Sunday’s briefing: Scotland suffer Japan defeat while Maguire gets reality check There were some boos from fans after Japan’s 1-0 friendly victory in Glasgow. The Independent UK · Mar 29
England squad hit by more dropouts as Stones and Arsenal trio pull out of Japan game England were hit by further injuries as Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and John Stones pulled out of the squad to face Japan The Guardian - UK · Mar 28
Steve Clarke ‘disappointed’ as some Scotland fans boo team after Japan defeat Scotland 0-1 Japan: Junya Ito’s late finish earned the visitors a deserved victory and the sections of the Tartan Army let their feelings known The Independent UK · Mar 28
Will Anduril founder Palmer Luckey’s insistence on deferring to U.S. interests scare off the allies he wants to arm? "I’m not going to go to prison to sell you spare parts," Luckey tells Fortune. Fortune · Mar 28
Steve Clarke disappointed as Scotland fans boo team after Japan defeat Hajime Moriyasu’s visitors got the breakthrough in the 84th minute through substitute Junya Ito. The Independent UK · Mar 28
Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka among eight players to leave England camp ahead of Japan game Meanwhile, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will depart having featured against Uruguay, with Noni Madueke, Adam Wharton and John Stones also return to their clubs after picking up knocks The Independent UK · Mar 28
Rivalry breaks records: Malaysia made Japan and South Korea compete to build twin towers and the results shocked everyone Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers project saw an unusual dual-contractor approach, pitting Japanese and South Korean teams against each other. This unofficial race, fueled by national pride and tight deadlines, accelerated construction. Despite engineering complexities, the parallel execution and competitive spirit delivered the iconic skyscrapers, briefly holding the world's tallest title… The Times of India · Mar 28
Passive Scotland’s World Cup preparations hit by late defeat against Japan Six minutes from time, Junya Ito scored from close range for the only goal of a poor game as Japan beat Scotland 1-0 in Glasgow The Guardian - UK · Mar 28
Japan strike late to beat Scotland at Hampden Junya Ito shot past keeper Angus Gunn in the 84th minute to break the deadlock. The Independent UK · Mar 28
Scotland 0-1 Japan: international football friendly – as it happened MBM: Junya Ito scored late on to give the Samurai Blue a deserved win at Hampden. Scott Murray was watching The Guardian - UK · Mar 28
"The more you push, the slower you go" - Japan's odd F1 qualifying explained The vagaries of Formula 1's 2026 regulations keep causing headaches in qualifying ahead of crunch talks to tweak the rules Autosport · Mar 28
"Hurts your soul": Why F1 drivers were so upset after Suzuka qualifying Energy harvesting rules are forcing drivers to slow in fast corners, flipping qualifying on its head Motorsport · Mar 28
Isack Hadjar: Red Bull struggles in Japan 'make no sense' The Austrian outfit is in a midfield fight at this weekend's Japanese GP for round three of F1 2026 Motorsport · Mar 28
Scotland v Japan LIVE: Clarke responds to ‘disappointing’ boos after pre-World Cup friendly Scotland 0-1 Japan: Junya Ito fired an 83rd-minute winner for the visitors to kick off the World Cup countdown The Independent UK · Mar 28
The Times of India · Mar 28 Four US senators to tour Taiwan Donald's Trump China visit A bipartisan group of four US senators will visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea in the coming days ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned trip to Beijing in May, in a move aimed at reinforcing American alliances in Asia.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 28 Sony freezes memory card orders in Japan amid growing storage crisis — the company attributes the cause to ‘shortage of semiconductors’ Sony Japan has announced that it will no longer accept orders for almost its entire lineup of CFexpress and SD memory cards as of March 27.
International Business Times UK · Mar 28 Donald Trump's Toyota Claim Faces Scrutiny After Saying 92-Year-Old 'Owner' Pledged $10 Billion Despite Death in 2023 Explore the discrepancies in Trump's claims about Toyota's US investment and the reality, as Toyota disputes the figures.
GamesRadar · Mar 28 Should Japanese game devs focus on a Japanese style? Nioh 3 leads say it's "one of our strengths," but blindly "sticking with that Japanese style isn't good" on its own "To look at Nioh as being a very Japanese flavor is something that we think is very good"
Motorsport · Mar 28 Red Bull keen to clear the air after Max Verstappen incident with F1 journalist Max Verstappen has explained his reasoning for expelling a journalist from his Thursday press session ahead of F1's Japanese Grand Prix
The Independent UK · Mar 28 Max Verstappen explains why he kicked out British F1 journalist: ‘He laughed in my face’ Verstappen caused a stir on Thursday in Japan when he instructed a reporter to ‘get out’ from his media session
Motorsport · Mar 28 Charles Leclerc: “I go faster in corners — and lose everything on the straight” Ferrari driver’s radio message highlights how 2026 F1 rules punish drivers for pushing harder in qualifying
The Independent UK · Mar 28 Max Verstappen casts doubt over F1 future by claiming he is ‘beyond frustrated’ Verstappen was eliminated in Q2 in Japan and out-qualified by his Red Bull team-mate Isack Hadjar.
The Independent UK · Mar 28 Is Scotland v Japan on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch friendly for free Scotland will be back in action and returning to Hampden for the first time since booking their place at the World Cup
The Independent UK · Mar 28 Kimi Antonelli pips frustrated George Russell to pole at Japanese Grand Prix Buoyed by his maiden victory in China, Antonelli delivered another composed performance to secure top spot in Suzuka
The Guardian - AU · Mar 28 Kimi Antonelli on F1 Japanese GP pole in Mercedes lockout with George Russell Italian finished 0.298sec ahead of George Russell as Oscar Piastri qualified third, with his McLaren teammate Lando Norris fifth