Japan chief tells ageing striker to play into his 50s
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Former Japanese international Kazuyoshi Miura turns 40 later this month -- but Japan's soccer boss wants another decade out of the ageing striker.
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Kaz Matsui is finally comfortable in America. The 31-year-old Japanese second baseman never lived up to the hype in New York after signing a $20.1 million, three-year contract in 2003 with the Mets, who traded him to Colorado last summer.
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Japan&#39;s defence chief has signalled that the country&#39;s troops could extend their humanitarian mission to Iraq beyond an initial December 14 deadline, possibly for another year.
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England skipper David Beckham has denied reports he will quit playing for his country after the 2006 World Cup. The 29-year-old Real Madrid star says he hopes to reach 100 international caps and has no plans to retire from international football yet.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Sunday North Korea should realize that time was running out before Japan and the international community would begin discussing slapping it with economic sanctions.
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Japanese professional baseball players are set to strike this weekend for the first time since the game was introduced from the US 70 years ago.
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The 47-year-old Croatian joined the Fratton Park club as an executive director last month in a move that led to the resignation of manager Harry Redknapp from the Premiership side.
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TOKYO -- To glimpse the brave new Japan of Shinzo Abe -- the hawkish 51-year-old poised to replace Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister next week -- take a peek inside the eighth-grade history classes at this city's prestigious Tamagawa Academy.
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The 33-year-old veteran of three World Cups is not on the current US roster for World Cup qualifiers and said he might quit international soccer to concentrate on playing for his English club, Blackburn Rovers.
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Miroslav Blazevic, who coached Croatia to finish third in the 1998 World Cup, was quizzed by police over allegations he made about match-fixing. The 69-year-old, now in charge of Croatian side Varteks Varadin, ...
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MARSEILLE, France -- Marseille are turning to former Japan national coach Philippe Troussier to revive their ailing fortunes after the resignation of Jose Anigo on Tuesday.
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Juventus star Pavel Nedved has told the Czech Republic football federation he has retired at the age of 32 from international soccer after winning 83 caps.
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Rafael Benitez has challenged back-up striker Neil Mellor to prove he is worthy of a long-term Liverpool future. The Anfield coach told the 22-year-old to produce a consistent level
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The race to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shaped up on Friday as a fight between 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warm ties with Asian neighbors, and hawkish former foreign minister Taro Aso.
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TOKYO, Japan (Sports Network) - Houston Astros pitcher  Roger Clemens told reporters in Tokyo Friday that he is close  to retirement, but no final decision has been made.
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Sport: Premier League chief tells Commons committee he intends to push on with 'international round' plans
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BBC Sport says the 56-year-old was interviewed on 19 November and made demands about the structure of the job within the SFA. The details of those demands have been thrashed out over the last week and his