Sanfrecce Hiroshima defender Tsukasa Shiotani will join United Arab Emirates powerhouse Al Ain, the J. League team announced Thursday. Capped twice at the senior international level, the 28-year-old, who was one of three overage players on the Japan squad at last summer's Rio Olympics, joins ...
The Middle East has an outsize impact on energy here on Earth. One analyst thinks some regional powerhouses may leverage that role into the development of natural resources in space. Countries like the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are developing space programs and investing ...
Japan's World Cup qualifying win over the host United Arab Emirates cost it a couple of injuries as midfielder Yasuyuki Konno and forward Yuya Osako headed to the hospital after touching down at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Friday. Konno, who scored the second ...
Yuya Kubo opened his national team account and Yasuyuki Konno marked his return from the international wilderness with a goal as Japan beat United Arab Emirates 2-0 away in a final-round World Cup qualifier on Thursday night. In only his third international appearance, Belgian-based forward ...
Captain Hasebe to skip World Cup qualifiers due to knee injury
Japan captain Makoto Hasebe said Monday he will fly home for further tests after a right knee injury forced him to withdraw from the national team's upcoming final-round World Cup qualifiers against UAE and Thailand. The 33-year-old midfielder will depart having only arrived in the ...
Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic has decided to keep faith in Keisuke Honda, naming the out-of-favor AC Milan attacker to his 25-man squad on Thursday for this month's World Cup final-round qualifiers against United Arab Emirates and Thailand. Halilhodzic also threw in a few surprises as ...
UAE capitalizes on Japan's miscues to secure victory
Japan's bid to reach a sixth straight World Cup suffered a damaging early blow with a 2-1 defeat to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday night. Japan, playing its first game of the final round of Asian qualifiers for Russia 2018, took an 11th-minute lead ...
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa is hoping to exorcise his demons and help Japan get off to a winning start in the final Asian round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers when it faces the United Arab Emirates in Group B in Saitama on Thursday. UAE ...
Striker Muto named to Japan squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic recalled Mainz striker Yoshinori Muto on Thursday as he named a 24-man squad for the upcoming Asian final-round World Cup qualifiers against United Arab Emirates and Thailand. Muto returns after a lengthy spell sidelined with an injury, joining a strong squad ...
Handcuffing, search of UAE national mistaken for terrorist in Ohio spurs diplomatic incident
The handcuffing of a traditionally dressed United Arab Emirates citizen mistaken for a terrorist in Ohio last week spurred the nation's government to take the unusual steps of summoning a U.S. diplomat for a meeting and advising its citizens not to wear such clothing ...
Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for 69 minutes due to unauthorized drone activity on Saturday, causing 22 flights to be diverted, aviation authorities said. Government-owned Dubai Airports, which operates Dubai's two main airports, said in a statement ...
