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WAYNE ROONEY

Wayne Rooney attends a Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford, near Manchester, on May 12.
SOCCER
May 28, 2024
Rooney wants Plymouth youngsters to follow his teenage dream
The former Manchester United and England striker was appointed manager of the English second-tier club on Saturday.
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Dec 13, 2022
Tyson Fury wants to spar with Wayne Rooney ahead of next bout
Manchester United's record goalscorer, now in charge of Major League Soccer team D.C. United, is a big admirer of compatriot Fury, who welcomed the former player's involvement.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 13, 2022
Wayne Rooney excited for challenge as new DC United head coach
The 36-year-old resigned as coach of Derby County last month after the team's relegation to England's third-tier League One, opening the door to his MLS return.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 8, 2017
Arsenal's decline tarnishing Wenger's legacy
It has been necessary to remind ourselves that Arsenal FC remains one of the great clubs in English football and Arsene Wenger is second only to Sir Alex Ferguson on the list of Premier League managers who have won the most trophies with their English clubs.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 24, 2017
Model club Southampton hoping to claim silverware
Some clubs change managers regularly and most still don't get it right.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 18, 2016
Outrage over Rooney's drunken antics just media hypocrisy
Footballers are often accused of being too aloof. They don't interact with fans. It's almost a them-and-us scenario. They are protected by agents, press officers and security. The nearest most supporters get to players is when they watch them arrive at stadiums — from behind barriers, of course.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 7, 2016
England's Southgate begins trial period against easiest of foes, Malta
If the Football Association was worried that Saturday's England vs. Malta 2018 World Cup qualifier at Wembley might struggle to capture the country's interest, the departure of Sam Allardyce has guaranteed a disproportionate focus on a match featuring the side which is 157th in the FIFA rankings. The...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 23, 2016
Rooney's decline presents a problem for Man United
We have seen the best of Wayne Rooney.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 2, 2016
Allardyce era begins with qualifier against Slovakia
The reaction will be as predictable as it is meaningless.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 1, 2016
Finding new England manager won't be an easy task
In any successful organization, forward planning is essential. The present quickly becomes the future so those at the sharp end of the business would constantly be formulating ideas and strategies for the next step.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 24, 2016
Slovakia selection gamble backfires on England's Hodgson
It had not been a good week for England manager Roy Hodgson.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 10, 2016
England unlikely to emerge with title at Euro 2016
In the National Football League they say offense wins games, defense wins championships. The spelling and terminology may be slightly different, but it is a similar story when it comes to the World Cup and European Championship.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 3, 2016
Time running out for Hodgson to tinker with lineup for Euro 2016
This was , the pundits said, the most potent attack England could select. Portugal beware. Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney — the two leading goalscorers in the Premier League — plus England's record scorer starting a match together for the first time.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 20, 2016
Rooney assured spot in Euro 2016 squad; Rashford being scouted
Saturday's F.A. Cup final, in which the lowest-scoring Manchester United team in more than a quarter of a century is expected to beat Crystal Palace as comfortably as it can with such an impotent attack, will have two particular interests for England manager Roy Hodgson.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 12, 2015
Costa, Rooney in spotlight for Spain-England match
Two of the most high-profile strikers in Europe are set to go head-to-head in Alicante on Friday when Spain plays England, battling to prove it is still among the best in the business.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 11, 2015
Manchester United-Liverpool rivalry always fierce, bitter clash
This is a game Louis van Gaal dare not lose. English football's clasico between Manchester United and Liverpool today is, like Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, not a derby, but it represents the fiercest and most hostile rivalry in English football.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 4, 2015
Rooney's legacy complicated despite proximity to Charlton's records
On Saturday, Wayne Rooney could become England's all-time leading goalscorer. He needs two goals against San Marino to overtake Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49. By the end of the season he may well have surpassed Charlton's Manchester United record of 249 goals — Rooney is 16 behind the total.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 3, 2015
Rooney has chance to eclipse Charlton's mark
Wayne Rooney can break Bobby Charlton's 45-year-old record and become the first player to score 50 goals for England when Roy Hodgson's men take on San Marino and Switzerland in two upcoming Euro 2016 qualifiers in next week.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 14, 2014
Rooney will never reach pantheon of England greats
In most countries the leading international goal scorer and the player who has won most caps would be revered. Both would be held in the highest esteem, national legends admired by all.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 5, 2014
England's performance against Norway fails to inspire
England has a new opponent — England.
How Bashar Assad's inner circle fled Syria after his fall
Syrians step on posters of Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, in Homs, Syria, on Tuesday.
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal energy potential?
Steam rises from a geothermal plan in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture. Despite its long history and potential, geothermal provided just 0.3% of Japan's overall energy mix in the fiscal year from April 2023
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

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