Olympics

À bientôt

Japan ticked another box, qualifying for Paris 2024 – but the real goal could (and should) be an Olympic medal.

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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Smarter

A bitter exit because of penalties hurts, but this doesn’t have to stop Japanese football from thinking ahead.

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Out of the Blue

A product Gamba’s youth sector and probably the MVP of these Olympic Games, Kosei Tani is ready to take the next step.

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Hurdles

Group A in the football tournament of Tokyo 2020 sees Japan challenging France, Mexico and South Africa.

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Olympic Vindication: The Roundtable

The band is back together to comment the perspectives of the young Samurai Blue in the Olympic Games.

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Saudade: Where are they now? (Part 2)

This is a tale of a missed chance and where those 19 main protagonists are right now. Part 2 concerns midfielders, forwards and the coach himself.

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Saudade: Where are they now? (Part 1)

This is a tale of a missed chance and where those 19 main protagonists are right now. Tobias Dreimann tells us a piece of that tale in Part 1.

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Not so Rio grand….

In general, Japan’s Olympic athletes have surpassed expectations. But the footballers came home before Usain Bolt had laced up his Pumas, before Britain dominated the velodrome and before Ryan Lochte…

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The Olympic round table

No, not the newest bizarre event to be welcomed into the Olympics, but more a debate on the make up of Japan’s Olympic football squad. Regista invited opinions from four…

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Japan’s Olympic squad

So, it has been announced. Here are the 18 players that will represent Japan at the Rio Olympic games, starting in August. Goalkeepers: Masatoshi Kushibiki – Kashima Antlers The tall…

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