Olympics: Japan in peril after women's volleyball loss to Brazil

Japan fell to the brink of elimination from the Paris Olympic women's volleyball tournament Thursday with a 3-0 loss to world No. 2 Brazil that underscored the South American team's gold medal aspirations.After losing its opener to Poland, seventh-ranked Japan needed to win to have a chance of automatically advancing to the quarterfinals as one of the top two teams in Pool B.Captain Sarina Koga and company must now aim to move on to the knockout stage as one of the two best teams from outside the top two in the respective pools.Brazil, led by captain Gabriela "Gabi" Guimaraes, exacted payba…READ FULL ARTICLE