The Japan World Cup 2022 squad has been announced, with manager Hajime Moriyasu stating he opted for players with "burning ...

The typical soccer ball looks like this ... But starting in 2006 with the World Cup in Germany...there were more creative ways to make a sphere." New technology enables Adidas to start designing ...

It took almost 30 years for Japan head coach Hajime ... caused him heartbreak at the World Cup. The Samurai Blue’s stirring come-from-behind 2-1 win over Germany in Japan’s opening Group ...

BERLIN (Kyodo) -- Japan attacker Ritsu Doan said he needed to "do more" as Freiburg's leading scorer following a goalless ...

The US men’s national team’s penultimate game before competing at the Qatar 2022 World Cup has arrived, meeting Japan on Friday morning in Düsseldorf, Germany. Since finishing third in the ...

The latest edition of theScore's Eras project, which celebrates greatness in every major sport over the last 25 years, ranks ...

Entertainment holding company Bandai Namco has announced the first world championship for its fighting game Dragon Ball: ...

Japan's Kaoru Mitoma and Australia's Cameron Burgess, center, in the air, compete for the ball during the World Cup 2026 Group C ... stage comeback wins over Germany and Spain, Japan fell to ...

would see them continue on their seemingly unstoppable march to the 2026 World Cup. Even before a ball was kicked in the third round of Asian qualifiers, this week in October would already have been ...

Japan went into the game with a perfect record of three wins Japan's Ayase Ueda (left) and Australia's Patrick Yazbek compete for the ball during the Fifa World Cup 2026 Asian zone qualifiers ...

The Americans had made an inspiring World Cup run, beating Portugal and Mexico ... and early in the second half they were largely outplaying mighty Germany, though they trailed 1–0.

The Socceroos have produced a dogged defensive performance to hold Japan to a 1-1 draw in World Cup qualifying action ... Hrustic and Riley McGree. The ball was evidently not Australia's friend ...