Japan snatch draw with Netherlands

Japan scored an 88th-minute equalizer as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 in Texas on Sunday to open their World Cup campaigns. A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half. Netherlands skipper Virgil van Dijk scored…

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Japan coach sorry for ‘harm’ Endo

Japan coach sorry for ‘harm’ Endo

LONDON: Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu on Saturday described WataruEndo as “harm” and apologised after torpedoing the captain’s World Cup desires on the eve of the event. The Liverpool midfielder abruptly introduced on Thursday that his worldwide profession was over, having did not get well from harm forward of Japan’s opening match of the event in opposition to the Netherlands in…

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