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Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 1, 2018
Southgate will keep World Cup foes guessing
With two friendly matches before the real thing gets underway in Russia you would think coaches should select the team with which they hope to open their 2018 World Cup campaign.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 13, 2018
Bayern to face Real Madrid and Liverpool to meet Roma in Champions League semifinals
Bayern Munich will face Real Madrid and Liverpool will take on AS Roma in the semifinals of the Champions League following the draw at UEFA's headquarters on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 17, 2017
Ronaldo describes ban as 'persecution'
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has bitterly criticized his five-game suspension for pushing a referee who had sent him off, describing the ban as "persecution."
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 17, 2017
Ronaldo looking to leave Real Madrid over tax row
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave the club and Spain after being accused of committing tax fraud in the country, a report in Portuguese sports daily A Bola said on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 2, 2017
Arsenal putting off the inevitable by retaining Wenger
A saga of almost elephantine pregnancy proportion mercifully ended on Wednesday when Arsene Wenger signed a new two-year contract with Arsenal. The would-he wouldn't-he inquisition started over a year ago and the back pages have not let it go, even though there could be only two possible outcomes.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 22, 2017
Antlers enter new campaign hungry for more success
Kashima Antlers' phenomenal end to last season has whetted, not sated, their appetite for more success, insists manager Masatada Ishii.
SOCCER
Dec 30, 2016
Agent: Ronaldo rejects move to China
World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down the chance to leave Real Madrid for an unnamed Chinese club for a transfer fee of €300 million ($315.24 million), his agent said on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Dec 21, 2016
Japan may have to wait for more Club World Cup heroics
Kashima Antlers showed how far Japanese soccer has come when they gave Real Madrid a mighty scare in the Club World Cup final last Sunday, but it may be some time before a J. League champion gets to take advantage of Japan hosting the tournament again.
SOCCER
Dec 20, 2016
Real Madrid transfer ban lowered to one window by CAS
Real Madrid's ban on signing players has been reduced to one transfer window after the club's appeal against a FIFA punishment for illegally buying under-age foreigners was partially upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2016
Antlers hold heads high after Club World Cup final near-miss against Real Madrid
Kashima Antlers manager Masatada Ishii hailed his team as an inspiration for the little guy after the J. League champions went down fighting 4-2 against Real Madrid in the Club World Cup final on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 18, 2016
Ronaldo hat trick sends Real Madrid past Kashima in Club World Cup final
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Real Madrid shook off a monumental effort from Kashima Antlers to lift the Club World Cup with a 4-2 extra-time win in Sunday's final.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 17, 2016
Antlers aim for historic triumph over powerful Real Madrid in Club World Cup final
Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki is ready to make dreams a reality by toppling mighty Real Madrid and lifting the Club World Cup when the two teams meet in Sunday's final.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 16, 2016
Zidane questions video reviews after Madrid's Club World Cup semifinal win
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane voiced concern that FIFA's new video review system "could cause confusion" after guiding his team to the Club World Cup final on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 15, 2016
Real Madrid blanks Club America, books spot in Club World Cup final
Real Madrid scored injury-time goals in each half to set up a Club World Cup final showdown with J. League champions Kashima Antlers after a 2-0 win over Mexico's Club America on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 14, 2016
Real Madrid focused on winning Club World Cup crown
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane believes four-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo is capable of adding more awards to his bulging trophy cabinet and will prove it this week in Japan at the Club World Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 3, 2016
Madrid held to draw by Legia; Dortmund advances in Champions League
One more team booked a ticket in the knockout stage of the Champions League on Wednesday and it wasn't the star-studded defending champion, Real Madrid.
SOCCER
Jul 19, 2016
Ronaldo vows to 'come back stronger' after knee injury
Cristiano Ronaldo has vowed to come back stronger for the coming season after suffering a knee injury in Portugal's triumphant Euro 2016 final earlier this month.

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