Soccer: Taxi for Japan as team bus fails to turn up for training

Japan's preparations for their final World Cup qualifier away to Saudi Arabia hit an unexpected snag on Sunday, when the team bus failed to turn up at their hotel to take the squad to practice.According to Japan Football Association press officials, the bus got caught in a traffic jam as the busy "hajj" annual five-day Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca came to an end, forcing coach Vahid Halilhodzic and his players and staff to take taxis to training at Al-Ahli Saudi FC's home stadium.The Saudi Arabian Football Federation is partly responsible for handling Japan's travel arrangements while the te…READ FULL ARTICLE