Football: Morita looks to World Cup after Champions League elimination

Sporting CP midfielder Hidemasa Morita will keep striving for a place in Japan's World Cup squad after the Portuguese club missed out on a maiden Champions League semifinal berth following Wednesday's 1-0 aggregate loss to Arsenal in the last eight.Rui Borges' men were aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the opening leg of the quarterfinal but could not convert from a handful of chances in a scoreless stalemate against the English Premier League leaders at London's Emirates Stadium.Morita was in the thick of the action for the visitors, winning contested balls and initiating attacking mov…READ FULL ARTICLE