Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi was called up by Japan for the first time in a year Thursday as they prepare to face Indonesia ...

Pompey striker Kusini Yengi has received an automatic call-up to the Australia international squad after missing their past ...

Socceroos young gun Nestory Irankunda has been dropped, while Sydney FC right-back Rhyan Grant has been handed an unexpected ...

An experienced international footballer will represent England at his fifth World Cup this month. Harry Baker, from Banbury, ...

in front of a giant photo of Japan's World Cup-winning team. Miyamoto was captain of the Japan men's team when they co-hosted ...

entertain China in Adelaide while Bahrain host Indonesia but all are in the shadow of a dominant Japan team that are already favorites to secure qualification for an eighth consecutive World Cup.

The Indonesian U-20 national team has arrived at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, for U-20 Asian Cup. What ...

Crystal Palace midfielder Daichi Kamada said an eighth straight World Cup appearance will be within Japan's grasp if it ... with the top two teams securing direct passage to the 2026 World Cup ...

Hiroki Watanabe/Getty Images In Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia, it consisted three of the six teams that had represented Asia at the last World Cup. In a previous era, one of these usual ...

It makes the next fixture, at home against Saudi Arabia in a month’s time, incredibly important in terms of trying to qualify directly as one of the top two in this six-team group. The crowd is ...

monopolising -- alongside Japan, South Korea and Iran -- places at the World Cup during its 32-team era. And with qualification for 2026 already looking almost certain, these two fixtures would ...

HONG KONG, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Japan handed Saudi Arabia a 2-0 defeat in Jeddah on Thursday as Hajime Moriyasu's side continued their march towards the World Cup with ... Casas' team a 1-0 win ...