After his hat trick gave Real Madrid a 4-2 overtime win over Kashima Antlers in the Club World Cup final, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo said he had answered his critics. “Theyalways expect more of Cristiano,” said Ronaldo, referring to himself in the third person. “It’s been a week full of joy after winning the Ballon […]
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Kashima Antlers reaches CWC final with aid of video replay
Japan’s Kashima Antlers became the first Asian team to reach the final of the Club World Cup by beating Atletico Nacional, 3-0. Shoma Doi scored the first goal after the
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Scoreboard: U-20 Women's World Cup
North Korea (2-1 over the USA) and France (2-1 over Japan) won their semifinals in overtime to reach the Under-20 Women’s World Cup final. The USA’s clash with Japan for third place is on Saturday(1 a.m. ET). Group APts Team W-L-T GD9 North Korea 3-0-0 +104 Brazil 1-1-1 +74 Sweden 1-1-1 +40 Papua New Guinea 0-3-0 […]
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Japan goal controversy adds fuel to video-replay debate
It’s happened in the World Cup and leagues around the world, and it happened again during the last round of World Cup qualifiers. Video replays clearly revealed that a shot hadcrossed the goal line, but the match officials didn’t see it. No goal. Sound familiar? In this case, the goal not scored prevented Japan from […]
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WCQ: Khalil engineers stunning UAE win in Japan
Japan, which has played in the last five World Cup tournaments, was stunned by the United Arab Emirates, 2-1, in Saitama in the opening group game of the final round of Asian World Cup 2018qualifying. The Japanese looked to be in control after Keisuke Honda‘s goal in the 11th minute, but the UAE equalized on […]
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U.S. women beat Japan in rain-shortened match
The U.S. women’s national team beat Japan, 2-0, in the second game of their two-game series. Julie Johnston and Alex Morgan scored for the USA in the match that was played in Clevelandand halted in the 76th minute due to inclement weather. The American defense shut down the Japanese, who had scored three goals in […]
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U.S. women survive to earn draw with Japan
Japan won’t be going to the Rio Olympics, but it showed why it is still one of the best women’s teams in the world as it held the USA to a 3-3 tie in Commerce City, Colorado, taking a 2-0 lead after22 minutes and then recovering from going down 3-2 and losing captain Yuki Ogimi […]
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U.S. women face new-look Japan in Rio warmups
The NWSL is off this week as the USA plays Japan twice, the last chance for players to impress Jill Ellis before she names her 18-player squad for the Rio Olympics. Their first meeting sincethe 2015 Women’s World Cup final won by the USA will take place Thursday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce […]
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TV Report: MLS expands reach in Asia
Major League Soccer signed new television agreements across Asia, expanding its partnership with China’s Le Sports from live stream to now include televised live games in mainland China andpartnering with Japan’s Fuji TV to televise regular-season matches. The Le Sports and MLS digital partnership for China was announced in 2015. The TV deal includes multiple […]
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Datebook: U.S. sets second June match against Japan
The U.S. women’s national team, unbeaten and untied in 2016, will face Japan on June 5 at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium in the second game of series that will begin three days earlier at Dick’sSporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. Japan won the 2011 Women’s World Cup and lost to the USA in the 2012 […]