YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Real Madrid will be seeking to keep alive its chances of a unique quadruple title haul when it travels to Japan for the Club World Cup from Dec. 8-18.Madrid is trying to become the first team to win the Champions League, Spanish league, Spains Copa del Rey and the Club World Cup in the same season. It leads the Spanish league, is through to the knockout stage of the Champions League and is alive in the Copa del Rey.The tournament kicks off on Thursday in Yokohama with newly-crowned J-League champions Kashima Antlers facing Oceania champion Auckland City for a chance to advance to the second round.Zinedine Zidanes Madrid side hasnt been defeated since April at Wolfsburg in the quarterfinals of last seasons Champions League. They return to the competition with 13 of the players who lifted the Clubs World Cup title in 2014, where they beat San Lorenzo in the final.Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and Keylor Navas are all expected to participate, but the biggest absence will be Gareth Bale, who recently underwent ankle surgery.European teams have been the most successful in the tournament, with eight titles, although it is not considered as high on the priority list for European clubs as it is for the South Americans.Madrids main rival for the title will be Copa Libertadores champions Atletico Nacional who will travel to Japan with a strong team but is dealing with the trauma of the recent tragedy that caused the cancellation of the Copa Sudamericana final.Atletico was to play Brazilian club Chapecoense in the final but the plane carrying the Brazilian team to the game crashed, killing almost all on board.The Colombian club features goalkeeper Franco Armani, who did not concede a single goal during the group stage of Copa Libertadores, as well as captain Alexis Henriquez and striker Miguel Borja.Atletico opens its campaign in the semifinals on Dec. 14 in Osaka. Real Madrids first match is the following day in Yokohama.In addition to Kashima and Auckland City, Mexican side Club America, South Koreas Jeonbuk Motors and African champions Mamelodi Sundowns will all be looking for a chance to pull off an upset against the favorites.Club America will be making its third appearance in the tournament, and will feature 16 players with previous experience.Paul Aguilar is recovering from a cruciate ligament tear in his right knee, but Moises Munoz and Oribe Peralta will be available.Recently-crowned Asian champions Jeonbuk Motors will pin their hopes on veteran striker Lee Dong-gook and the Brazilian duo Leonardo and Edu.Kashima and Auckland City, who owe their place in the competition to their sixth straight OFC Champions League triumph, will vie for a chance to play Mamelodi Sundowns in Osaka on Dec. 11. Marvin Jones Jr Youth Jersey . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. Will Harris Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. http://www.authenticnfllionslockroom.com/Youth-Calvin-Johnson-Elite-Jersey/ . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. Jarrad Davis Youth Jersey . While hell be dialed in to that tournament on a course he loves, you can forgive him if his eyes glance down the calendar just a bit, towards April. Jahlani Tavai Jersey . After taking two big hits this week -- losing at home and dropping back-to-back games for the first time all season -- Indiana struck back by playing its most complete game of the year. Over the next two weeks, Insider is assessing the stability of the coaching situation for each team in the top 10 leagues. Next up: the Big East.The league doesnt have any new coaches, but a couple of guys who enter their second season sit atop the list of those with instability. Where does the coach for the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats figure into the equation? Well, there are two coaches with more stability.These rankings go in descending order from least to most stable.dddddddddddd Keep in mind that stability is not solely determined by whether a program will want to part ways with its head coach if there are perceived failings; often, success will make it difficult, if not impossible, for a program to keep a coach from leaving for a seemingly better job.Here is the breakdown of each Big East coaching situation. ' ' '