Sawa: individual award a collective effort

Zurich: Japan's inspirational skipper Homare Sawa paid tribute to those that support her on and off the pitch as the 33-year-old was named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011awards ceremony on Monday.

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Sasaki sets sights on historic double

Zurich: FIFA Women's Football Coach of the Year Norio Sasaki has outlined his determination to make Japan the first team to do the World Cup and Olympics double.

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Japan has made Asia proud says Jilong

Zurich: AFC Acting President Zhang Jilong has said that Japan's success at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011awards ceremony is a proud moment for Asian football.

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Japan hat-trick at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011

Zurich: Japan collected three awards at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011award ceremony at Zurich's Kongresshaus on Monday with Homare Sawa being named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, Norio Sasaki winning the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football and the Japan FA picking up the FIFA Fair Play Award.

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Sermanni sets sights on top six

fwwc2012_conf_tom_sermanni_3x2Kuala Lumpur: Australia women’s coach Tom Sermanni aims to take his team to the 6th world ranking, up from the current 10th, after the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada.



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Nadeshiko allowance doubled

nadeshiko_champion_2011_3x2Tokyo: The Japan women national team's monthly allowance has been doubled, thanks to their FIFA Women's World Cup victory recently.

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Japan to honour Nadeshiko

fwwc_japan_celebration_3x2Tokyo: Japan would honour its FIFA Women’s World Cup-winning footballers as people's heroes, praising them for helping to restore the nation's spirits after its massive quake-tsunami disaster.

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Japan women's league gets a boost

japan_fansTokyo: Women's football in Japan has been given a much-needed popularity boost by the national team's World Cup win, with domestic games drawing record crowds after years of slumping attendances.

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Five Asians in all-star team

ayumi_kaihori_jpn_3X2Kuala Lumpur: Five Asian players were selected in FIFA Women’s World Cup All-Star team by FIFA’s Technical Study Group.

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Quake video inspired us: Sawa

Tokyo: The Japanese women's team watched disturbing videos of areas of the country ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to inspire them to their historic victory at the World Cup in Germany.

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