Zaccheroni spurns interested suitors

Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni said he has turned down a handful of offers for his services to steer the Blue Samurai to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, according to an interview Monday in Italian daily Repubblica. "I had offers from three different national teams and one from a foreign club but turned all of them down," said Zaccheroni, who has one year left on his contract with the Asian