Soccer

Arsene Wenger said he wasn't tired of managing Arsenal but quit after finding fan protests calling for his departure "hurtful" and damaging to the club's image. The 68-year-old Frenchman was initially reticent on Sunday to discuss the precise reason for his decision after 22 years ...

Yuya Kubo scored for Belgian Pro League side Gent in its 2-1 playoff loss away to Charleroi on Sunday. Returning to the starting lineup for the first time in six games, the 24-year-old netted in the 60th minute for his ninth goal of the season. Playing ...

Shu Hiramatsu scored a 50th-minute header and promoted V-Varen Nagasaki held on for a 1-0 victory over Kashiwa Reysol in the J. League first division on Sunday. Despite conceding the bulk of possession to Reysol at Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki, the hosts defended well and Hiramatsu ...

A third cup final with Manchester United for Jose Mourinho. More F.A. Cup semifinal misery for Tottenham. While Mauricio Pochettino wins admiration for his style of soccer, the manager has yet to actually win a trophy. A 2-1 collapse to United at Wembley Stadium on Saturday ...

Defending J. League champions Kawasaki Frontale rubbed more salt into Kashima Antlers' wounds with a resounding 4-1 win over last season's runners-up on Saturday. Frontale, who snatched the title from under Kashima's noses on the final day of last season, took a fifth-minute lead at ...

Former Japan manager Vahid Halilhodzic returned to Tokyo on Saturday to seek the reason for his shock dismissal earlier in the month. "I've always been glad to come to Japan, but the situation I'm in now is very unusual," Halilhodzic, 65, said in tears upon ...

Japan won its second straight Women's Asian Cup on Friday night with a 1-0 victory over Australia in the tournament final. Substitute Kumi Yokoyama scored the 84th-minute winner at Amman International Stadium in a replay of the 2014 final, when Nadeshiko Japan edged the Matildas ...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Friday said he will leave the English club at the end of the season after more than 21 years in charge. The 68-year-old Frenchman has won the Premier League title three times and the F.A. Cup seven times with Arsenal ...

Southampton remained deep in relegation trouble after it was held to a 0-0 draw at a lackluster Leicester City in the Premier League on Thursday. Leicester, managed by former Southampton boss Claude Puel, has now gone five home matches without a win but the ...

Asako Takakura, the first female coach of the Japan women's national soccer team, said Thursday she does not want to jinx herself by speaking about the Women's Asian Cup trophy before she gets a chance to lift it. In a news conference a day before ...