Yokohama F. Marinos spoiled Shonan Bellmare’s return to the J. League first division with a late comeback for a 4-2 win as the 2013 season got under way on Saturday. Bellmare, back in the top flight after a two-year absence, fell behind on a 40th-minute Shunsuke Nakamura free kick at ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in ...
Exactly 22 years ago on Saturday, a lithe 17-year-old wearing a baggy shirt and hitched-up shorts ran on as a ...
Highlighting the top nine finishers from the J. League last season in the second part of this two-day preview.
Like all Chelsea managers, Rafa Benitez was a dead man walking from day one. Of the previous eight during the Abramovich era, only Guus Hiddink wasn’t fired, but the Dutchman was on loan from the Russian Football Federation for three months. Even the trigger-happy ...
Kosuke Kimura, the first Japan-born player in America’s Major League Soccer, will begin his seventh pro season on Sunday as the newest member of a star-studded New York Red Bulls team seeking its first MLS Cup championship. The 28-year-old defender, who was drafted in ...
Japan will play Bulgaria in a friendly on May 30 at Toyota Stadium, the Japan Football Association announced on Thursday. The match will serve as a warmup for the Asian champions’ final two qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup at home to Australia on ...
FC Tokyo leads a host of teams looking to improve their fortunes during the 2013 J. League campaign.
Worn down by constant criticism by fans, Rafael Benitez announced Wednesday he will leave as Chelsea’s manager at the end of the season. Benitez made his decision public during an extraordinary post-match outburst in which he also took aim at the Premier League club’s ...
Just over seven years have passed since Toninho Cerezo ended his first glittering reign as Kashima Antlers manager, but after returning to the club for a second stint, the Brazilian is pleased to find that not everything has changed in his absence. Cerezo led ...
Cristiano Ronaldo got the better of Lionel Messi on Tuesday, scoring twice to lead Real Madrid to a 3-1 win at Barcelona and a spot in the Copa del Rey final. After salvaging a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Madrid neutralized Barcelona’s passing ...
