Football: Japan women head to Olympic q'fier in Saudi Arabia

Japan's national women's football team are preparing to play the first of their two final Olympic qualifying games against North Korea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Japan Football Association announced Tuesday.Norio Sasaki, the chairperson of the JFA women's committee, informed reporters in Chiba, east of Tokyo, that the team and their staff will depart for Saudi Arabia on two flights Tuesday night. The Asian Football Confederation on Monday instructed the JFA to prepare to play there.Saturday's first game of the home-and-away fixture to decide one of Asia's two berths in the 2024 Paris Olym…READ FULL ARTICLE