Photo Ezekiel Elliott, an Ohio State running back, running against Notre Dame during the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.Credit Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. To protect the heads of football players, it might be advisable to have them occasionally practice without head protection, according to a counterintuitive new study of…
Following the success of our CVM Academy Teams Castro Valley Soccer Club, Montclair Soccer Club and Piedmont Soccer Club are excited to jointly launch the Association Football Club (AFC) Academy. The AFC Academy is a true development program, designed to help players reach their athletic potential through individualized attention, customized training, conditioning…
Consistently named among Washington state’s top 10 web development studios by revenue, according to Puget Sound Business Journal, Pacific Software Publishing (PSP) is a champion of diversity in the region. The Bellevue company celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and now has around 50 employees from seven different countries who speak six languages. In a lot…
Asian Champions League The AFC Champions League is Asia s premier international club competition. The Asian Champions League in its present format began in the 2002-2003 season and tends to be dominated by the big clubs from South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Qualification The initial group stage consists of 32 teams in eight groups from 10 Asian nations before…
Japan’s oldest professional Kazuyoshi Miura will hold onto that title for at least another year after signing a new contract with Yokohama FC. The former Japanese international, who will turn 50 on February 26th, put pen to paper on a new 12-month contract for the second-division club. “I hope to keep fighting with all my might together with people involved with the…
Youth football workouts must incorporate several elements. A program for young players must make the most out of limited practice and conditioning time while emphasizing safety. The workout should focus on strength development, cardio conditioning and agility training and should also include dedicated time for practicing position-specific drills and implementing game…
This Under 11s team (2017/18) plays in the Hightown JFL on a Saturday and is for players that are currently in Year 5 at school. NOTICE: We re about to move from 7 a-side to 9 a-side so we re looking for one or two new players to join our squad (on a Saturday and/or Sunday, as we have teams that play on both days). We ll be playing in 9 a-side Summer Leagues from…
[ for 8 p.m. Sept. 16 on ABC). The ACC also said Wednesday that Miami’s Friday, Sept. 29 game at Duke will be a 7 p.m. kickoff, and the Hurricanes’ Thursday, Oct. 12 home game against Georgia Tech is an 8 p.m. start. Both of those games will be shown on ESPN. The ACC title game, which Miami hopes to play in for the first time since joining the league in 2004, is Saturday…
Infographic: WhoScored Photograph: WhoScored Gareth Southgate didn’t want to be considered for the England job before the FA appointed Sam Allardyce, but this week he has spoken passionately about leading his country while the search for a new permanent manager takes place. The England U21 boss will be in charge for four games and has named his first squad for the…
Kazuyoshi Miura scored his first goal of the season on Sunday for Yokohama FC The 50-year-old struck the winner in the J-League second division match Miura is the oldest professional footballer ever and is still playing aged 50 Kazuyoshi Miura scored his first goal of the season on Sunday to become professional football s oldest goalscorer at the age of 50. Miura…
The Indian football team is in Yangon to play an Asian Cup Qualifying game. Myanmar have faced India 17 times in the past, with India winning on just four occasions. Their south-eastern neighbours on the other hand have got the better of them ten times. Despite India’s indigent records against most teams in world football, their poor numbers against Myanmar makes…
Takashi Matsunaga, Associate Director, International Relations Department, Japan Football Association The Japan Foundation is partnering with the Japan Football Association (JFA) to promote programs for the purpose of exchange among a broad range of people through football, as well as exchange among and cultivation of various people who support football culture. Takashi…
The Steelers are on the list, that long list of AFC championship game opponents for the New England Patriots. They’re now one of the NFL-record six in a row, and out of the 11 Patriots title games in the 16 years of the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era, they’re facing them for the third time. It’s the second time for Ben Roethlisberger and the first for Mike Tomlin, though…
Tabatas are four-minute intervals of brutal metabolic conditioning. They sound simple, but if you re doing them correctly, you will finish in a state of breathlessness and your lungs will feel like they re on fire. Traditional Tabatas consist of one exercise. Better Tabata options allow you to rotate between multiple exercises. Pick the Tabata option that s right…
