HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP)– Japanese players put on black armbands in their Women’s World Cup opener versus Zambia on Saturday complying with the fatality of Fumiko Tottori, the mommy ofJapanese Princess Takamado
The princess is the honorary customer of the Japan Football Association, as well as her mommy, Tottori, 96, passed away Tuesday inTokyo FIFA provided the organization’s demand to wear the bands as a homage.
The Japanese group put on the armbands days after New Zealand as well as Norway held a minute of silence in advance of the competition’s opening suit aftertwo men were killed in a shooting in downtown Auckland.