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Japan has 26 players in the World Cup: Tomiyasu and Mituma are among them, but Furuhashi is absent.

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Japan has selected its 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, among them Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kaoru Mituma Brighton. However, there is no place for Celtic duo Kyogo Furuhashi and Daisen Maeda. Furuhashi, 27, has scored eight goals in 10 Scottish Premier League games for Celtic this season, but won’t add to the 16 internationals he has won since his debut in 2019. Hajime Moriyasu’s side have space for several national team players, including former Southampton defender Maya Yoshida and former Inter Milan full back Yuto Nagatomo,…

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Who can get out and out of the Champions League this week?

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Teams reached the halfway point in the Champions League group stage after each played three matches at their tables. Some are stronger than others, and there’s still plenty to play for as we progress toward figuring out the ultimate winners and losers for each group. However, there are teams that can qualify for the knockout stages of the competition if certain results occur during the evening of Tuesday and Wednesday. Athletic took a look at who could qualify and exit the Champions League group stage this week. Group A Napoli…

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Celtic lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League: An analysis of Sean Maloney

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Sean Maloney watches the Celtic-Real Madrid match and recalls the match plan he used as the last coach to stop his former team from scoring before last night – the only Scottish coach to have done so in a calendar year, 2022. He jumps out of his seat by barely seconds on the clock as the perverted night’s cult effort flies away. “Stranger things can happen inside Celtic Park on a big European night,” Maloney says, capturing the early events as the cat-and-mouse game really developed. Celtic are pressing hard…

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42 SPFL clubs have asked to vote on the proposed deal with Sky Sports

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All 42 SPFL clubs were asked to vote on a resolution that, if passed, would endorse the proposed new deal with Sky Sports despite Rangers thwarting the original vote. Commercial and broadcast votes are determined by the 12 clubs in the Premier League, but they have requested a letter of waiver from each club to allow five matches to be shown in each stadium instead of the current four written in the league rules. Rangers had requested a regular meeting to discuss the ramifications of Cinch’s previous sponsorship before signing…

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