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...Suspicions of fixed bouts arise occasionally, but lately the commitment and character of ranking sumo wrestlers has come under question. Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu begged off from participating in a tour of Japan, citing an injury, but he was then filmed playing soccer at home in Mongolia, earning him a two-tournament ban. Last February, then-stable master Junichi Yamamoto was arrested on suspicion of ordering three wrestlers to beat a 17-year-old during a training session - the youth later died of his injuries. Yamamoto and the wrestlers were arrested and charged, and are awaiting trial...
...Sports Foundation, women-only sports articles account for only 3.5 percent of all sports stories, and 94 percent of local television news sports coverage goes to men. The last thing the LPGA wants is to end up like the short-lived Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), a female alternative to the popular men’s Major League Soccer. Despite attracting the brightest talents in the sport, from Brandi Chastain to Mia Hamm, WUSA suspended action after only three seasons due to lack of funds. The LPGA is far from that danger, but a gender disparity certainly...
...third time seems to be the charm for the Harvard women’s soccer team. Last season, it put a goal on the board in each of its first two games at the Hartford Invitational, but couldn’t grab a victory until its third contest against Northeastern. The formula has held true again this season: the Crimson (1-2-0, 0-0 Ivy) sputtered on offense in two matchups in California last weekend, but notched its first goal—and its first victory—in its third game of the 2008 season with...
...goal against the Blue Devils (2-2-0) and sticking two in the back of the net against the Wolfpack. Along with junior forward Andre Akpan, Fucito was named to the 2008 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List, an honor bestowed upon the best collegiate soccer player in the country...
...Soccer is a sport where it’s all about momentum and we had two early chances that we usually finish and we didn’t,” Sager said. “I think had we put those two away we might have had a different game...