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Plane cushions found in English Channel search for missing soccer player Emiliano Sala
Investigators searching for a lost plane carrying Premier League soccer player Emiliano Sala said on Wednesday an underwater search would begin after they found two seat cushions on the French coast that likely belonged to the aircraft. The 28-year-old Argentina-born forward had been en route ...
Hugh McIlvanney, widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest and most authoritative sports writers, has died. He was 84. The Football Writers' Association, of which McIlvanney was a life member, said the Scottish journalist died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. As a writer predominantly ...
Outrage in Ghana after reporter who helped expose soccer corruption is gunned down
A Ghanian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African soccer has been shot dead in the capital, triggering widespread outrage and demands for authorities to bring his killers to justice. Ahmed Husein, 34, was gunned down as he returned to his home in the ...
Former Japan international soccer defender Yuji Nakazawa, 40, to retire
Durable Yokohama F Marinos defender Yuji Nakazawa, who played in two World Cups for Japan, has decided to retire, an official source said Monday. Last Aug. 19, the 40-year-old sat out a game due to pain in his left knee, ending his string of 178 ...
English Premier League giants Chelsea are sending fans banned for anti-Semitism on diversity training courses that could include visits to former Nazi concentration camps, the club has said. The initiative, aimed at fans guilty of non-criminal racist acts, is part of owner Roman Abramovich's ongoing ...
Thailand's cave boys enjoy kick-about at iconic River Plate stadium
Twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach, who were dramatically rescued from a flooded cave in July, enjoyed a high-profile kick-about on Sunday, playing a game at River Plate's iconic Monumental stadium. The team, known as the "Wild Boars," are honored guests at the Youth ...
A 10-gold bonanza across five sports on Friday took Japan's tally to 69 gold medals, more than at any Asian Games since the last time it topped the medal table in Bangkok in 1978. Japan's sailors provided four gold and its judoka three, while the ...
A coach from AC Milan has been training members of the soccer team at Nagoya International Junior and Senior High School since April. Although the soccer club, which is part of the top Italian league Serie A, offers lessons to children in Japan and ...
Soccer makes its fans unhappy in the long run
The results are in: The pain of defeat may outweigh the joy of victory.
'All Japan' World Cup team gave fans and the media much to mull over
Regardless of musical chairs with the manager job, the Japanese are basking in the afterglow of having made it to the round of 16 when few people had thought they could pull it off.
Fukushima's J-Village soccer center to be used toward 2020 Olympics and Paralympics
The Japanese government plans to actively use the J-Village national soccer center in Fukushima Prefecture toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as a symbol of postdisaster reconstruction. The facility is set to reopen on July 28, after being forced to close following the March ...
Japan's World Cup team: A not so spotless record
National team captain Makoto Hasebe revealed Thursday that it was the team's staff — not the players — who were responsible for leaving the dressing room spotless following Japan's World Cup defeat to Belgium on Monday. "The national team staff always make sure that the ...
