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James Mulligan
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 24, 2006
Brazil just too much for Japan
DORTMUND, Germany -- Brazil shattered Japan's World Cup dreams and ended coach Zico's reign in the cruelest of fashions Thursday night as the five-time champion handed out a 4-1 thrashing in their final Group F match.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 24, 2006
Zico to leave Japan team with clear conscience
DORTMUND, Germany -- Zico said he will leave the post of Japan coach at ease with his conscience despite his team's disastrous World Cup exit on Thursday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 22, 2006
England wins group after Sweden draw
COLOGNE, Germany -- England drew 2-2 with Sweden to win Group B on Tuesday, but it came at the price of an injury to Michael Owen that threatens to rule him out of the tournament.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 22, 2006
Boys in Blue surprisingly confident heading into Brazil match
DORTMUND, Germany -- There have been some noble sentiments coming out of the Japan camp in days leading up to their final Group F game on Thursday against Brazil, one which Zico's men have to win by at least two clear goals if they are to have any chance of advancing to the next round.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 20, 2006
Boys in Blue need the mother of all miracles
It doesn't look good for Japan. The Boys in Blue play Brazil on June 22 in Dortmund at the same time as Australia plays Croatia (9 p.m. Germany time). Here's how things could work out: Glass two-thirds empty:
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 20, 2006
High temperatures burning Zico up
NUREMBERG, Germany -- Japan coach Zico got a little hot under the collar after the Boys in Blue's game against Croatia but apparently not as hot as his players did during the game.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 20, 2006
Japan's fate rests with Zico's countrymen
BONN -- If ever Zico needed a favor from his countrymen it would be now.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jun 20, 2006
English ready to use dreaded own goal if needed
NUREMBERG, Germany -- Here's a tip: Bet on the first goal in the England vs. Sweden match to be an own goal from an English player.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 19, 2006
Japan, Croatia battle to draw
NUREMBERG, Germany -- It's all but over for the Boys in Blue.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 19, 2006
Americans holding on in Group E
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- The United States is hanging on by a thread.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jun 19, 2006
Best quotes of the World Cup (so far)
NUREMBURG, Germany -- A look back on some of the best quotes of the World Cup so far:
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 18, 2006
Japan, Croatia riding in same boat
NUREMBERG, Germany -- At such an early stage of the World Cup it is becoming apparent that it is an unforgiving one for less fancied nations, a tournament shorn of the first-round shocks of Japan-Korea four years ago.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 18, 2006
Dutch team shows togetherness in win over Cote d'Ivoire
STUTTGART -- The Netherlands killed off Cote d'Ivoire in the Group of Death after just two matches.
SPORTS / MULLY'S MISSIVES
Jun 18, 2006
New ball credited for number of long-range strikes
NUREMBERG, Germany -- Raspers, screamers, piledrivers, howitzers, thunderbolts. Soccer writers are running out of ways to describe all the long-range goals seen so far at the World Cup.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 17, 2006
England pulls out victory
NUREMBERG, Germany -- Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard spared England's blushes with two late goals in a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to ensure qualification for the second round.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 15, 2006
Kovac brothers give Japan warning
BERLIN -- The Brothers Kovac refused to be downbeat after Croatia's 1-0 loss to Brazil on Wednesday and warned that Japan could face the backlash in their meeting on June 18.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 14, 2006
Setback makes Boys in Blue feel sick
BONN -- Japan 'keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi said he was "sickened" by the manner of the Boys in Blues' 3-1 defeat at the hands of Australia on Monday in Kaiserslautern.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 14, 2006
Failure to be clutch in crunch sealed Japan's fate in opener
BONN -- When it came to the crunch, Guus Hiddink got it right and Zico got it woefully wrong.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 13, 2006
Australia storms past Japan 3-1
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- Super sub Tim Cahill scored two late goals as Australia inflicted a heartbreaking 3-1 defeat on Japan in their opening Group F game at Fritz Walter Stadion in Kaiserslautern on Monday afternoon.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 13, 2006
Lackluster Portugal edges plucky Angola
COLOGNE, Germany -- The last time Portugal and Angola played each other the game had to be abandoned 20 minutes from time after four Angolans were sent off for violence and dissent.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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