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Brighton and Hove Albion completed their preseason tour of Japan on Sunday with the English Premier League club beating J-League first-division side Tokyo Verdy 4-2 in an international club friendly. The visitors handed Japan international Kaoru Mitoma the captain’s arm band, but the local favorite failed to get on the scoresheet for Brighton, who had goals from Jan Paul van Hecke, Yankuba Minteh, Simon Adingra and Jeremy Sarmiento at Tokyo’s National Stadium. “I am grateful to have been made captain,” Mitoma said. “I was hoping to score in Japan, but I’ll just have to take care of that in the…

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