J. League

Antlers have drawn three and lost two of their last five games under the 48-year-old Swiss, with their last victory a 2-1 July 2 win against Kashiwa Reysol.

The victory, Hiroshima's first in five games, dropped Antlers to fourth place with 40 points, opening a potential gulf in the J1 League title race.

Kevin Muscat's men extended their lead atop the J1 League table through goals by Elber and Tomoki Iwata in front of an appreciative Nissan Stadium crowd.

In the final leg of their first-ever Japan tour, Paris Saint-Germain had their best offensive performance at a full Panasonic Stadium Suita against a Gamba Osaka side fighting relegation.

The result at Ibaraki Prefecture's Kashima Stadium snapped relegation-threatened Vissel's three-game win streak.

Yuya Osako struck the winner in injury time as Vissel Kobe moved from the foot of the J-League first-division standings with a 2-1 victory over fellow strugglers Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday. The veteran Japan forward made the breakthrough in the 92nd minute after substituting for ...

The two "Original 10" sides traded blows before the league-leading Marinos pulled away at Tokyo's National Stadium to earn the team's 500th J1 victory.

Midfielder Yoshiaki Komai scored a fine winner as Consadole Sapporo ended a three-game losing run with a 1-0 home win over Gamba Osaka in the J. League first division on Sunday. Sapporo, which had conceded a staggering 15 goals in those three games, dominated at ...

The Brazilian striker doubled his J1 goal tally after netting for Kevin Muscat's side in each half at Nissan Stadium, helping to extend Yokohama's lead atop the table.