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Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Kengo Nakamura has withdrawn from Japan's squad for the upcoming games against South Africa and Hong Kong after hurting his right thigh in Sunday's 3-2 win over JEF United Chiba in the J-League. "The thigh has been sore for a little while and the same area now hurts even more. There is no way I can go on national duty," said Nakamura, who will need two weeks to...
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SHIMA, Mie Pref. (Kyodo) Overnight leader Song Bo Bae closed with a 4-under 68 Sunday to win the Mizuno Classic by three strokes. The Japan-based South Korean finished at 15-under 201 at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Mie Prefecture for her third career Japan LPGA title and second of the season following the Japan Women's Open in October.
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BANDO, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) Toshinori Muto shot the day's low round of 7-under 64 to win the Championship by Lexus by three strokes for his third career title on Sunday. Teeing off two shots off the lead in tie for third, Muto picked up two shots on the front nine and birdied five of the last nine holes in a flawless round to seal victory on 16-under 268 at Otone Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture....
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KAWASAKI (Kyodo) Renatinho provided J-League leaders Kawasaki Frontale with the perfect tonic for their Nabisco Cup hangover with a hat-trick in a thrilling 3-2 win over JEF United Chiba on Sunday. Chiba took a shock lead through Kohei Kudo's first-half strike but Renatinho leveled from the penalty spot before the Brazilian striker's deflected second put the home side in front with 19 minutes left....
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
NEW YORK (Kyodo) The Kansas City Royals said Friday the team will not exercise the option on right-hander Yasuhiko Yabuta for next season. Yabuta will become a free agent if his renegotiation with the Royals for a new major league contract fails before Nov. 16. He hopes to play back in Japan as well, according to baseball sources.
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South Korea's Pohang Steelers were crowned kings of Asia on Saturday after a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in the Asian Champions League final in Tokyo. Pohang's continental triumph was its first since the tournament was revamped in 2002. The K-League side won the ACL's forerunner — the Asian Club Championship — in 1997 and 1998.
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
SHANGHAI — Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies. The back nine Saturday at the HSBC Champions changed names atop the leaderboard, as Mickelson made three birdies over the last five holes for a 5-under 67 that took him from a two-shot deficit to a two-shot lead over Woods and Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year.
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
BANDO, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) Shigeki Maruyama stayed in contention for his first win since returning full-time to the Japanese tour after a 68 on Saturday gave him a share of the lead heading into the final round of the Championship by Lexus. Maruyama overcame a bogey on his second hole by making four birdies to move alongside South Korea's Kim Kyung Tae at 11-under 202 at the par-71 Otone Country...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The prime minister's keynote policy address in the Diet affords the nation's leader an opportunity to present their overall thinking to the people — as its name in Japanese, shoshin hyomei (declaration of convictions), would indeed suggest. Shigeru Yoshida delivered the first of these "state of the nation" orations in 1953; Eisaku Sato made a whopping 13 between 1964 and 1971; while...
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SHIMA, Mie Pref. (Kyodo) South Korean Song Bo Bae fired a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Mizuno Classic on Saturday. Song, winner of last month's Japan Women's Open, reeled off six birdies in a flawless front nine and, after bogeying the 13th, picked up two more strokes on Nos. 15 and 18 to reach 11-under 133 at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club.
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SAPPORO — Tetsuya Utsumi didn't expect to get a second chance to redeem himself in the Japan Series. But when opportunity came knocking in Game 6, he responded like a champion.
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NAGANO — Miki Ando continued her resurgence by capturing her second Grand Prix title of the season on Saturday night at Big Hat. Ando, who went three years without a GP victory, has now won two in the past 15 days. Her win here assured her of a spot in next month's Grand Prix Final in Tokyo and appears certain to make her a lock for a spot on Japan's team for next year's Vancouver Olympics.
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NEW YORK (AP) LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. One night after managing just 42 second-half points in an ugly home loss to Chicago, the Cavaliers rang up 40 in the first quarter, leaving New York fans with little left to do besides cheer for the Yankees...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Having been to the playoffs the past four years, the New York Giants have rarely referred to a game as must-win unless it was in the postseason. Things have changed dramatically with three straight losses, and more than one Giant is putting Sunday's game with the San Diego Chargers into the better-not-lose category.
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