Sawa returns to action

FUKUOKA, Japan - Homare Sawa (R) plays after coming off the bench in the 72nd minute of INAC Kobe Leonessa's 7-0 away thrashing of Fukuoka J.Anclas in Fukuoka on April 22, 2012. The women's World Player of the Year overcame a bout with vertigo, returning to the pitch for the first time in almost two months in the Japanese Nadeshiko League.

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