TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Japan's trail-blazing women's soccer players could become the first team to receive the prestigious People's Honour Award for their astonishing World Cup triumph earlier this month.
Singlism is a term used to describe discrimination against employees who are single.
There exists no evidence to support the popular view that pirates wore a black patch over one eye.
Many Asian martial arts trace their origins to the fifth century and the supposed arrival of an Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidarma, at the Shoalin temple in southern China.
Gross spread refers to the difference between the underwriting price received by a stocks-issuing company, and the real price at which the stock is placed on the market.
ZURICH, July 23 (Reuters) - Mohamed Bin Hammam, the Asian soccer chief who was due to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency last month, was banned for life by football's ruling body on Saturday for his part in a cash-for-votes scandal.