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SOCCER / World cup
Nov 1, 2022

Hajime Moriyasu announces Japan squad for World Cup

Head coach Hajime Moriyasu has placed his faith in an established core of players but omitted several of Japan's current European standouts and World cup veterans.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 26, 2022

Tokyo takes over as host of 2023 Sumo World Championships

Amateur sumo's most prestigious tournament will return to the capital for the first time since 1998, replacing Russia which was scheduled to host this year.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 20, 2022

Politics putting damper on World Cup fever in Brazil

Brazil's famous uniform has become politicized despite efforts by the Brazilian Football Confederation to keep the jersey apolitical.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 8, 2022

Lionel Messi heading to World Cup with positive outlook after Copa America triumph

Argentina captain Lionel Messi said he is counting the days until the World Cup and believes his team has a good chance of winning.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 6, 2022

England favored to lift trophy as women's Rugby World Cup prepares for record-breaking start

Two-time world champion England is on a 25-match winning streak and has not lost since 2019, when it was beaten by New Zealand's Black Ferns.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 4, 2022

Several French cities to ban World Cup fan zones and giant screens

On Saturday, the leftist mayor of northern Lille said it would not show World Cup matches on giant screens to demonstrate its disapproval of the event being held in Qatar.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 29, 2022

Hummel to tone down Denmark's World Cup uniforms to protest Qatar's rights record

Denmark will wear kits at the World Cup that were designed by manufacturer Hummel as a protest against Qatar's human rights record ahead of the tournament, the sportswear company said Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 4, 2022

Iran's hopes for a World Cup surprise threatened by infighting

A potential decision to replace Team Melli's head coach less than three months before the tournament could throw the potential Group B upstarts into turmoil.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2022

Renewed Ukraine grain exports helping lower food prices, World Bank economist says

The World Bank does not expect food prices to increase for the rest of the year, the organization's senior agriculture economist said.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 12, 2022

FIFA moves up start of World Cup to accommodate host Qatar

Soccer's top officials universally approved the decision, FIFA said in a statement, while Qatar said it would provide unspecified help to fans affected by the change.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 2, 2022

South American countries set to launch official 2030 World Cup bid

The joint bid by four nations aims to stage the 2030 final in the very same Centenario stadium that hosted the tournament's first title match 100 years earlier.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 18, 2022

Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaican sweep in 100-meter final at world championships

'I feel blessed to have this talent and to continue to do it at 35, having a baby, still going, and hopefully inspiring women that they can make their own journey.'
Japan Times
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Jul 15, 2022

Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships

It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the chance to host a major athletics event in a packed venue, four years after staging the pandemic-delayed Olympic games in an empty stadium.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 12, 2022

Athletics eager to crack U.S. market with world championships

Officials are hopeful that the 10-day event at the rebuilt Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, known locally as 'Tracktown, USA,' will provide a boost to athletics' fan base in the country.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 28, 2022

Spain's disqualification from 2023 Rugby World Cup confirmed

Spain, which had reached the tournament for the first time since 1999, was penalized after the team was found to have used an ineligible player during qualifying.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 26, 2022

‘An Immense World’ is a thrilling tour of nonhuman perception

Ed Yong's book urges readers to break outside their “sensory bubble” to consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice and other animals experience their surroundings.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2022

Ukraine crisis pushes the world’s hungry over the brink

If the prospect of mass starvation in distant countries due to the Ukraine war is not horrific enough to motivate the world to take action, self-interest should.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2022

Global growth will be choked amid inflation and war, World Bank says

The World Bank said the war in Ukraine, supply chain chokeholds, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, and rises in energy and food prices are exacting a growing toll on economies.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 5, 2022

Qatar will host a World Cup, but not as we know it

The tournament's first journey to West Asia brings with it unique challenges, including the need to accommodate millions of fans expected to descend on Doha in November.
SOCCER / World cup / From the Spot
Mar 25, 2022

Battle-tested Samurai Blue eager for deep World Cup push

After perhaps the most unconventional, daunting and frustrating qualifying campaign in team history, Samurai Blue have qualified for a seventh straight FIFA World Cup.
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2022

Sydney stunner: Late Kaoru Mitoma brace sends Japan to World Cup

Despite outshooting the Socceroos on a waterlogged Stadium Australia pitch, Hajime Moriyasu's men failed to make the most of their chances until substitute Mitoma's star turn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2022

World Bank preparing ways to support Ukraine as fallout assessed

It was unclear, however, what resources may be available to aid Ukraine's people if Zelenskyy's democratically elected government is deposed by Russian forces.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 24, 2021

Study says biennial World Cup could cost leagues billions per season

The report predicted that in addition to cutting club revenue, such a move would hit viewer interest in games, reduce advertisers' interest in domestic soccer and put strains on players.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 16, 2021

Soccer fans could face accommodation shortage at Qatar’s World Cup

Organizers said they expect to be able to offer up to 130,000 rooms — which could leave thousands of fans scrambling when matches start next November.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 18, 2021

Mikaela Shiffrin hoping to play right cards during World Cup season and Olympics

The 2021-22 campaign is shaping up as a season of big dreams for the 26-year-old American, who is eager to reassert herself as the sport's dominant athlete.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 13, 2021

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino backs biennial World Cup

Soccer's world governing body FIFA is conducting a feasibility study into the practicalities of staging a World Cup every two years, a move that has been met with fierce criticism.

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