Martin Rogers: Japan's women's soccer team plays to intentional draw

The Japanese women ground out a draw in order to avoid 300 miles of travel, ensuring a tougher quarterfinal draw in the process.

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LONDON – The Olympics' match-fixing controversy spread to the soccer tournament on Wednesday after revelations that women's world champion Japan deliberately drew its final group game. Japan's head coach Norio Sasaki ordered his players to adopt a game plan focused entirely on defense against South Africa on Tuesday, despite its opponent being one of the weakest in the competition. 

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