Kinoshita bids to become league's first Japanese player
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Wide receiver Noriaki Kinoshita signed for the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday, moving a step closer to becoming the first Japanese to play in the NFL.
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Though it might not bring them players directly, the alliance between the Red Sox and Chiba Lotte Marines, announced Tuesday night before a press conference yesterday afternoon, should give the Sox a chance to work with the Japanese team on scouting methods and information, as well as statistical analysis. The plan is to aid in the acquisition of talent from ...
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Professional baseball in Japan has truly come of age: the nation is bracing for its first ever players&#39; strike. Athletes are angry about a proposed merger between two clubs, the
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Dice-K arrived at spring training. And so did crowds of reporters, photographers and television crews who flocked to Florida to chronicle the $100 million Japanese ace's landing. That didn't count the handful of puzzled passers-by who wondered what all the fuss was about Monday at Tampa International Airport. It's all about Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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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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Manchester United forward Dong Fangzhuo is hoping a successful Asian Cup can help him break into the English champions&#39; first team.
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Japanese baseball players will strike for the first time if owners proceed with a proposed merger of two teams, the players' union said Monday.
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Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is set to make  history as the most expensive Japanese player to enter Major  League Baseball after the Boston Red Sox sealed a  record-breaking deal worth a total $103.1 million.
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Japan announces it will bid to host the Rugby World Cup for the first time in 2011.
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League hosts its inaugural draft and plans to kick off later this year with televised and streamed competitions.
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The Devil Rays were closing in on an agreement with Japanese star infielder Akinori Iwamura and are likely to finalize a deal Friday in what would be Tampa Bay's first major move of the offseason.
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German coach Juergen Klinsmann has continued his experiment with untapped talent by calling up three new players for the team&#39;s three-nation trip to Asia later this month.
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Takashi Saito, who set a franchise rookie record with 24 saves last season, re-signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
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The Phoenix Suns signed Japanese guard Yuta Tabuse on Tuesday. Tabuse, who was waived after training camp with the Denver Nuggets last year, hopes to become the first Japanese-born player to make the NBA. He appeared in three games with the Nuggets in the preseason, averaging 3.0 points and 2.7 assists in 7.3 minutes.
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Sport: Striker to make first international appearance since World Cup after being named in England B team.
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TOKYO Baseball players in Japan are going on strike for the first time in the sport&#39;s history there. Games this weekend are being called off after extended negotiations with team officials failed to bear fruit.
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TOKYO - The first-ever strike in the 70-year history of Japanese professional baseball will take place Saturday and Sunday after talks between management and the players association ended in failure Friday.