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J LEAGUE CUP

Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 27, 2023
Kyogo Furuhashi scores brace to lift Celtic in Scottish League Cup final
After hitting a brace in last season's final against Hibernian, Furuhashi repeated the trick at Hampden Park as Celtic held off its Old Firm rival for its 21st League Cup win.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 27, 2023
Resurgent Manchester United captures League Cup to end six-year trophy drought
Ending United's longest trophy drought in 40 years is no guarantee of future success, but manager Erik ten Hag appears capable of thriving in the unrelenting spotlight at Old Trafford.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 12, 2023
Southampton stuns Manchester City in League Cup quarterfinals
City's surprise exit from the League Cup continued a worrying trend of lackluster performances.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 23, 2022
Manchester City holds off Liverpool in League Cup thriller
Manchester City beat League Cup holder Liverpool 3-2 in an cracking game on Thursday, taking the lead three times before holding on to reach the quarterfinals.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 10, 2022
Kaoru Mitoma helps lift Brighton to upset of Arsenal in League Cup
The Samurai Blue speedster started the second half at Emirates Stadium and gave the visitors a 2-1 lead against the run of play in the 58th minute.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Oct 26, 2022
Expansion could be key to revitalizing stagnant Levain Cup
J. League officials are considering changes that would add second and third-division teams to the tournament, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 22, 2022
Sanfrecce stuns Cerezo with Pieros Sotiriou double to win Levain Cup
A pair of late second-half goals by the Cypriot striker gave Sanfrecce its first-ever cup title after a total of eight runner-up finishes in Japan's two marquee club tournaments.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 1, 2022
Urawa fights back to win WE League Cup final over Beleza
Down 3-0 with less than 20 minutes left on the clock, the Reds rallied back to equalize the game before winning in penalties at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Aug 16, 2022
WE League aims to build on first-season challenges
After a challenging debut season, Japan's professional women's soccer competition will return to action on Saturday with the first edition of the WE League Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 30, 2021
Nagoya shuts down Cerezo to win club's first Levain Cup
Goals from Naoki Maeda and Sho Inagaki combined with a strong defensive performance carried the day for Massimo Ficcadenti's men at Saitama Stadium.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 23, 2021
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer concerned by slow starts after Cup exit
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his club must eliminate the "pedestrian" starts from its game after an early goal from West Ham United's Manuel Lanzini knocked United out of the League Cup in the third round on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 22, 2021
Takumi Minamino nets brace for Liverpool in cup win over Norwich
The Samurai Blue attacker, who returned this summer from a loan spell with Southampton, made an instant impact in his first appearance of the season.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 7, 2021
John Stones helps send Man City past United in League Cup semifinals
City will meet Tottenham in the final at Wembley on April 25 as the club goes for its fourth straight League Cup title.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 4, 2021
Tokyo defeats Kashiwa to capture third Levain Cup title
Adailton's second-half decider gave Kenta Hasegawa's men their first major title in nine years in front of over 24,000 fans at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2020
Vegalta threatened by poor finances and fan anger
The Tohoku side announced earlier this week that an expected $6 million in losses this year will plunge the club into insolvency.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 14, 2020
Criticism builds over Sagan Tosu’s handling of coronavirus cluster
While President Minoru Takehara said the cluster “could have happened at any club,” media outlets have raised concern over Sagan's handling of the outbreak.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 15, 2020
Packed schedules await J. League clubs
The top-flight J1 League will play as few as two rounds behind closed doors, but players will face frequent midweek games as the league rushes to make up for lost time.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Apr 10, 2019
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.
Rugby
Feb 7, 2019
Top League Cup to be staged before Rugby World Cup
Japan's top-flight and second-tier rugby teams will compete for the Top League Cup ahead of this year's World Cup, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 8, 2017
Cerezo, Frontale advance to J. League Cup final
Yasuki Kimoto scored a dramatic injury-time winner as Cerezo Osaka edged local rivals Gamba Osaka 2-1 on Sunday to reach their first J. League Cup final.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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