Goetze returning to Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund is bringing back forward Mario Goetze from Bayern Munich. Goetze left Dortmund for Bayern in 2013 but never settled down and was mostly a bench player under previous coach Pep Guardiola. New Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti had a talk with Goetze before assuming the post and reportedly did not try to keep the […]

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Japan men’s soccer squad departs for Rio, aims for Olympic medal

The Japan men’s Olympic soccer team left for Brazil on Thursday, with coach Makoto Teguramori saying the young Samurai Blue will go all in for their first match against Nigeria. “We’ll be at our peak for the first game,” Teguramori said at Haneda airport, referring to the Aug. 4 Group B match in Manaus. “That […]

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