March 14, 2012
MELBOURNE -- Australia's opening home match in the fourth round of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup against fellow Asian giants Japan will take place in Brisbane on June 12, Football Federation Australia said on March 14.
March 14, 2012
WARSAW -- Five-times world champion Brazil will play Japan in a friendly international in the Polish city of Wroclaw on Oct. 16, city officials said on March 13.
March 09, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR -- Australia will continue its fierce rivalry with Japan after the regional powers were drawn together in the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
March 08, 2012
JEONJU, South Korea -- Chinese champion Guangzhou Evergrande opened its 2012 Asian Champions League campaign with a 5-1 thrashing of 2011 finalist Jeonbuk Motors on March 7.
March 08, 2012
Nadeshiko Japan failed to claim a second international title following last year's World Cup triumph after losing to world No. 2 Germany 4-3 in the Algarve Cup final in Faro, Portugal, on March 7.
March 07, 2012
Nadeshiko Japan will be considered the team to beat at the London Olympics, according to Germany’s top women’s soccer official.
March 07, 2012
OSAKA -- Three-time continental champion Pohang Steelers opened the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage with a convincing 3-0 away win over 2008 winners Gamba Osaka on March 6.
March 07, 2012
NIIGATA--Business student Solomon Amoasi has played soccer professionally in his native Ghana, and he hopes to duplicate that feat here by making it to the J.League.
March 06, 2012
FARO, Portugal--Midfielder Megumi Takase headed home a corner kick late in the second half as Japan's women's national team defeated world No. 1 Team USA 1-0 in a Group B match at the Algarve Cup on March 5 to advance to the final against Germany.
March 05, 2012
When the J.League officially kicked off on May 15, 1993, 24-year-old Tomoaki Makino, currently a defender for Division 1 club Urawa Reds and a member of the Japanese national squad, had only turned 6.
March 05, 2012
SEOUL -- China's cashed up football clubs are ready to end a 22-year drought in the Asian Champions League starting March 6.
March 05, 2012
BAGSHOT, England -- Goal-line technology was approved in principle by the soccer's lawmakers last week and could be used for the first time at FIFA's Club World Cup finals in Japan at the end of the year.
March 03, 2012
No longer an awkward teenager, this year marks the 20th year of existence for the maturing J.League. Since 1992, the nation’s first full-fledged professional league has helped Japanese soccer rapidly evolve as clubs have spread nationwide.
March 02, 2012
The J.League will celebrate its 20th year in 2012. Since 1992, the nation's first professional football league has helped Japanese soccer rapidly evolve, and clubs have spread nationwide. Although official regular-season matches didn't get under way until 1993, the J.League fielded 10 clubs in 1992 to compete in the league cup as a way of preparation. Three veteran players who have been at the forefront of the sport in Japan talked to The Asahi Shimbun about the impact the J.League has made over the past two decades and how it will develop in the future.
March 01, 2012
In 2012, the J.League is marking its 20-year anniversary. Since 1993, the professional league has helped Japanese soccer rapidly evolve and clubs have spread nationwide. Three veteran players who have been at the forefront of the sport in Japan told The Asahi Shimbun what impact the J.League has made over the past two decades and how it will develop in the future.
March 01, 2012
SINGAPORE--Frank Rijkaard was left facing the sack after Saudi Arabia's World Cup hopes ended in a crazy four-minute spell in Australia on Feb. 29, while South Korea advanced after a disjointed victory over Kuwait.
February 29, 2012
Forward Aleksandr Shadrin netted the only goal of the game as Uzbekistan defeated Japan 1-0 at Toyota Stadium in a third-round World Cup qualifying match on Feb. 29.
February 29, 2012
After leading Nadeshiko Japan to a women’s World Cup victory last year, Homare Sawa is out as captain of Japan’s national team.
February 28, 2012
He is only 19 years old, but Ryo Miyaichi already has an impressive soccer resume.
February 27, 2012
NIS, Serbia -- Unidentified assailants threw a hand grenade which exploded in the garden of the family home of former Yugoslavia captain Dragan Stojkovic in the southern Serbian town of Nis, police said on Feb. 26.