Takayuki Tateishi witnessed the emergence of the Japanese national team during his country’s home World Cup in 2002. He saw the first wave of players move to Europe following that run to the last 16 ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Football players from Ivy League schools ran drills and answered questions during a recent visit to the high school at this airlift hub in western Tokyo. The Ivy League team ...

This is the last of a six-article series looking at figures who have played a pivotal role in a modern football success story. The first piece, on the rebuilding of Ajax, can be found here. Part two, ...

Evergreen 58-year-old striker Kazuyoshi Miura is set to join a Japanese third-division team to begin his 41th season as a ...

Dec. 27—Boogie Knight has wanted to play in the National Football League since he was 5. The Jefferson graduate hasn't made the NFL, but is prospering with the Asahi Soft Drink Challengers. The ...

LaLiga, the Japan Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League (WE League) and the Japan Women’s Football League (Nadeshiko League) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the ...

March 8 (Reuters) - Japan Football Association president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has said his country will consider bidding to host the 2039 Women's World Cup after FIFA's decision not to allow Asian ...

Aug 23, 2025; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Hawaii Rainbow Warriors placekicker Kansei Matsuzawa (17) reacts after making the winning field goal over the Stanford Cardinal at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics ...

A professional football team in Japan has revealed a Nintendo-themed shirt, with Pikmin characters featured as part of the ...

STANFORD, Calif. -- Tsuyoshi Kawata stood outside Jim Harbaugh's office, took a deep breath, knocked on the door, and entered. It was the spring of 2007, and Kawata was visiting the Bay Area from his ...

When Yuto Kawamura-Johnson moved from Japan to Winter Garden two months ago, he was nervous. He wasn’t sure how he would fit in. He was an American football player with American roots, having been ...

KAWASAKI, Japan ‒ When Andrew Luck jokingly chided a man in the stands about the Dallas Cowboys jacket he was wearing, the man immediately took it off to reveal an Indianapolis Colts sweatshirt with ...