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<description><![CDATA[It will be the second Champions League final in the club's history, and comes five years after its defeat against Bayern Munich in Lisbon.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/05/08/thumbs/400x400/467868.jpg" /> <media:content url="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/05/08/467868.JPG" medium="image" /> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[ Former <i>sekiwake</i> Toyonoshima is new head coach at innovative women’s club ]]></title> <link>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/05/07/sumo/toyonoshima-womens-club-coach/</link> <category>SUMO</category> <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 15:24:00 +0900</pubDate> <jto:credit><![CDATA[ Contributing writer ]]></jto:credit> <jto:tag><![CDATA[ Fujio Kariya, Toyonoshima, Airi Hisano ]]></jto:tag> <jto:author>John Gunning</jto:author> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/625627/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Detailing how she 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left leg in pain.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/05/06/thumbs/400x400/467432.jpg" /> <media:content url="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/05/06/467432.JPG" medium="image" /> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[ Basketball bust-ups threaten ambitious Japan's hoop dreams ]]></title> <link>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/05/06/basketball/b-league/japan-basketball-headwinds/</link> <category>BASKETBALL</category> <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 10:28:00 +0900</pubDate> <jto:credit><![CDATA[ AFP-JIJI ]]></jto:credit> <jto:tag><![CDATA[ Yuta Watanabe, Rui Hachimura, Shinji Shimada, Akatsuki Five ]]></jto:tag> <jto:author>Andrew MCKIRDY</jto:author> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/625564/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league's direction mean the path ahead is full of hurdles. ]]></description> 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