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T1 LEAGUE

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May 10, 2021
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer happy to make Man City wait
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted after a 3-1 win at Aston Villa mathematically kept his side in the title race and also secured a top-four finish in the Premier League.
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May 9, 2021
Keisuke Honda scores in second straight match for Neftchi Baku
Keisuke Honda scored in a second straight match for Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftchi Baku on Saturday, netting in the second half of a 4-0 win over FK Sabail.
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May 9, 2021
Man City made to wait for title after last-minute defeat to Chelsea
Hundreds of Manchester City fans gathered outside Etihad Stadium for a Premier League title celebration that proved premature as Chelsea ruined the script with a last-minute 2-1 victory on Saturday.
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May 6, 2021
Chelsea outclasses Real Madrid to reach Champions League final
Chelsea should have won by more as it created — and wasted — a host of chances in a dazzling second-half display.
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May 4, 2021
Transgender soccer referee makes Israeli sports history
Sapir Berman made sports history on Monday, officiating at a soccer match in Israel's Premier League for the first time since coming out as transgender.
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May 3, 2021
Manchester United match postponed after fans storm pitch to protest club's owners
Greater Manchester Police said around 100 United fans invaded the field, with some letting off flares and others carrying posters calling for the Glazers to end their ownership of the club.
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May 3, 2021
Tomoya Machino prepared to embark on new challenge in Canadian Football League
He was one of six Japanese players who had their names called during the league's inaugural Global Draft, going to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the second round.
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May 3, 2021
Kento Hashimoto nets sixth goal of season for Rostov
Japan midfielder Kento Hashimoto found the net for Rostov on Sunday, scoring the team's second goal in a 2-0 win over Tambov in the Russian Premier League.
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Apr 29, 2021
Manchester City moves closer to Champions League final with win over PSG
Goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez helped deliver a 2-1 comeback win for City against Paris St Germain in the semifinal first leg.
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Apr 28, 2021
Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke rules out sale of club despite protests
Arsenal owners Stan and Josh Kroenke said on Tuesday they remain "100% committed" to the Premier League club, are not selling any stake and have not received and will not entertain any offers.
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Rugby
Apr 25, 2021
World Cup icon Ayumu Goromaru ends rugby career after playoff loss
Ayumu Goromaru, whose 2015 Rugby World Cup performance made him a household name in Japan, marked his final match on Saturday, when his club Yamaha Jubilo lost 46-12 in the second round of the Top League playoffs to Kubota Spears.
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Apr 24, 2021
Urawa and Sendai share spoils as WE League preseason begins
Nadeshiko Japan regular Yuika Sugasawa's penalty kick was negated by Hinata Miyazawa's second-half equalizer in front of a healthy 1,504 fans at Komaba Stadium.
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Apr 24, 2021
Pro surfer Connor O’Leary embracing Japanese heritage
O'Leary, 27, was born in Australia and is a proud Australian, but his Japanese heritage is an equally important part of his identity.
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Apr 23, 2021
Elite clubs will attempt to seize power again despite Super League failure
With huge global fan bases, commercial appeal and sizeable brands, their attempt to launch a breakaway showed they view the rest of their domestic rivals as inferior.
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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.
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Apr 20, 2021
Angry broadcasters condemn breakaway Super League plan
Broadcasters who have spent billions of dollars to screen Champions League soccer have condemned the plan by top European clubs to form a breakaway Super League as a threat to the future of the game that will not succeed.
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Apr 19, 2021
Premier League fans and former players slam plans for Super League
Former players and fans groups across the globe have slammed plans for a breakaway competition by some of Europe's top clubs, calling the move a 'soulless' money grab.
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Apr 19, 2021
J. League and NPB not moving behind closed doors
Despite a rise in new COVID-19 cases across Japan, neither Nippon Professional Baseball nor the J. League are considering going back to playing behind closed doors.
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Apr 19, 2021
Top European clubs announce new Super League amid storm of criticism
The move sets up a rival to UEFA's established Champions League competition and was condemned by soccer officials and political leaders.
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Apr 17, 2021
Designer Hiroko Koshino brings fashion to 'beautiful game'
Japan midfielder Emi Nakajima, who modeled one of the new designs at the launch, said she looked forward to playing in them.

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