A first-half penalty from Hiroshi Kiyotake helped Japan to a much-needed 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia in the third round of qualification for the 2018 World Cup at Saitama Stadium on Tuesday.
A debatable handball in the area gave Kiyotake his (...)
Saudi national soccer team received in this Japanese city of Saitama its first loss in the ongoing Asian qualifying tournament for world cup 2018 to Japan 2-1.
Japan's Heroshi Kyutaki scored in the 45th minute from a penalty kick and Jinki (...)
Attacking midfielder Nawaf Al Abed scored from the penalty spot in the 84th minute at Riyadh's King Fahd International Stadium to give Saudi Arabia its fifth win over Thailand in Group B in their World Cup qualifying match Thursday.
Japan were left (...)
Tomoya Ugajin's freak goal gave Urawa Red Diamonds a 1-0 win over FC Seoul and a great chance of reaching the AFC Champions League quarterfinals in their Round of 16 first leg Wednesday.
Ugajin was alone on the edge of the box when he received (...)
Defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande is on the brink of a group-stage exit in the Asian Champions League after a 1-0 loss to Urawa Reds Tuesday left the big-spending Chinese club winless in four games in the continental competition.
Yuki Muto's (...)
Mao Asada of Japan clinched the women's figure skating title for the third time with victory at the World Figure
Skating Championships before home fans in Saitama Saturday.
Asada, 23, held off Russian team Olympic champion Yulia Lipnitskaya
and (...)
Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday after a stoppage-time penalty by Keisuke Honda secured a 1-1 draw with Australia.
Tommy Oar had given Australia a 1-0 lead in the 82nd minute with a lob over Japan goalkeeper (...)
Asian champion Japan continued its confident march towards the World Cup finals by handing 10-man Jordan a record-equalling 6-0 defeat Friday as rival Australia struggled under the scorching sun in the Middle East.
The Socceroos escaped Oman with a (...)
Ryoichi Maeda and Shinji Okazaki scored second-half goals Sunday as Japan started the final stage of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup with a 3-0 win over Oman.
Iran stunned Uzbekistan 1-0 with a goal in the dying seconds of stoppage time, (...)
strength Argentina side 1-0 Friday in a historic friendly win that crowned the coaching debut of former AC Milan boss Alberto Zaccheroni.
Shimizu S-Pulse striker Shinji Okazaki scored the winner in the 19th minute while the Blue Samurai stopped (...)
For those who just can't get enough of US president-elect Barack Obama, a Japanese mask-maker is giving thousands of people the chance to be his spitting image.
Ogawa Rubber Inc., Japan's top rubber mask studio, is moving into high gear and is (...)
Defending champion Urawa Red Diamonds and J-League rival Gamba Osaka set up a clash in the semifinals of the Asian Champions League with quarterfinal victories Wednesday.
The Japanese sides will meet in the last four, while the other semifinal will (...)
