Popular professional soccer player Keisuke Honda's move to Mexico from Italy has Japanese tourism companies looking to score. Honda hit the back of the net in his debut for CF Pachuca on Aug. 22 in the first division of Mexico's soccer league, after he moved ...
Leicester City striker Shinji Okazaki on Saturday warned Japan not to take its foot off the pedal when it faces Saudi Arabia away in its final qualifier for the 2018 World Cup finals. With Vahid Halilhodzic's men having already secured qualification for Russia after their ...
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda said Friday he had no complaints about being benched for Thursday's 2-0 World Cup-qualifying win over Australia, but admitted he would have considered quitting the game had it been at the finals. Young guns Takuma Asano and Yosuke Ideguchi were the ...
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda is hoping he gets the chance to produce more heroics against Australia when the Samurai Blue take on the Socceroos in Thursday's crucial World Cup qualifier at Saitama Stadium. The 31-year-old Honda secured Japan's berth at the 2014 World Cup finals ...
Keisuke Honda is among 27 players named to Japan's squad for crucial World Cup qualifiers against Australia and Saudi Arabia. Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic will be counting on the experience of the veteran midfielder who scored in his debut for Mexican club Pachuca on Tuesday. Other ...
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda made an immediate impression in Pachuca colors as he came off the bench to score a goal on his Liga MX debut in a 4-1 win over Veracruz on Tuesday. Honda came on 12 minutes after the break, welcomed by cheers ...
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda said he hopes to be a useful addition at his new club Pachuca, in the Mexican League, after he was unveiled as a member of the squad on Tuesday. "I am happy to be a member of the team and hope ...
Midfielder Keisuke Honda revealed on his Instagram account on Friday that he has transferred to Mexico's Club Pachuca. The 31-year-old Honda was out of a contract at AC Milan, where his performance failed to match the hype that came with his January 2014 transfer from ...
Japan is one win away from qualifying for its sixth consecutive World Cup after grinding out a 1-1 draw away to Iraq on Tuesday. Yuya Osako opened the scoring early for Japan, but Mahdi Kamil equalized midway through the second half as the Group B ...
Japan manager Vahid Halilhodzic has warned his players that they are in for a rude surprise if they tackle next week's World Cup qualifier against Iraq with the same laissez-faire attitude with which they began Wednesday's 1-1 friendly draw with Syria. "In the first half, ...
Soccer star Keisuke Honda has caused a stir on social media with an impassioned "motivational" tweet he posted in response to a news report about Tuesday's government white paper on suicide. The annual report showed the number of suicides declining in 2016 to the lowest ...
Keisuke Honda made his final appearance for AC Milan on Sunday, making only his second start of the Serie A season in a 2-1 defeat at Cagliari. Honda, who took to Twitter last week to announce his departure from the San Siro after 3½ years, ...
