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remitmoneytoindia said:

Nice video hope to see some more relevant sports news here...Its really nice section to know about sports in Japan.

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Dogen Z said:

NHK's tribute to the Vancouver Olympics. Music by L'Arc n Ciel.

I know that Korea's Yuuna Kim deserves an Olympic gold medal in skating, but I hope Mao Asada makes a spectacular recovery from here recent setbacks (get rid of the that coach, Mao).

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Dogen Z said:

Japan has some of the finest powder snow in the world. In Nagano, the snow can be blown off your glove like it's dust, and Niseko reputedly has even better stuff - "like you're skiing on clouds."
Here's a vid of a couple of guys skiing in Niseko. They're certainly not novices, but they might be crazy (see the ending of the vid).

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Dogen Z said:

Neither Nishikori nor Ferrer made it to the semifinals of the Japan Open so there was no rematch. : (
On to sumo. Recently, a former Russian sumo wrestler has claimed that his bouts were rigged. If he can back up his claim in a pending lawsuit against the sumo federation, it will be a real scandal.
Of course, rumors about sumo being rigged has been around for years, especially after the highly suspicious deaths of 2 sumo wrestlers at nearly the same time. In their book, Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner go to some length showing how sumo match outcomes over a number of years are statistically extraordinary and extremely suspicious.

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Soccer: Japan rises to 17th in FIFA rankings+
TOKYO, Feb. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)―Japan, which won the 2011 Asian Cup on Saturday, has risen to 17th in the latest world rankings released Wednesday by soccer world governing body FIFA.
Japan climbed 12 notches from the previous rankings, becoming the top Asian team for the first time since October 2008. The top three remained the same, with Spain retaining first place, followed by the Netherlands and Germany.

Australia, who lost 1-0 to Japan in the Asian Cup final in Doha, ranked 21st, while South Korea, defeated 3-0 by Japan in a semifinal penalty shootout, ranked 32nd.

Japan's highest-ever rank was ninth in February 1998.
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