SOCCER
June 19, 2012
HALMSTAD, Sweden--Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan each scored twice to give the United States a 4-1 win over Japan in its penultimate tuneup for the Olympics.
June 13, 2012
BEIJING--Two former Chinese soccer chiefs and several former national team players were handed lengthy jail sentences for taking bribes or match-fixing, state media reported on ...
June 08, 2012
SAITAMA, Japan-- Keisuke Honda fired a hat-trick as Japan crushed 10-man Jordan 6-0 on Friday to make it two wins out of two in the fourth round of Asian 2014 World Cup...
June 07, 2012
Before the opening ceremony at the London Olympics, which starts in less than two months, the soccer competition will already be under way, kicking off two days earlier, on...
June 03, 2012
SAITAMA, Saitama Prefecture--Keisuke Honda inspired Japan to a comfortable 3-0 home victory over Oman on June 3 in their opening game of the final round of Asian 2014 World Cup ...
May 31, 2012
GUANGZHOU, China -- Chinese champion Guangzhou Evergrande reached the Asian Champions League quarterfinals beating FC Tokyo 1-0, while South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai beat J-League ...
May 26, 2012
Arsenal's twinkle-toed teenager Ryo Miyaichi has pleaded with Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni to give him a start for the final round of Asian 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
April 26, 2012
BEIJING--Two former heads of the Chinese Football Association are among eight officials and players on trial for bribery in a major push to punish those who have long tarnished ...
April 22, 2012
Traveling overseas brought me to the realization that soccer is our world's universal language. Bringing up the name of a famous player from the country you are visiting can...
April 22, 2012
Manchester City is the epitome of a club that has been strengthened by an injection of foreign capital, in this case from the Middle East.
April 22, 2012
In early March in Milan, Italy, a suit-clad Yuto Nagatomo appeared in a corridor used for interviews where journalists are standing by. He looked at home wearing a necktie in...
April 22, 2012
A 10-minute drive from downtown Doha, the capital of Qatar, a vast low-rise structure some 200 meters across comes into view on the side of the highway.
April 22, 2012
Even as the kickoff looms, a long line of customers winds its way to the checkout. On March 3 in Barcelona in Spain's northeast, replica uniforms are flying off the racks at FC ...
April 20, 2012
Myanmar’s new open-door policies have prompted the Japan Football Association to resume its search for relatives of a Burmese who introduced team play in prewar Japan.
March 16, 2012
The summer Olympics and the U.S. presidential elections occur in leap years. Participants will compete in dead earnest, and nobody can guarantee the respective outcomes.
January 27, 2012
As Nadeshiko Japan is about to start the ball rolling toward the London Olympics, that hasn't stopped the awards from continuing to pile up from a magical season that uplifted...
December 14, 2011
The former coach of Japan's national soccer team, Takeshi Okada, who led his team to the best 16 in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, is likely to take over the helm of...
December 14, 2011
Brazil striker Neymar scored a sublime opening goal as he inspired Santos to an exciting 3-1 victory over Japan's Kashiwa Reysol in a Club World Cup semi-final in Toyota on Dec....
December 06, 2011
What do Nadeshiko Japan, smartphones and Steve Jobs have in common?
October 28, 2011
BEIJING--Japan's historic win in soccer's 2011 Women's World Cup left many in China scratching their heads.