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Football (soccer)

Yoichiro Kakitani got surgery, can he return in 2016 season?

On August 3, Cerezo Osaka of J-League announced that Yoichiro Kakitani had surgery and Complete recovery is three months. Kakitani injured in the match of June 8, and had diagnosed with ligament damage in his right foot. Kakitani is 26-year-old and can play in the position of midfielder and forward. When first grader in high school, he became a professional player in Cerezo on …

Sumo

Most great YOKOZUNA Chiyonofuji dies age 61

On july 31, Sumo stable master Kokonoe died at the hospital in Tokyo. He was 61 year old, the cause of death was pancreatic cancer. His sumo wrestler’s stage name was Chiyonofuji, and he was the greatest Yokozuna. Chiyonofuji was born at Hokkaido in 1955. Because his parents was a fisherman, so he was helped fishery in childfood. He trained …

Football (soccer)

Besart Abdurahimi, Fabricio, & Moestafa El Kabir go J-League

In this summer, Some international football players contracted with the club of J-League. First, Besart Abdurahimi was transfer of loan deal to Cerezo Osaka, from Sporting Lokeren of Jupiler Pro League Belgium. Abdurahimi is 25 year old and born in Croatia. He convened in Macedonia national team, and played in 12 match. Abdurahimi is an excellent technician, so he is expected that take the point as Forward. His contract was …

Baseball

Does Christian Yelich attend 2017 WBC in Japanese team?

According to the news report in Japan, Christian Yelich of Miami Marlins wants to participate in the Japan national baseball team, on 2017 World Baseball Classic. His grandmother is Japanese, so there is a possibility to enter the Japan national team. It seems that Donald Mattingly of Marlins’s manager also admits that Yelich participate in Japan team. It would really be achieved? Eligible …