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Japan's women's soccer head coach Asako Takakura names her World Cup squad during a press conference in Tokyo Friday, May 10, 2019. Takakura is going with a youthful team as the country aims to regain its winning form. (Hiroko Harima/Kyodo News via AP)
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Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe, left, and BMX rider Rimu Nakamura attend an event to mark the start of application to buy tickets for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, in Tokyo Thursday, May 8, 2019. Japan residents began Thursday entering a lottery system, hoping to land tickets for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The sign reads " Tickets for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Open for entering a lottery system." (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
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Kosuke Kitajima, a four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist attends a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, April 18, 2019. Kitajima helped Tokyo Olympic organizers launch their ticket website on Thursday, which is where only Japan residents can buy tickets when they go on sale in Japan on May 9. But the useful site can also be accessed by people outside Japan, where basic prices are listed along with the full competition schedule. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP)
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Michell Picard, Dani Cameranesi, Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter of USA celebrate after scoring their team's first goal during the IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships quarterfinal match between USA and Japan in Espoo, Finland, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)
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FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, Calgary Inferno's Brigette Lacquette, left, battles for the puck with Les Canadiennes de Montreal's Lauriane Rougeau during the second-period action of the Clarkson Cup hockey game in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Women's Hockey League will discontinue operations on May 1, the league announced Sunday, March 31. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2015, file photo, the United States Women’s National Team celebrates with the trophy after they defeated Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. People with knowledge of FIFA’s finances told The Associated Press that in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup, FIFA’s reserves soared to $2.74 billion and revenue rose to $6.4 billion, but it also underscores the glaring disparity between men and women’s soccer. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich reacts to a call from a referee during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Friday, March 15, 2019, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 109-83. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 file photo, men work on the construction site of the Ras Abu Aboud stadium, backdropped by the city skyline in Doha, Qatar. A FIFA feasibility study concluded the 2022 World Cup can expand to 48 teams by using at least one of Qatar's neighbors as an additional host, and found there is a low legal risk to changing the format and an additional $400 million in revenue could be generated
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the 81-page report on Monday, March 11, 2019 that assesses the political, logistical and legal issues surrounding adding 16 teams _ a significant change to the format more than eight years after Qatar won the hosting rights. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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Japan midfielder Rumi Utsugi (2) and Brazil forward Marta (10) chase the ball during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
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United States' Megan Rapinoe reacts to scoring a goal during the first half of SheBelieves Cup soccer match against the Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2018, file photo, the Women's World Cup trophy is displayed at the women's soccer 2019 World Cup draw, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris. Wednesday marks 100 days until kickoff for the game’s biggest tournament, opening on June 7 in Paris. The 24-team event will be played at nine stadiums in France over the course of a month, with the final set for July 7 in Lyon. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
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Japanese golf player Hiromi Kobayashi reacts after her shot during a media tour of Kasumigaseki Country Club golf course, one of the venues of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Kawagoe, near Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Kobayashi was the LPGA's rookie of the year in 1990 and she says Japan faces high expectations. She says "as a player I was representing myself. But this is a different kind of pressure" for the country and its golfing community. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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