Gianni Infantino holds Kuwait talks on staging 2022 World Cup games
FIFA President Gianni Infantino held talks in Kuwait on Sunday about the country staging 2022 World Cup matches as he pushes to enlarge the Qatar tournament from 32 to 48 teams. After meeting with the emir of Kuwait and soccer officials, Infantino flew to Doha ...
Diego Oliveira scored twice in the opening half, while Kensuke Nagai netted his 50th J. League first-division goal, as FC Tokyo showed its class with a 3-1 dismantling of Kashima Antlers on Sunday. The victory at Ajinomoto Stadium continues an impressive start to the season ...
Marinos, Grampus deliver entertaining duel from start to finish in 1-1 draw
Fans of conservative, defensive soccer would have done well to steer clear of Nissan Stadium on Saturday night. That left plenty of room for everyone else to enjoy the end-to-end action between two offensive-minded sides as Yokohama F. Marinos and Nagoya Grampus battled to a ...
Striker Yuya Kubo on Friday scored his first goal since joining German first-division side Nuremberg in a 1-1 draw with Schalke. Kubo headed home a long-range pass from Matheus Pereira to open the scoring in the 82nd minute, but the visitors equalized three minutes later. Kubo, ...
Arsenal closed in on the Europa League semifinals with a 2-0 home win over Italy's Napoli on Thursday, while Chelsea scored late to earn a 1-0 victory at Slavia Prague. Coming off a disappointing 1-0 loss to Everton on Sunday, Arsenal produced an attacking display ...
After showing no fear against Real Madrid, a young Ajax squad didn't back down against Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus either. Ajax replied quickly after Ronaldo scored on the stroke of halftime Wednesday, with David Neres equalizing 30 seconds after the break to secure a 1-1 ...
Japan striker Musashi Suzuki bagged a hat trick as Consadole Sapporo thrashed visiting Shonan Bellmare 4-1 in the Levain Cup on Wednesday night. The recent Samurai Blue debutant completed his hat trick 20 minutes into the second half of the Group A clash at Sapporo ...
Former Japan manager Vahid Halilhodzic drops defamation suit against JFA
Former Japan manager Vahid Halilhodzic withdrew the lawsuit he filed against the Japan Football Association over his dismissal just two months before last year's World Cup finals on Wednesday. According to Halilhodzic's lawyer, the Bosnian will not go forward with his claim that the JFA ...
Japan loses lead twice in draw against Germany in Women's World Cup warmup
Japan gave up a one-goal lead twice and played out a 2-2 draw against world No. 2 Germany Tuesday in a warmup for June's FIFA Women's World Cup. Goals from Yui Hasegawa and Kumi Yokoyama gave Japan leads in both halves at Benteler Arena in ...
The Japanese men's national team will play an international friendly against El Salvador on June 9, the Japan Football Association announced Wednesday. Japan, ranked No. 26 in the world, will face No. 71 El Salvador for the first time. The match at Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi in ...
Sweeping changes needed for J. League Cup
With the J. League season in full swing, it's sometimes easy to forget that the J. League YBC Levain Cup is also in progress. As Japan's four Asian Champions League representatives battle it out across East Asia, 14 other first-division teams, as well as two ...
Different round, same comfortable win. Porto must be sick of the sight of Liverpool in the Champions League. Liverpool built a 2-0 lead over Porto heading into the second leg of the quarterfinals thanks to first-half goals by Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino at Anfield ...
