Japan coach Aguirre fired

Kuniya Daini, president of the Japan Football Association, announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, that Japan coach Javier Aguirre has been sacked for his alleged involvement in a 2011 match-fixing scandal in Spain. "The biggest mission is for Japan to reach the World Cup. We came to the conclusion that it was necessary to eliminate risks for the qualifiers," Daini said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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