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Jul 13, 2018
Exclusive: Jin's move to train with Hanyu, Orser in Toronto not happening
Two-time world bronze medalist Jin Boyang of China will not be permanently relocating to Toronto to train with Yuzuru Hanyu under renowned coach Brian Orser, The Japan Times has learned.
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Dec 22, 2016
India's Ashwin grabs top ICC honors
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named the International Cricket Council's Cricketer of the Year on Thursday for taking 48 wickets and scoring 336 runs in eight tests during the voting period.
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WORLD
May 14, 2016
Pakistan opposition leader Khan, a former cricket hero, admits using an offshore company
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an offshore company to avoid paying British tax on a London property sale.
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Mar 29, 2016
Coach fined for raking ball over concrete in Sheffield final
The bowling coach of the Victoria state cricket side, Mick Lewis, has been fined for ball tampering after raking it over concrete during the final of Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield competition on Monday.
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Jun 4, 2015
Ex-Pakistan captain Abbas nominated for ICC presidency
The International Cricket Council has received Pakistan's nomination of former batsman Zaheer Abbas for the post of president left vacant by the resignation of Bangladesh's Mustafa Kamal in April, the governing body said on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Mar 29, 2015
Australia beats New Zealand to win World Cup for fifth time
Australia captain Michael Clarke signed off in style from international one-day cricket on Sunday by top scoring in his country's crushing seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the World Cup final.
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Aug 10, 2014
Ex-cricket captain Lloyd named to West Indies selection panel
West Indies Cricket Board has named former captain Clive Lloyd the new head of its selection panel, the board said late on Saturday.
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JAPAN / History
Jun 16, 2013
Death threats sparked Japan's first cricket game
On June 25, 1863, a Royal Navy team drawn from officers on ships sent to protect British expats in Japan had plenty to worry about as the lanky James Campbell Fraser strode out to bat against them on an apology for a cricket pitch in Yokohama.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2011
Minister is economical with economic truth
HONG KONG — Japan's economy supremo, 72-year-old Kaoru Yosano, clad in his regulation ministerial "Action Man" powder-blue boiler suit and heavy gumboots ready to spring into emergency mode instantly, claimed last week that the damage to the country's economy from the earthquake and tsunami would be...

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