Japan’s NHK strikes late deal with Fifa for Women’s World Cup rights

Japan take on England in an international friendly  in November 2022. (Photo by Silvestre Szpylms/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
Japan take on England in an international friendly in November 2022. (Photo by Silvestre Szpylms/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)

A blackout of the Fifa Women's World Cup has been averted in Japan, after state broadcaster NHK stepped up to acquire the rights at late notice.

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