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Japan beat S. Korea in AFC Youth Championship semifinal

KOLKATA, India - Japan players celebrate their victory in a semifinal against South Korea of the AFC Youth Championship at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 9.

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Japan vs S. Korea in semifinal at AFC Youth Championship

KOLKATA, India - Japan forward Yasuhito Morishima (R) shoots during the first half of a semifinal game against South Korea at the AFC Youth Championship at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 9.

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Japan vs S. Korea in semifinal at AFC Youth Championship

KOLKATA, India - Japan midfielder Yosuke Kashiwagi (R) battles for the ball with a South Korean player during their semifinal of the AFC Youth Championship at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 9.

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(5) Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan midfielder Takashi Fukunishi (R) scores a header over a block attempt made by India goalkeeper Sandip Nandi in the second half of their World Cup qualifier at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan defeated India 4-0.

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(6)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan defender Tsuneharu Miyamoto runs in celebration, as Indian goalkeeper Sandip Nandi watches, after scoring the team's fourth goal in the second half of a World Cup qualifier at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan defeated India 4-0.

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(4)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono (R) gets congratulations from teammates Alessandro Santos (L) and Masashi Motoyama (19) after scoring Japan's second score with a free kick in the second half of a World Cup qualifier against India at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan overcame a slow start to sweep aside India 4-0.

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(3)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Feyenoord playmaker Shinji Ono (R) scores Japan's second goal with a well taken free kick as teammate Alessandro Santos (L) watches in the 59th minute of a World Cup qualifier against India at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan overcame a slow start to sweep aside India 4-0.

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(8)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta, the venue of a World Cup qualifier between Japan and India on Sept. 8, remains dark due to a partial power failure before the start of the second half.

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(2)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan striker Takayuki Suzuki (fore) is hugged by teammate Shiunji Ono after scoring an opening goal in a World Cup qualifier against India at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan overcame a slow start to sweep aside India 4-0.

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(7)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Players are kept waiting for the start of the second half of a World Cup qualifier between Japan and India after Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta was hit by a partial power failure on Sept. 8.

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Japan vs India in World Cup qualifier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan forward Takayuki Suzuki (R) kicks Japan's first goal near the end of the first half of a World Cup qualifier against India at the Salt Lake stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8.

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(8)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Mika Yoshida (L), a primary school pupil from Yokohama, smiles with chief Olympic organizer Mitt Romney after she carried an Olympic flag with seven other children during the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(7)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese athletes enjoy the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(4)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (L) speaks at the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24. Mitt Romney, president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, stands by him.

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(3)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Sergio Chiamparino, mayor of Turin in Italy, waves the white Olympic flag at the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 24 after the flag was passed from Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson.

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(5)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's speed skater Eriko Sammiya carries the Japanese flag during the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(6)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese athletes wave fans during the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(2)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Two huge dinosaurs loom over the Ric-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City on Feb. 24 during the closing ceremony for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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(9)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium is lit up with displays of fireworks at the end of a 2-1/2-hour opening ceremony Feb. 8.

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(4)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flame burns atop the glass and steel cauldron at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8. Mike Eruzione, captain of the American gold medal-winning ice hockey team in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games, accepted the torch and with his team mates sent the flame up the 117-foot-tall tower.

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(8)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flag is carried into the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8 by eight persons representing the five continents. Japan's gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki (2nd from L) represented Asia, joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu (Africa), former astronaut John Glenn (the Americas), former Polish President Lech Walesa (Europe) and Australian athlete Cathy Freeman (Oceania). Also among the flag-bearers were 1968 alpine skiing gold medalist Jean-Claude Killy, movie maker Steven Spielberg and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau to represent the pillars of the Olympic Movement.

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(7)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - A big bear and moose are featured in a show of the Western Nature during the opening ceremony of the 19th Olympic Winter Games at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8.

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(2)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Members of the Japanese delegation to the 19th Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, dressed in long navy blue overcoats, mufflers and red caps, wave at spectators during the opening ceremony at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8.

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(6)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Members of the original inhabitants of Utah give dance performances during the opening ceremony of the 19th Olympic Winter Games at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8.

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(5)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The tattered ''Ground Zero'' flag, dug out from the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 terror attacks, is carried by U.S. athletes into the Rice-Eccles Stadium at the start of the 19th Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony Feb. 8.

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(1)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Speed skater Eriko Sammiya leads the 218-member Japanese delegation, the nation's largest-ever winter sports group to be sent to an Olympics overseas, into the Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 8.

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(3)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Members of the U.S. contingent, the biggest at the 19th Olympic Winter Games with 211 athletes, wave at spectators during the opening ceremony at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8.

