Second-division Nagoya Grampus beat non-league Vanraure Hachinohe 2-1 after the remaining 25 minutes of their rescheduled Emperor's Cup third-round game was played Wednesday night. Nagoya led the initial July 12 game at Nagoya's Paloma Mizuho Stadium 1-0 through Ryo Nagai's goal when it was abandoned ...
Holders Kashima Antlers cruised into the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup with a 5-0 drubbing of second-division Montedio Yamagata on Wednesday night. Kawasaki Frontale, who lost to Antlers in last season's final in Osaka, beat J2 club Thespakusatsu Gunma 4-0 and also reached the ...
Kashima Antlers' phenomenal end to last season has whetted, not sated, their appetite for more success, insists manager Masatada Ishii. Antlers rose from the ashes of an inconsistent J. League campaign that saw them finish third in the overall table — 15 points behind first-place ...
This season's Emperor's Cup final will be held at Saitama Stadium and there will be an increase in prize money for the winners, the Japan Football Association said on Thursday. In a bid to improve the competition, prize money for the champions of the New ...
Brazilian substitute Fabricio struck an extra-time winner as J. League champions Kashima Antlers completed a league and cup double with a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale in the Emperor’s Cup final on Sunday. Shuto Yamamoto headed Kashima into a 42nd-minute lead before Kawasaki hit back ...
J. League champions Kashima Antlers will be looking to complete a remarkable finish to the season with another title win when they take on Kawasaki Frontale in the final of the Emperor's Cup on Sunday at Suita Stadium. Few could have predicted the recent form ...
Shogo Taniguchi grabbed the late winner as Kawasaki Frontale reached their first Emperor's Cup final after a 1-0 win over Omiya Ardija on Thursday. Kawasaki will meet the Kashima Antlers in the final on New Year's Day after the J. League champions beat Yokohama F. ...
Shuhei Akasaki hit the winner as the Kashima Antlers defeated Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Emperor's Cup on Saturday. Akasaki struck with a clever finish in the 57th minute and goalkeeper Hitoshi Sogahata, one of the stars of Kashima's ...
Kashima Antlers needed a late own goal to edge past Fagiano Okayama and reach the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Thursday as they claimed a hard-fought 2-1 win against the J2 outfit. Okayama, sitting fifth in the second tier and in a playoff ...
Kwansei Gakuin University pushed Albirex Niigata to the edge, but wase undone by four goals from Rafael Silva as the J1 club claimed a 5-3 extra-time thriller on Saturday in the second round of the Emperor's Cup. However, three top-flight sides were taken out by ...
The time has come for yokozuna Hakuho to look in the mirror, recognize the person looking back at him as head and shoulders above all others the greatest sumo wrestler that has ever lived, but to then accept that it is now time to ...
Brazilian striker Patric scored twice as Gamba Osaka retained the Emperor's Cup with a 2-1 win over Urawa Reds in the final in Tokyo on Friday, the last day of the Japanese soccer season. Patric, who was also on target in Gamba's 3-1 extra-time win ...
