Felix Magath has rejected Sagan Tosu’s offer to coach the J. League first division club. “I was drawn by the prospect of working in Japan but after careful consideration I have decided to turn down their offer,” Magath said on Thursday in a statement posted on Facebook. According to the German tabloid Express, the 62-year-old […]
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Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka has warned that banking on Japan’s World Cup success will be a mistake. In a year-end interview, the 30-year-old Tanaka, who plays in the Top League for Panasonic Wild Knights and in Super Rugby for the Highlanders, said Japanese rugby is still in crisis even after the national team won three […]
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Urawa Reds will be looking to knock a monkey off their back and shoot down holders Gamba Osaka in the latest high-stakes clash between the J. League titans in the Emperor’s Cup final on Friday, the last day of the Japanese season. Reds allowed the J. League title to slip from their grasp with a […]
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Chip Kelly didn’t push to stay on as Eagles coach in his final meeting with team CEO Jeffrey Lurie, Lurie said Wednesday. Lurie told reporters it was clear during the Tuesday meeting that his mind was made up and Kelly knew he was being fired. Kelly was fired after missing the playoffs for the second […]
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Citizens of Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States will not have to get a visa to travel to Brazil for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the government said in the official gazette on Wednesday. The waiver will apply only for tourist visits between June 1 and Sept. 18, with visitors allowed to […]
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Christian Benteke scored a winning goal for the second straight game as Liverpool beat Sunderland 1-0 in the English Premier League to stay in the hunt for Champions League qualification on Wednesday. The striker pounced on a flicked pass from Adam Lallana to place a low finish into the bottom corner just 22 seconds into […]
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Japanese basketball marked an unprecedented dark year in 2015 as its national governing body was suspended by FIBA. It was a tough penalty handed down in November 2014. But now its leaders are attempting to take advantage of the chance to develop the sport into a major game in Japan, moving toward the 2020 Olympics […]
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