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The logistics (and budgetary constraints) of trying to pull that off in 72 hours when everyone else trying to get to Europe from Asia is trying to do the same thing make that option unfeasible, from what I understand.
05.03.2026 07:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0a group of Iranian fans have set up across the road from the stadium with flags and banners, including this devastating one showing images of people killed. #AFCWAC #Matildas
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J.League Global Football Advisor Roger Schmidt was supposed to lead the squad of 23 in training matches against Fortuna Dusseldorf and Eintracht Frankfurt.
05.03.2026 07:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Just in from the #JLeague: the league's planned U17 selection training camp in Germany, which was set to begin on Saturday, has been canceled due to the impact of the Iran conflict on air travel in the region.
The team was scheduled to transit through the UAE which is obviously a non-starter.
awww yeah my Lutri commander deck is complete
05.03.2026 04:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The club has 250 and they have multiple teams - one competes in the Kanto University Soccer League, another in the Kanto Soccer League, another in the Ibaraki Soccer League, and then there are U19 through 22 teams in the Independence League.
05.03.2026 03:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0will this jar of nickels and dimes cover the a Mox, do you think?
05.03.2026 03:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The five who admitted to toking up on the roof (with a vape, it seems) were all second-years who allegedly got the liquid weed through seniors on the team.
RKU are a known powerhouse who regularly produce J.Leaguers; recent notable alums include Hidemasa Morita, Ryo Germain and Atsuki Ito.
Ryutsu Keizai University has indefinitely suspended its 250-player men's soccer team after five players were found to have used marijuana.
Team officials were tipped off late last month which led to an investigation by the school and a police search of the dorm in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Nikkan Sports have prepared a 'relationship chart' for the Samurai Japan squad, something Japanese audiences are frequently given to help them understand films and TV shows.
05.03.2026 02:59 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0This is one of the curlers on the USA Paralympic curling team and I told him today that he should post about his Paralympic experience on BlueSky because people on BlueSky get very excited whenever anybody doing anything cool in the world posts through it on BlueSky instead of other websites
04.03.2026 23:57 — 👍 690 🔁 113 💬 4 📌 2
more than anything, i am just exhausted with the constant attempts to rewrite reality
gambling odds are "projections"
speculative crypto tokens are "currencies"
LLM text generators are "AI"
video games are "the metaverse"
just a neverending assault on our ability to accurately describe reality
Former Sydney FC CEO Mark Aubrey has been appointed as the new CEO of RB Omiya Ardija. #jleague #aleague
04.03.2026 10:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Amidst an ever-changing environment in their homeland, Iran's Women's Team is preparing for a tough #WAC2026 game against Australia on the Gold Coast.
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Read here: roundballaustralia.com.au/very-tough-g...
Heads up to UK night owls that I did a prerecord for Talk Sport Extra Time w/ Paul Ross about Asia's World Cup teams and also a bit about North Korea at the Women's Asian Cup; that will air at around 2am and 4am your time.
04.03.2026 00:40 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0if you listen closely you'll hear @jezebelkat.bsky.social getting reactivated like the Winter Soldier
03.03.2026 15:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I am so tired of this timeline
03.03.2026 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Commemorative uniforms for a former player/coach is certainly a thing they are doing!
03.03.2026 04:12 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0They built an athletic track that's actually going to be used for athletics, the horror 😂
03.03.2026 04:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The old Mizuho was the primary ground of Nagoya Grampus and become the club's secondary ground around 2009-10, I believe when the club's hometown area expanded to include Toyota Stadium.
After that, Mizuho was frequently used for cup games and midweek fixtures through the 2020 season.
The newly rebuilt Paloma Mizuho Stadium will open to the public next month with a commemorative event on April 18.
Will host the opening ceremonies and serve as the athletics venue for the 2026 Asian Games, which will take place across Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture.
Former Japan international and FC Cincinnati designated player Yuya Kubo has announced his retirement, and one of the photos he's used is... a shot I took of him just a week after his 18th birthday in the 2011 Emperor's Cup final.
Pretty sure I know how it got to him all those years ago - neat!
This was a fantastic conversation, thanks for having us on!
03.03.2026 02:30 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0In my naivete I actually went to the White House website to see if this was real, and it is, and now I will be sad for the next 48 hours.
03.03.2026 02:27 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0She's said it didn't actually hurt to put in!
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Joey Chestnut/JFK
Joey Chestnut/JFK
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New Podcast: Fan Culture in Japan
We're joined by Japan-based journalist @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social and Yokohama F. Marinos superfan @stuartcw.bsky.social for a whistelstop tour around the fan culture of football clubs in Japan.
Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️
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This reminds me of how, for a time, Tokyo Verdy had the biggest Instagram following of any Japanese sports team after they signed Pratama Arhan and got flooded w/ Indonesian followers.
Of course he got like an hour of playing time over two years but they're still leading the #JLeague by a hair!
