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WORLD CUP

New South Wales Waratahs' Jake Gordon runs with the ball during his club's Super Rugby match against the Melbourne Rebels in Sydney on March 29.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Apr 10, 2024
Rugby's Club World Cup set to start in 2028
The top eight teams from Europe's Champions Cup would qualify along with the best six Super Rugby Pacific outfits and two other clubs, probably from Japan.
North Korean defender Kim Kyong Sok and Japan winger Daizen Maeda compete for the ball during a World Cup qualifying match on March 21 in Tokyo.
SOCCER
Mar 31, 2024
Japan handed 3-0 win after North Korea called off World Cup qualifier
With 12 points after four games, Japan has now qualified for the third round of World Cup qualifiers as well as the 2027 Asian Cup.
Saudi Arabia fans cheer on the national team during a World Cup qualifying match in Riyadh on March 21.
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 27, 2024
Ten years from home World Cup, Saudi Arabia sizes up 'huge challenge'
As the only bidder, Saudi Arabia was anointed host of the 2034 World Cup last October by FIFA.
North Korean fans cheer on the national team during a World Cup qualifying match against Japan on Thursday in Tokyo.
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2024
The many twists and turns for Japan's canceled World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang
On Sunday, FIFA ultimately determined that the match wouldn't go ahead at all, which could hand Japan a place in the next round.
North Korean fans watch the World Cup qualifying match between Japan and North Korea on Thursday in Tokyo.
SOCCER
Mar 22, 2024
North Korea-Japan World Cup qualifier called off over 'unforeseen circumstances'
North Korea appears to have decided not to stage the match in its capital over worries about infectious diseases in Japan.
Japan's Ao Tanaka in action with North Korea's Yu-Song Kim during Samurai Blue's win over North Korea in World Cup qualifying on Thursday in Tokyo.
SOCCER
Mar 22, 2024
Japan earns scrappy win over North Korea in World Cup qualifier
The Samurai Blue now have three wins from three in their group and are firmly on course to reach the next stage of qualifying.
Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu holds a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Mar 20, 2024
'Frustration' to drive Japan in North Korea World Cup qualifiers
The pre-tournament favorites and four-time champions exited the Asian Cup in the quarterfinals last month after losing 2-1 to Iran.
Japan fans during the women's team's Olympic qualifier against North Korea in Tokyo last month.
SOCCER
Mar 20, 2024
Japan warns football fans not to go to North Korea for World Cup qualifier
Japan and North Korea play in Tokyo on Thursday as part of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, before the return fixture next week.
An Yong Hak, a former North Korean soccer player, in Yokohama on Thursday. An played 40 times in midfield for North Korea, and appeared with the team at the 2010 World Cup.
SOCCER
Mar 18, 2024
North Korean World Cup player says Japan game more than just soccer
This week's qualifier is a special occasion for some ethnic Koreans in Japan.
Chris Gayle of the West Indies poses at an event to mark 100 days until the start of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Feb. 22. The 2024 tournament will be hosted by the West Indies and the U.S. from June 1 to 29.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Mar 4, 2024
Gayle hopes T20 World Cup can help cricket crack U.S. market
The Twenty20 showpiece, which starts on June 1, is being jointly hosted by the United States and the West Indies.
England's Jess Carter in action with Spain's Salma Paralluelo during the Women's World Cup final in Sydney in August 2023
SPORTS
Feb 8, 2024
Women's sports draw record viewership in U.K. in 2023, research shows
The FIFA Women's World Cup final, which England lost 1-0 to Spain, was 2023's most-watched women's sports event on TV with 38.4 million viewing hours.
MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the World Cup final on July 19, 2026.
SOCCER
Feb 5, 2024
New Jersey selected to host 2026 FIFA World Cup final
The 2026 World Cup final will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, FIFA announced on Sunday.
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Wisla, Poland, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 15, 2024
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi soars to first World Cup win of season
Ryoyu Kobayashi notched his 31st career win on the World Cup circuit and first of the season.
FC Barcelona's Martina Fernandez scores during a Women's Champions League group match against FC Rosengard in Barcelona on Dec. 21. A share of 83% of respondents from a recent corporate survey said they planned to increase their investment in women's sports in 2024.
SPORTS
Dec 29, 2023
After landmark World Cup, more sponsors keen on women's sports
A share of 83% of respondents from a recent corporate survey said they planned to increase their investment in women's sports in 2024.
National Stadium in Tokyo will host the North Korean men's and women's soccer teams for qualifying matches in February and March.
SOCCER
Dec 28, 2023
Japan to host soccer matches against North Korea at National Stadium
The 2024 Paris Olympic women's qualifier on Feb. 28 will mark the first visit to Japan by athletes from North Korea since 2017.
Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.
SPORTS
Dec 26, 2023
Images of 2023: Sports
For some, 2023 was a year of sweet victory, after many years of not making it to the summit. For Shohei Ohtani, it was yet another year of brilliance.
Urawa Reds' Shoya Nakajima fends off Al Ahly's Ali Maaloul during the third-place game of the Club World Cup on Friday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
SOCCER
Dec 23, 2023
Urawa finishes fourth at Club World Cup after defeat to Al Ahly
Manchester City, which beat Urawa 3-0 in the semifinals, thumped South American winners Fluminense of Brazil 4-0 in the final.
Manchester City midfielder Mateo Kovacic celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the Club World Cup semifinals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Dec 20, 2023
Urawa beaten 3-0 by Manchester City in Club World Cup semis
Urawa will face African champions Al Ahly of Egypt on Friday in the third-place match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Fluminense players celebrate after defeating Al Ahly in the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2023
Old heads lead Fluminense into Club World Cup final
At the age of 40, Felipe Melo has become the oldest outfield player in Club World Cup history.
Hiroki Sakai (left) and other Urawa Reds players train ahead of Tuesday's Club World Cup game against Manchester City.
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2023
Urawa captain Sakai eyeing Man City upset at Club World Cup
The 33-year-old was initially expected to miss the tournament in Saudi Arabia following right knee surgery he underwent in early November.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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