Since 1998 Japan has consistently qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals. Their most successful performances were in 2002 and 2010 when they made it to the Round of 16. The team has had their most success at the AFC Asian Cup, where they have been crowned champions on four occasions; 1992, 2, 2004 and 2011. The Japanese national team can also boast of being…
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Before Euro 2016, Asian football fans were, like everyone else, looking forward to watching the likes of Italy, England, Spain, Germany and Portugal. After all, such sides and their stars are familiar. Teams such as Iceland, Hungary, Wales, Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Republic of Ireland were little-known in the East. But they have since become noticed and…
The Blue Tigers have been handed an easy route to qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, thanks to their recent climb in the FIFA rankings India have been drawn alongside Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar & Macau in the final qualification round for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be held in United Arab Emirates (UAE). The draw was held on 23rd January, Monday, at Abu Dhabi…
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…
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…
Japanese soccer officials have found a novel way to prevent racist behavior in the stands: Don’t let the fans show up. Officials ordered one of the top teams in Japan’s professional J-League to play in an empty stadium Sunday as punishment for a “Japanese only” banner that fans displayed during a game in Tokyo earlier this month. That incident came amid rising…
Touch Football Australia has continued to build on the partnership with Japan Touch Association (JTA) with a number of key activities taking place in early part of 2017. Thanks to the support of the Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF), TFA assisted JTA to deliver a participation clinic to an all girls school in Chiba where close to 100 girls aged 12 to 18 took part…
May 20–November 19 Fashion and Textile Gallery, The Museum at FIT The Museum at FIT presents Uniformity, an exhibition that explores the dynamic history behind a variety of uniforms, examining both their social roles and their influence on high fashion. Uniformity features over 70 objects from the museum’s permanent collection, many of which have never before…
To succeed in basketball, you need power, explosiveness and strength. But all these mean little without speed. You need more than just straight-line speed, though—basketball is played at all angles, and your speed should be developed with that in mind. One of the biggest mistakes athletes and coaches make is thinking that speed and conditioning work are one and…
Mark Ogden and Nick Ames key in on Cristiano Ronaldo and Alexis Sanchez ahead of the semifinal between Portugal and Chile. A look at the best bets ahead of more Confederations Cup action Portugal gathering momentum We ve reached the semifinal stage, and on Wednesday Portugal are a to beat Chile. After a 2-2 draw with Mexico in their opening match, the European…
Newcastle’s captain, Jamaal Lascelles, rallies fans at the final whistle after victory against Cardiff City at St James’ Park. Photograph: TGSPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock Brighton remain second as Reading soar to fourth, Rotherham’s winless run continues and a disappointing start to life at Wigan for Warren Joyce • It might not be in full swing but the managerial merry-go-round…
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…
Arsenal was the job Arsene Wenger had been waiting for all his footballing life. It was a culmination of everything, a validation of the choice he had made all those years ago to amass an encyclopaedic knowledge of every conceivable aspect of the game. He felt he had come to the home of football, where the connection between the fans and the team trounced anything…
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…
Much has changed since the chilly December day in 2010 Zurich when Russia was awarded host rights to the 2018 World Cup. On a global stage Barack Obama has gone, David Cameron has gone. On a football stage Sepp Blatter is history, so is Michel Platini. Only Vladimir Putin continues to bestride both worlds. President of Russia, apparently as secure as ever despite…
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…
Shaw is a firmer believer in the use of virtual reality to help Stanford football Shaw is so sold on virtual reality that he’s become an investor in STRIVR. It’s all part of Shaw’s plan to help his alma mater. But Shaw’s original plan wasn’t even to be a football coach. Growing up as the son of Willie Shaw, a defensive coach in college football and in the NFL…
Following a good performance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the Japan national team started a new era under Alberto Zaccheroni, and only four months after his arrival in September 2010 the Samurai Blue clinched the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. Asian Cup success Due to domestic competitions and the club commitments of the team’s Europe-based players, Japan…
Season 7, episode 5 Production code: 1034-207 Airdate:Footballis the fifth episode in the seventh season of . It is the two hundred fourth episode overall. Synopsis BMO and Football decide upon a deal, but one of them cannot keep up their end of the bargain. BMO and Football talk to each other via the bathroom mirror. BMO offers Football a deal: they can switch…
[ 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…
During the 13th to 30th October 2016, AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 was held in Bahrain and U-19 Japan National Football Team has perticipated in it. This Tourment acted as AFC final qualifiers for FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2017. The Japanease team passed group stage in top and won the quarter-final. As a result, it was entitled to book a place in FIFA U-20…
Seattle Reign FC has signed Japanese international forward Nahomi “Naho” Kawasumi. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Naho is expected to arrive in Seattle within the next ten days. She returns to Seattle after spending the 2015 and part of the 2016 seasons playing for INAC Kobe Leonessa, who loaned Kawasumi to Reign FC in 2014…
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…
Japanese fans who watched their national team be defeated by the Ivory Coast in the Fifa World Cup on Saturday showed it is possible to lose graciously, when they stayed behind after the match to help clean up. Despite seeing the Blue Samurais lose 2-1 against Didier Drogba s team at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Japanese spectators armed with bin liners patrolled…