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U S SOCCER

SOCCER
Mar 1, 2013
Japan to face Bulgaria in friendly
Japan will play Bulgaria in a friendly on May 30 at Toyota Stadium, the Japan Football Association announced on Thursday.
SOCCER
Feb 28, 2013
Hiroshima falls in ACL opener
Sanfrecce Hiroshima were brought back to earth with a thud on Wednesday as the J. League champions crashed to a 2-0 defeat at home to Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor in their Group G opener in the Asian Champions League.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 25, 2013
Stojkovic looking for fresh start after painful year for Grampus
Nagoya Grampus manager Dragan Stojkovic insists he never considered quitting after a traumatic 2012 season for the former J. League champions, preferring instead to concentrate on reclaiming the crown over the coming campaign.
SOCCER
Feb 13, 2013
Park meets with IOC officials over Olympic controversy
The International Olympic Committee held a disciplinary hearing on Monday for South Korean soccer player Park Jong Woo, who stirred controversy in London last summer by sending a political message in the bronze-medal match against Japan.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 8, 2013
Firebrand Okubo targeting title at new home Frontale
Yoshito Okubo is looking forward to a new challenge after joining Kawasaki Frontale ahead of the new J. League season, but the fiery forward is not about to tone down his style just because of a change in surroundings.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 8, 2013
Eradicating match-fixing no easy task
Just under three years ago I received a call from a contact who knew people in a side of life that is at best described as shady. "Fancy making a few quid?" he asked, and I knew his reply was not going to be legal.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 7, 2013
Okazaki strikes twice as Japan rolls over Latvia
Shinji Okazaki struck twice as Japan made a winning start to 2013 with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Latvia on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Feb 1, 2013
Canadian uses sports as bridge to teaching, writing, understanding
Writer, teacher and sports fan Trevor Kew, 32, pedals and kicks his way through culture shock. He uses sports to help him adapt to unfamiliar cultures or new places when traveling, trusting his bike or a soccer ball to bridge the gap with locals.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 1, 2013
Kagawa picked for Latvia friendly
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni welcomed back Shinji Kagawa on Thursday, when he named the Manchester United attacker to his 23-man squad for next week's World Cup qualifying warmup against Latvia in Kobe, the Blue Samurai's first game of 2013.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 1, 2013
Zaccheroni shocked at judo scandal
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has spoken of his shock upon learning that 15 top female judo wrestlers, some of them London Olympians, were slapped, beaten with wooden swords and told to "die" by their head coach Ryuji Sonoda.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 24, 2013
Tokyo goalkeeper Gonda sets bar high for coming season
FC Tokyo goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda is far too modest to accept the plaudits that have come his way after a string of fine performances for club and country last season, but there is certainly nothing humble about his ambitions for the year ahead.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Jan 10, 2013
Kagawa returns to changed landscape at high-flying United
Shinji Kagawa will not have expected anything to come easy when he joined Manchester United last summer, but having returned from injury over the holiday period to a team that has been winning in his absence, the forward will have to work overtime to establish himself at Old Trafford.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 22, 2011
A win-win for Nadeshiko and Japan's merchants
Did retailers predict that the Japan women's team would win the World Cup? Probably not, but they're perfectly happy to capitalize on Nadeshiko fever now.

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