Japan women's captain Aya Miyama has been persuaded to remain at Okayama Yunogo Belle, the club announced Wednesday. The 31-year-old midfielder expressed her intention to leave the club late last month after being upset by the way the players were treated by interim coach Haruo ...
Nadeshiko stalwarts Miyama, Iwabuchi to miss Sweden friendly
Nadeshiko Japan coach Asako Takakura overlooked regular captain Aya Miyama for selection as she named her squad on Wednesday for an upcoming friendly away to Sweden. Miyama, the three-time Asian Player of the Year, missed Japan's first two matches under Takakura against world champion the ...
Nadeshiko boss Takakura announces youthful side for managerial debut
New Nadeshiko Japan manager Asako Takakura picked a youthful side on Friday as the 48-year-old prepares for her first matches in charge. The Japan women's national team's first games since it failed to qualify for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics will be a pair ...
Nadeshiko Japan coach Norio Sasaki said on Wednesday that he is stepping down after the team failed to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Following a 1-0 victory over North Korea that wrapped up the women's Asian Olympic qualifiers, Sasaki, who guided Japan to ...
Nadeshiko Japan aims for positive finish to failed Olympic-qualification campaign
All good things come to an end, as it will Wednesday for this Nadeshiko Japan team, which has spectacularly failed to qualify for the Olympics, just eight months removed from reaching its second consecutive Women's World Cup final. It's being whispered that everyone from coach ...
Nadeshiko Japan failed to qualify for their fourth successive Olympic Games on Monday night, missing out on one of Asia's two places at Rio de Janeiro this summer after China defeated South Korea 1-0. After winning the 2011 Women's World Cup, capturing a silver medal ...
Nadeshiko Japan is in need of a miracle to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the former world champions went down 2-1 at the hands of China on Friday. Goals from Zhang Rui and Gu Yasha sent China on its way past Japan, ...
Nadeshiko Japan is in need of a miracle to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the former world champion lost 2-1 to China on Friday. Zhang Rui and Gu Yasha struck for China before Japan pulled one back through Kumi Yokoyama, which proved ...
Nadeshiko Japan captain Aya Miyama has been named to the first women's World XI, FIFPro, the global players' union, said Thursday. Miyama, who captained Japan to a runner-up finish at last year's Women's World Cup in Canada, was the only Asian player in the team, ...
Kawasaki Frontale striker Yoshito Okubo was named the 2015 Footballer of the Year on Thursday in a poll of Japan's soccer writers. The 33-year-old won the honor for the first time, receiving 51 of 2011 valid votes cast after topping the J. League scoring chart ...
Japan coach Norio Sasaki says his players must adapt to life without talismanic midfielder Homare Sawa as he named his squad for the team's first training camp since the former Women's World Player of the Year retired last month. Sasaki named a squad of 26 ...
Miyama receives AFC Women's Player of Year honor for third time
Nadeshiko Japan captain Aya Miyama was named the Asian Football Confederation's Women's Player of the Year on Thursday for the third time. At the Women's World Cup in Canada, the 30-year-old scored twice and added two assists to lead Japan to the final, where it ...
