The English Football Association has rejected a bid by Hull City’s owner to change the Premier League team’s name to Hull Tigers. Hull owner Assem Allam had claimed a name change will attract investors and boost the club’s marketing appeal abroad. In January, the ...
It has been a few years since Kashima Antlers could rightly be described as the team to beat in the J. League, but this season’s early form suggests the seven-time champions are fast recovering their old aura. Antlers lead the table after six games ...
Manager Graham Arnold has left Vegalta Sendai by “mutual consent” on Wednesday, becoming the J. League’s first coaching casualty of the season. Assistant Susumu Watanabe has replaced former Australia coach Arnold, whose side was winless in eight league and league cup games combined in ...
Norwich’s decision to fire Chris Hughton had nothing to do with race and everything to do with the millions in revenue that could be lost if the club is relegated from the Premier League. Still, the result is the same: Every manager leading his ...
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda hit the mark to score his first Italian League goal in AC Milan’s 2-1 victory over Genoa on Monday. Honda, who debuted with Milan on Jan. 12, scored in his 12th match to become the eighth Japanese player to score ...
Albirex Niigata striker Kengo Kawamata has played down his chances of making Japan’s World Cup squad, and says he just wants to focus on making an impression on coach Alberto Zaccheroni at the national team’s training camp in Chiba Prefecture. Kawamata has until now ...
Kashiwa Reysol gave Cerezo Osaka’s much-vaunted strike force a lesson in clinical finishing with a 2-1 win over the preseason J. League title favorites on Sunday. Cerezo made global headlines when they signed star Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan in January for a reported $5.9 ...
In an interview published Saturday in Italian newspaper La Gazetta dello Sport, Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda said he and AC Milan manager Clarence Seedorf have philosophical differences but were communicating. Honda, who has been criticized for failing to click since joining the Italian Serie ...
Urawa Reds have lifted their ban on banners and will allow them back from Sunday — but only with advance permission from the club. The J. League giants on Saturday said they will approve selected banners starting with the game against Vegalta Sendai at ...
Japan beat Spain 2-0 in the Under-17 Women’s World Cup final on Friday for the nation’s second title in a FIFA competition. Meika Nishida’s fifth-minute goal set the Little Nadeshiko on their way before Fuka Kono doubled Japan’s lead in the 78th minute in ...
Jose Mourinho did not mention Fernando Torres by name, but had what he said been in flashing neon lights the Chelsea manager’s message could not have been clearer. After the 3-1 Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain, Mourinho bemoaned the lack of “a real ...
Belgium striker Christian Benteke was ruled out of the World Cup after rupturing his Achilles tendon in training with English Premier League team Aston Villa on Thursday. Benteke will undergo surgery and “will be out for a minimum of six months,” Villa said in ...
