A planned new soccer league in Tokyo ... of 73 players who plan to sign up for the over-80 league. They will start in three teams of blue, red and white. Japan Sports Agency surveys showed that ...

Miyamoto was captain of the Japan men's team when they co-hosted the World Cup with South Korea in 2002, a tournament that helped spark huge interest in football among the Japanese public.

But after the team swept Colombia off the pitch, Japanese fans also did their share of sweeping: meticulously cleaning up their ... the football culture but part of Japanese culture," Japan ...

This one came in a penalty shootout against 2018 runner-up Croatia ... 30 minutes of play. Japan first reached the round of 16 at the World Cup as co-host in 2002. The team made it that ...

Iniesta is among three foreign footballers who played for Japanese teams and are being dunned various amounts by the Japanese Tax Agency for not toeing the line on their tax obligations ...

Primarily working on football ... both Australia and Japan today. "Moriyasu-san is a fantastic coach," Popovic said. "You can see how well he's doing with the national team.

Here is its original subtitle: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan ... was now fully into soccer, that soccer simply would swallow up the other codes whole ...

Two weeks ago, we offered our picks for the 10 greatest NFL teams of all time, so now we turn our attention to college football ... and I think we could line up and play with any college team ...

Japan's Kaoru Mitoma and Australia's Cameron Burgess, center, in the air, compete for the ball during the World Cup 2026 Group C qualifying soccer match between Australia and Japan at Saitama ...

I see this as a positive step forward," Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu said. "Naturally, we will not be satisfied with this result, but will continue to build up our strength for the national team ...

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia – The Philippine Azkals conceded a late goal to Japan, 2-1, on Sunday and settled for a runner-up finish in the ... men’s national football team. Azkals veteran Misagh ...

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