Risa Shimizu struck the decisive goal before Hinata Miyazawa scored for the fifth time at the tournament as Japan beat Norway 3-1 in the round of 16 to reach the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.
Fans and people in the hometown of Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu celebrated his marriage on Saturday, a day after he broke the news on social media.
The current Women's World Cup will be the most well-attended edition in history and is on course to smash the per-match record set in Canada in 2015, Football Australia chief executive James Johnson said on Friday.
When it was announced that Lionel Messi was coming to Major League Soccer, there was excitement, of course. But there were also doubts. Would he treat his stay in the league as a retirement tour or even a vacation? Would the lower stakes lead to less effort? Would his age — 36 — catch up to him?