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Japan prepared to host and then travel to N Korea for back-to-back World Cup qualifiers

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Even with the top continental ranking and players of vast international experience, Hajime Moriyasu’s Japan squad faces a journey into the unknown in back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against North Korea. Asian qualifying resumes Thursday with Japan hosting North Korea in Tokyo. Five days later, Japan will be playing in Pyongyang… Read

FIGURE SKATING

Sakamoto, Uno seek world figure skating 'three-peats'

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Japan's Kaori Sakamoto and Shoma Uno each will seek their third consecutive world crowns at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, which begin Wednesday in Montreal. Not since American Peggy Fleming won world titles from 1966 through 1968 has anyone captured three women's world titles in a row, but Sakamoto… Read

BASEBALL

Ohtani and Yamamoto are unbelievable in any language

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If you're a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion-dollar duo of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, you might want to learn a couple of Japanese adjectives. Try these as the Dodgers and Padres are in South Korea to open the MLB season. There's shinjirarenai, which translates as “unbelievable” or… Read

BASEBALL

Darvish says Ohtani showdown in Seoul is nothing personal

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San Diego starting pitcher Yu Darvish said he will try not to let his "personal feelings" for Shohei Ohtani affect his performance in Wednesday's Major League Baseball season-opener in Seoul. Darvish and the Padres will face Ohtani and his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates in two games in the South Korean… Read

SOCCER

Nottingham Forest docked 4 points for overspending and drops into EPL relegation zone

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Nottingham Forest was deducted four points on Monday for overspending, dropping the team into the Premier League relegation zone with nine games remaining. Forest was found to have breached the league profitability and sustainability regulations, which typically allow clubs to lose a maximum of 105 million pounds ($133 million) over… Read

Sports

The status quo has become a moving target as college basketball ramps up to March Madness

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Oregon pulled off a run of three wins in three days, capped by a championship that propelled the Ducks into the NCAA Tournament. Standing on a makeshift stage next to the Pac-12 tournament trophy, the players danced and shouted as confetti fell in one big Las Vegas party. With the… Read

Sports

Review suggests Brisbane Olympics organizers build new stadium, scrap plans to redevelop the Gabba

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An independent review committee has recommended Brisbane Olympics organizers build a new stadium on a greenfield site and scrap plans to demolish and redevelop a century-old cricket ground as the centerpiece for the 2032 Games. Brisbane’s former mayor Graham Quirk led a two-month review which handed its findings to the… Read

Sports

Ohtani may be S Korea's most-beloved Japanese athlete

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Shohei Ohtani may be South Korea's most-beloved Japanese athlete, a testament to his charm in softening any lingering animosity between the two neighbors. Since his arrival in South Korea with his wife for the Major League Baseball opener on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar… Read

TENNIS

Alcaraz tops Medvedev to repeat as Indian Wells champion

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World number two Carlos Alcaraz cruised home in a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 victory over Daniil Medvedev on Sunday to win a second straight Indian Wells ATP title, both coming at the Russian's expense. Alcaraz captured his first title since Wimbledon last July and became the first repeat winner at Indian… Read

SOCCER

Ito hailed by Reims coach for 'mental strength' despite sexual assault claim

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Reims coach Will Still praised "key player" Junya Ito for the Japanese star's mental strength after he put off-field troubles to one side to score the winner as his club beat Metz 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Ito's fine strike in the 79th minute gave Reims a win which… Read

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