Soccer

The former Samurai Blue captain, who has played 13 seasons in Germany, said he is not yet ready to retire.

Economic woes are taking a toll on China’s professional soccer clubs, with 11 being disqualified for failing to pay wages and five closing shop on their own terms, including last season’s Chinese Super League side Tianjin Tianhai. Low attendance and gaudy contracts for overseas signings ...

The resumption of the German soccer league has put players back on the field, coaches back on the sideline, and commentators back in the booth. The booth, however, could be just about anywhere. Dan O’Hagan is a veteran soccer commentator who has called games at the ...

Thousands of Gladbach fans paid to have their photos displayed in the stands as part of a charity campaign.

Genki Haraguchi struck his fifth goal of the season on Saturday to help Hannover to a 4-2 away win over Osnabruck in the German second division. In the club's first game after a prolonged coronavirus-enforced shutdown, the Japanese midfielder capped his team's comeback when he ...

Lionel Messi's Barcelona and the rest of the Spanish league can resume play in June after three months of waiting for the coronavirus pandemic to subside. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday that the nation’s wildly popular La Liga and other professional sports competitions ...

Former Japan captain Makoto Hasebe will remain with Eintracht Frankfurt for the 2020-2021 season after agreeing to a one-year contract extension, the German first-division club said Friday. The 36-year-old will play his 14th season in Germany since moving from the J. League's Urawa Reds to ...

Manchester United is suing the makers of the Football Manager video game series for allegedly infringing its trademark by using the club’s name. The English Premier League side has taken legal action against the developers of the popular soccer management simulation for replacing the club ...

Italy's heritage authority raised no objections to tearing down Milan's 1920s-era San Siro arena, a document seen by Reuters showed, removing a major obstacle to plans by the city's top-flight soccer clubs to replace it with a new stadium. Serie A clubs AC Milan and ...