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Salt Lake City ready for 2002 winter Olymics

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flameholder at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City is illuminated by searchlights on Feb. 7, the eve of the opening of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in the city.

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Cowboys, stagecoach at closing ceremony

Cowboys on horsebacks and a stagecoach sent by Salt Lake City of the U.S. -- the host city for the next Winter Games in 2002 -- run through the field at the Olympic stadium in the central Japan city of Nagano on Feb. 22 in the closing ceremony of the 18th Games.

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Japan vs India in World Cup qualifier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan forward Takayuki Suzuki (R) kicks Japan's first goal near the end of the first half of a World Cup qualifier against India at the Salt Lake stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. (Kyodo)

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(8)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta, the venue of a World Cup qualifier between Japan and India on Sept. 8, remains dark due to a partial power failure before the start of the second half. (Kyodo)

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(6)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan defender Tsuneharu Miyamoto runs in celebration, as Indian goalkeeper Sandip Nandi watches, after scoring the team's fourth goal in the second half of a World Cup qualifier at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan defeated India 4-0. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Feyenoord playmaker Shinji Ono (R) scores Japan's second goal with a well taken free kick as teammate Alessandro Santos (L) watches in the 59th minute of a World Cup qualifier against India at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan overcame a slow start to sweep aside India 4-0. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan striker Takayuki Suzuki (fore) is hugged by teammate Shiunji Ono after scoring an opening goal in a World Cup qualifier against India at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan overcame a slow start to sweep aside India 4-0. (Kyodo)

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(7)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Players are kept waiting for the start of the second half of a World Cup qualifier between Japan and India after Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta was hit by a partial power failure on Sept. 8. (Kyodo)

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(4)Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono (R) gets congratulations from teammates Alessandro Santos (L) and Masashi Motoyama (19) after scoring Japan's second score with a free kick in the second half of a World Cup qualifier against India at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan overcame a slow start to sweep aside India 4-0. (Kyodo)

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(5) Japan sweep aside India in World Cup q'fier

CALCUTTA, India - Japan midfielder Takashi Fukunishi (R) scores a header over a block attempt made by India goalkeeper Sandip Nandi in the second half of their World Cup qualifier at Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta on Sept. 8. Japan defeated India 4-0. (Kyodo)

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Japan vs S. Korea in semifinal at AFC Youth Championship

KOLKATA, India - Japan midfielder Yosuke Kashiwagi (R) battles for the ball with a South Korean player during their semifinal of the AFC Youth Championship at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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Japan vs S. Korea in semifinal at AFC Youth Championship

KOLKATA, India - Japan forward Yasuhito Morishima (R) shoots during the first half of a semifinal game against South Korea at the AFC Youth Championship at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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Japan beat S. Korea in AFC Youth Championship semifinal

KOLKATA, India - Japan players celebrate their victory in a semifinal against South Korea of the AFC Youth Championship at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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Salt Lake City ready for 2002 winter Olymics

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flameholder at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City is illuminated by searchlights on Feb. 7, the eve of the opening of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in the city.

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(9)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium is lit up with displays of fireworks at the end of a 2-1/2-hour opening ceremony Feb. 8.

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(8)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Mika Yoshida (L), a primary school pupil from Yokohama, smiles with chief Olympic organizer Mitt Romney after she carried an Olympic flag with seven other children during the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(8)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flag is carried into the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8 by eight persons representing the five continents. Japan's gold medalist Kazuyoshi Funaki (2nd from L) represented Asia, joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu (Africa), former astronaut John Glenn (the Americas), former Polish President Lech Walesa (Europe) and Australian athlete Cathy Freeman (Oceania). Also among the flag-bearers were 1968 alpine skiing gold medalist Jean-Claude Killy, movie maker Steven Spielberg and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau to represent the pillars of the Olympic Movement.

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(7)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japanese athletes enjoy the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(7)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - A big bear and moose are featured in a show of the Western Nature during the opening ceremony of the 19th Olympic Winter Games at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8.

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(6)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Members of the original inhabitants of Utah give dance performances during the opening ceremony of the 19th Olympic Winter Games at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8.

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(5)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's speed skater Eriko Sammiya carries the Japanese flag during the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24.

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(4)Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games end

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (L) speaks at the closing ceremony for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Feb. 24. Mitt Romney, president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, stands by him.

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(4)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The Olympic flame burns atop the glass and steel cauldron at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on Feb. 8. Mike Eruzione, captain of the American gold medal-winning ice hockey team in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games, accepted the torch and with his team mates sent the flame up the 117-foot-tall tower.