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Japan’s humbling defeat to Brazil in the opening game of the Confederations Cup last weekend was a bitter pill to swallow, but that does not mean Alberto Zaccheroni’s side cannot get its campaign back on track against Italy on Wednesday. Brazil brushed the Asian champions aside 3-0 in Brasilia on ...
Having everything to play for on Tuesday, Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured berths at the 2014 World Cup ...
During his three years as Japan manager, Alberto Zaccheroni has generally kept it dry, remaining a cool customer when speaking ...
Nigeria rolled to a 6-1 victory at the Confederations Cup on Monday over Tahiti, which was making its debut at a major FIFA tournament. Nnamdi Oduamadi scored a hat trick for the African champions, while Elderson Echiejile added two more goals. Still, the team ...
Former J. League manager Josip Kuze died Monday of leukemia in Zagreb after several months of battling with the disease, French daily L’Equipe reported. He was 60. The Croatian-born coach and former player spent most of his playing career as a defender for Dinamo ...
Italy delivered a classy performance to beat Mexico behind goals from Andrea Pirlo and Mario Balotelli in its Confederations Cup debut on Sunday. But manager Cesare Prandelli has no plans to bask in the victory at the Maracana, with a tricky proposition in Japan ...
Skipper Lucas Neill says his Australian squad’s full focus is on beating Iraq in its last Asian qualifier to guarantee direct entry to next year’s World Cup, so the Socceroos aren’t practicing the samba yet. Australia can secure the second automatic qualifying spot in ...
Neymar scores in the third minute as Brazil beats Japan 3-0 in the opening match of the Confederations Cup.
A group of stars representing the Tohoku region defeated a J. League select team 2-1 on Sunday behind goals from Daisuke Matsui and Mu Kanazaki in front of a crowd of 41,246 at National Stadium. The game was held to benefit reconstruction in the ...
Quebec’s soccer federation is ending its much-criticized turban ban. The organization made the announcement Saturday, one day after soccer’s world body said wearing turbans on the field was acceptable. The ban prompted the Canadian Soccer Association to suspend the Quebec Soccer Federation earlier this ...
Iraq captain and leading goal scorer Younis Mahmoud and midfielder Nashat Akram, a veteran of more than 110 games for his country, have announced their immediate retirements just days ahead of the team’s Asian confederation World Cup qualifier against Australia. A posting on the ...
Manchester City revealed one of the worst-kept secrets in soccer by hiring Manuel Pellegrini as its new manager on Friday, entrusting a man nicknamed “The Engineer” to revamp the club’s playing philosophy and follow the path trodden by Barcelona in search of silverware. Headhunted ...
With the words of Pele ringing in its ears that it is “not good enough” to win the tournament, Brazil opens the Confederations Cup on Saturday with an appetizing encounter in the capital against Asian champion Japan. With Italy and Mexico, which embarrassed the ...
Japan will be the first one to say how good Brazil is, especially after being thrashed by the five-time world champions 4-0 in October. But that doesn’t mean it thinks Brazil are invincible. “We saw the France game,” Japan captain Makoto Hasebe said on ...
Southampton striker Tadanari Lee fired a thinly veiled parting shot at FC Tokyo coach Ranko Popovic on Friday, saying he was leaving because he was unhappy at a lack of playing time during his loan spell with the J. League club. “I felt like ...