Japan star’s dream week: sign for Everton then star in rout of Chinese Taipei

Japanese footballer Rion Ishikawa whitethorn conflict to amended her past week. The defender, who has conscionable turned 22, completed a imagination determination to Everton past Monday and past played a starring relation successful Japan’s 4-0 East Asian Football Championship triumph implicit Chinese Taipei 2 days later. Ranked No 7 successful the world, Japan are favourites to triumph the tourney successful South Korea but Ishikawa has her sights acceptable connected a overmuch bigger prize, with the Asian Cup adjacent twelvemonth “one of our targets” and a 2nd World Cup triumph...