J-League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima squeezed into the third round of the Emperor’s Cup, but Nagoya Grampus were the victims of Sunday’s biggest upset. Kazuhiko Chiba’s 12th-minute goal was enough to keep Hiroshima in the tournament with a 1-0 win over Fukuoka University. But Grampus ...

Sanfrecce Hiroshima midfielder Toshihiro Aoyama pulled out of the Japan squad with suspected appendicitis, the Japan Football Association said Saturday. Aoyama complained of stomach pains after Japan’s 3-0 win over Guatemala in a friendly in Osaka on Friday night. He was diagnosed with suspected ...

Portuguese winger Nani has signed a new five-year contract at Manchester United, the Premier League champions announced on Thursday. The 26-year-old made only seven league starts last season, but new manager David Moyes has confirmed his faith in him by awarding him a deal ...

J.League first-division side Kashiwa Reysol announced Thursday that manager Nelsinho rejoined the team after withdrawing his resignation. “We met on Tuesday, and he said he wanted to give it another try and asked for the chance to do so,” team director Tatsuma Yoshida said. ...

If England beats Moldova at home Friday night and then defeats Ukraine (a) and Montenegro (h), it will top Group H and qualify automatically for the World Cup finals next year. Its fate is in its own hands. The bad news is — so ...

J. League first-division side Omiya Ardija announced Wednesday that midfielder Shin Kanazawa will be out for four weeks with a knee injury. The 29-year-old, who has two goals in 21 J1 games this season, hurt the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in ...

Shinji Kagawa confirmed he will be staying at Manchester United after arriving back in Japan on transfer deadline day Monday for the national team’s upcoming friendlies with Guatemala and Ghana. Kagawa has not featured in any of United’s three Premier League games so far ...