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Former Spain striker Fernando Torres has renewed his contract with J. League first-division side Sagan Tosu, the club announced Sunday. Torres, who scored 38 goals in 110 matches for Spain's national team, joined unheralded Sagan last July in a shock move that made headlines around ...
Spaniard Lluis Carreras will manage Sagan Tosu next season, the club announced on Friday. The 46-year-old Carreras is a former teammate of ex-Spain international Fernando Torres, who was the club's big signing this season. The two played together at Atletico Madrid for two seasons from ...
Relegation-threatened Sagan name Kim Myung-hwi to replace Massimo Ficcadenti
J. League first-division side Sagan Tosu tabbed assistant coach Kim Myung-hwi to run the relegation-threatened team on the field from Tuesday, leaving existing Italian head coach Massimo Ficcadenti in limbo. A day after reports surfaced that Ficcadenti had been fired, the club named Kim, a ...
Reysol, Sagan play to 1-1 draw
Two teams arrived at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium in desperate need of a win on Saturday afternoon, and neither found what they were looking for as Kashiwa Reysol and Sagan Tosu battled to a 1-1 draw in the first of the day's J. League ...
Fernando Torres scores to help Sagan Tosu beat Andres Iniesta's Vissel Kobe in Emperor's Cup
Sagan Tosu proved to be too good for Vissel Kobe in the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Wednesday, with a Fernando Torres goal, his first in Japan, closing out a 3-0 win. The former Spanish national team star started the match on the ...
Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres set to square off in Emperor's Cup clash
Spanish stars Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres appear set to clash on Wednesday after both players were registered for the Emperor's Cup by their respective J. League clubs. Iniesta's Vissel Kobe will travel to Best Amenity Stadium to take on Torres' Sagan Tosu, with a ...
Sagan Tosu have acquired former Japan forward Mu Kanazaki from Kashima Antlers, the J. League squad announced on Tuesday. In a statement issued by the club, the 29-year-old Kanazaki said he wants to "adjust to the team as soon as possible and contribute to winning." Kanazaki ...
Former Spain internationals Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres were each on the losing side Sunday in their anticipated J. League debuts. Iniesta received a hero's welcome from Vissel Kobe fans at Noevir Stadium, but Shonan Bellmare spoiled the party by running away 3-0 winners. Torres, meanwhile, ...
Fernando Torres wants to put the small southwestern city of Tosu on the soccer map, the former Atletico Madrid and Liverpool striker said Sunday. Speaking at a press conference shortly after landing at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the new star for J. League side Sagan Tosu ...
Veteran striker Fernando Torres accepts offer to join Sagan Tosu
Former Spain striker Fernando Torres has agreed to join Sagan Tosu, the J. League club said Tuesday. The first-division team announced that the 34-year-old, who had stints in the English Premier League with Liverpool and Chelsea, will wear the No. 9 jersey for Tosu, currently ...
