Andre Schurrle struck a late winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Urawa Reds 3-2 on Saturday to score their first win under new coach Peter Bosz in a preseason friendly for the Bundesliga side. The Reds more than held their own against Dortmund and Shinzo Koroki ...
Shinji Kagawa has extended his contract with Borussia Dortmund by two years until June 2020. "Shinji feels a very strong connection to this club, the city and our fans," Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc said. Dortmund announced his contract extension Friday after landing in Tokyo for ...
Shinji Kagawa said Tuesday he will be ready for the Aug. 18 start of the new Bundesliga season with Borussia Dortmund despite dislocating his left shoulder while on international duty. "It's no issue at all for next season," said the 28-year-old, who suffered the injury ...
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, ...
Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic picked in-form Gent striker Yuya Kubo and also sprung a few surprises on Thursday as he named his 25-man squad for the upcoming friendly against Syria and World Cup final-round qualifier away to Iraq. Kubo, who scored in Japan's last two ...
Cerezo Osaka announced on Monday that it will host Spanish side Sevilla on July 17 in a friendly as part of the J. League's newly launched International Series. Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake will face his old La Liga club, with whom the 27-year old spent ...
Shinji Kagawa's Borussia Dortmund defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 at home on Saturday in its first Bundesliga game since its bus was targeted by three explosions on Tuesday, and he was full of praise for the club's fans. "The (fans) created the atmosphere that enabled us ...
Midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored one goal and created another but Borussia Dortmund lost the first leg of their rescheduled Champions League quarterfinal against Monaco 3-2 on Wednesday, a day after three explosions targeted the German Bundesliga team's bus. Kagawa showed great awareness to set up ...
Three explosions went off near a bus carrying Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa's Borussia Dortmund team Tuesday ahead of a Champions League match at the German side's home stadium. Investigators said they found a letter appearing to claim responsibility for the blasts near the bus that ...
Shinji Kagawa continued his late season surge by opening his 2016-17 account with a goal and an assist in Borussia Dortmund's 3-0 win over Hamburg SV on Tuesday. It was better late than never for the Japan midfielder, who, with just seven games left in ...
Man-of the-moment Yuya Kubo scored a goal and set up two more as Japan took a step closer to a sixth straight World Cup appearance with a 4-0 drubbing of Thailand on Tuesday. Gent striker Kubo, who scored his first international goal in his third ...
Shinji Kagawa may have returned to the starting lineup for Japan in Thursday's win over the United Arab Emirates, but the Dortmund midfielder feels far from certain about his place in the first team. Following training on Sunday for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Thailand ...
