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
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Russian Olympic Committee threatens to boycott qualifiers after some top athletes barred from competing
Top Russian athletes who have publicly backed the war or are employed by the military or security forces are still barred from competing in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee recommend letting Russian and Belarusian athletes compete as neutral athletes without national symbols.Russia’s Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov, whose daughter has
Julia Marino Was Instructed Her Snowboard Was Noncompliant Earlier than Qualifiers
It wasn’t simply Julia Marino’s silver medal efficiency within the slopestyle occasion that grabbed consideration in Beijing. Her designer snowboard, with its Prada brand on the underside, went viral on-line and prompted a proper discover from the Worldwide Olympic Committee that her board ran afoul of competitors laws. The I.O.C.
Premier League Will Not Release Players for World Cup Qualifiers
FIFA’s international windows normally allow players to return to their home countries for two games, but the pandemic has left FIFA a compressed window to complete qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, which will open in Qatar next November. Most of the world’s top leagues and clubs had urged