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Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Jun 6, 2021

Successful World Grand Prix a boost for blind soccer ahead of Paralympics

Tokyo hosted the IBSA-sanctioned event in a bubble environment, enacting strict protocols to ensure the safety for the participating teams amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2014

Pele, Maradona and Messi: soccer's holy trinity

With Lionel Messi's last performances, there should now be no doubt that he belongs in soccer's holy trinity with Pelu00e9 and Diego Maradona.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 16, 2013

Taking cues from soccer could help baseball reach goal

Judging by popular opinion, many seem to think convincing MLB to commit to sending its top players to the Olympics is the key to getting the sport back into the program in the future, preferably in time for the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2021

The antitrust case against Europe’s breakaway soccer league

The latest proposal hews more closely to the American model of sports where the same teams compete and see steady income and higher valuations as a consequence.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2020

Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada helps blaze trail for Japan's LGBT athletes

Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan's first openly gay professional athlete in February last year.
SOCCER
Nov 3, 2015

Police raid German Soccer Association over payment to FIFA

Germany's DFB Soccer Association was raided by prosecutors and police on Tuesday morning in a probe into a €6.7 million payment ($7.4 million) to FIFA linked to the country's application to host the 2006 World Championship.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 8, 2023

Soccer great Lionel Messi chooses Miami as next destination

'After winning the World Cup and not being able to go to Barca, it was time to go to the U.S. league to experience football in a different way and enjoy the day-to-day,' Messi said.
Lionel Messi has been a major draw for Inter Miami and MLS during his short time with the team.
SOCCER
Aug 11, 2023

Lionel Messi poised to take Major League Soccer to 'new level'

With the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner as the new face of its top league, soccer in the U.S. is heading for new heights.
Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas (left) battles for the ball against English forward Lauren James during in the final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney on Sunday. Spain won the match 1-0.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2023

FIFA boss should read the pitch on women’s pay

More than 2 billion people are expected to have tuned in. About 2 million attended matches in person. Both records. The FIFA Women’s World Cup generated more than $570 million to break even.
Luis Rubiales, seen after the Women's World Cup final, stepped down as head of the Spanish soccer federation on Sunday.
SOCCER
Sep 11, 2023

Luis Rubiales steps down amid scandal over unsolicited kiss

Rubiales announced his resignation in a statement in which he said his position had become untenable.
Former President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales says he will use his right to appeal a three-year ban on all soccer-related activities.
SOCCER
Oct 31, 2023

Spain's ex-FA chief Rubiales gets three-year ban over kiss scandal

Rubiales said he will use his right to appeal, accusing FIFA of not giving him the chance to defend himself.
Palestine's coach Makram Daboub speaks to his players during a training camp in Abha on Dec. 29.
SOCCER
Jan 3, 2024

Gaza war overshadows soccer as Asian Cup looms for Palestine

The players have "a constant feeling of anxiety for their families," Makram Daboub, a former Tunisia coach and player, said by telephone.
Australia forward Sam Kerr celebrates scoring her team's first goal during the 2023 Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between Australia and England in Sydney on Aug. 16.
SOCCER
Mar 5, 2024

Soccer star Kerr charged with 'racially aggravated offense'

The charges and an injury cast a shadow over Kerr's hopes of playing for Australia at the Paris Olympics
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday.
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2024

Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto becomes youngest head of soccer association

Miyamoto, 47, is the youngest JFA president since the end of World War II, and the first JFA head to have played in the World Cup.
Palestine Football Association President Jibril Rajoub called for Israel to be suspended from FIFA during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok on Thursday.
SOCCER
May 17, 2024

Palestinian soccer officials call for Israel to be banned from FIFA

FIFA President Gianni Infantino told the FIFA Congress in Bangkok that the sport's global governing body will take independent legal advice to consider the Palestinian demand.
Junya Ito (right) plays in a friendly match between Machida Zelvia and Stade de Reims at the Machida Gion Stadium in Tokyo on July 31.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 9, 2024

Japanese soccer player Ito avoids indictment over sexual assault

Two women filed a complaint in January accusing the 31-year-old soccer player of making them drunk and sexually assaulting them.
Brazil midfielder Ary Borges celebrates her hat trick during the team's 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup opener against Panama in Adelaide, Australia, on Monday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Jul 25, 2023

Brazil's Ary Borges outdoes Pele with emotional World Cup hat trick

The 23-year-old is the first Brazilian, man or woman, to score a hat trick in their World Cup debut, according to governing body FIFA.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said that Luis Rubiales' kiss on the mouth of Spanish women's soccer star Jenni Hermoso "should never have happened."
SOCCER
Sep 1, 2023

FIFA's Gianni Infantino breaks silence on kiss at Women's World Cup

"The well-deserved celebrations for these magnificent champions were spoiled by what happened after the final whistle," Infantino wrote on Instagram.
A total of €22 million ($23.15 million) will be made available to UEFA members in order to implement European soccer's new standards for women's national teams.
SOCCER
Oct 3, 2023

UEFA introduces new standards framework for women's national teams

The framework, approved by the UEFA Executive Committee in June, is aimed at leveling the playing field for women's soccer players across Europe.
Ozu High School in Ozu, Kumamoto Prefecture
JAPAN / Society
Oct 4, 2023

Probe launched over 'serious' Kumamoto soccer team bullying

A member of the renowned school team was allegedly forced to kneel on the ground in apology while naked as he was filmed by senior members of the team.
Canada forward Christine Sinclair waves to the crowd after her final international game came to an end on Tuesday in Vancouver.
SOCCER
Dec 6, 2023

'Perfect ending' as Canada star Christine Sinclair bows out

A record crowd of 48,112 at Vancouver's B.C. Place — renamed Christine Sinclair Place for the night — was on hand to salute the Canadian captain.
Data has shown that the United States women's team — which has routinely been targeted for online abuse over the years — was subjected to the most abuse during the 2023 Women's World Cup.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Dec 12, 2023

One in five players at Women's World Cup suffer online abuse: study

Nearly 50% of the verified online abuse was homophobic, sexual or sexist in nature.
Egypt's Hamdi Fathi chases after Senegal's Sadio Mane during the Africa Cup of Nations final in Cameroon in February 2022.
SOCCER
Jan 7, 2024

Stars of African soccer descend on Ivory Coast for Cup of Nations

Sadio Mane's Senegal team is aiming to retain their title and Mohamed Salah is chasing a first trophy with Egypt at this year's Africa Cup of Nations.
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.
The number four worn by German national soccer team players has been said to bear a resemblance to the insignia of the Nazis' elite SS corps.
SOCCER
Apr 2, 2024

German soccer to change controversial kit number

The number four worn by national team players was said to bear a resemblance to the insignia of the Nazis' SS corps.
Junya Ito in Reims, France in March.
SOCCER
Jul 2, 2024

Prosecutors likely to drop sexual assault case against Japan midfielder Junya Ito

Investigators have raised suspicions that the two women filed a criminal complaint based on false or incorrect accounts, sources said.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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