a health-obsessed shogun; soccer star beauty challenge; CM of the Week: Asahi Beer

Every Japanese schoolkid knows that Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun of Japan and initiated the long, war-free Edo Period (1603-1868), but few know that he didn't rule from Edo (present-day Tokyo). He ostensibly handed rule of the country over to his son, Hidetada, only two years after establishing...
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 29, 2015

Czech soccer legend Masopust dies at 84

Josef Masopust, who led Czechoslovakia into the 1962 World Cup final and was considered the country's greatest ever player, died on Monday after a long illness, his former club Dukla Prague announced. He was 84.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2013

Video of Tokyo cop's crowd-control comments goes viral

A Tokyo police officer is winning praise for quick-witted comments that kept excited soccer fans from getting out of hand Tuesday night in Shibuya after Japan won a ticket to the 2014 World Cup.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 5, 2013

Two documentaries on the rougher side of sports; CM of the week: Bandai Namco's Gundam games

The life of a pro athlete can be grueling, but 37-year-old soccer player Dan Ito has a perverse determination to make his even more so.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2013

Pilgrims see only the good in Mussolini

Behind the counter, amid the Mussolini clocks, swastika badges, fascist recipe books and busts of Hitler, Benizzi Ferrini has hung a T-shirt featuring the face of Paolo Di Canio.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2011

Women's soccer team gets People's Honor Award

The national women's soccer team received the People's Honor Award Thursday in recognition of their victory at the Women's World Cup in July in Germany.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2011

Kan meets soccer champs, perks up

It looks like the victory of the "Nadeshiko" Japan women's national soccer team not only gave hope to a nation still recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami but also energized unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who vowed Tuesday to persevere.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2010

Nobel laureates honor soccer star Baggio

Former Italian soccer star Roberto Baggio is this year's winner of a special award bestowed annually by the world's Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
SOCCER
May 14, 2009

JFA cancels women's soccer tour

The Japanese women's soccer team has canceled a tour to North America because of the swine flu outbreak.
SOCCER
Oct 9, 2008

UEFA warns soccer clubs in debt may face European ban

LONDON (AP) A senior UEFA official warned clubs with heavy debts on Wednesday that they could be excluded in future from European competitions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2006

Japan soccer chief blasts American baseball ump

Japan Football Association chief Saburo Kawabuchi on Monday blasted an American umpire for a controversial call in Japan's 4-3 defeat to the United States in their World Baseball Classic second-round game and said it has "left an ugly blot" on the inaugural competition.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 28, 2005

Kashiwa bans 11 fans from soccer matches

J. League club Kashiwa Reysol has indefinitely banned 11 soccer fans for their part in a scuffle after Saturday's home game against Nagoya Grampus Eight.

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