Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards for the region. PHOTOS. Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning the 2012 J-League title. ...
Before the J. League began, soccer in Japan commanded little attention among the general public. The national team had yet to qualify for the World Cup and the domestic league was an amateur affair, with company teams playing to small crowds as ...
TOKYO, Japan — Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards for the region. Gone are the days when J-League clubs spent lavishly to ...
The Japanese soccer calendar could be due for a huge shakeup in 2014, with the Emperor's Cup final being moved to December and the J. League possibly going back to the two-stage system it abandoned nine years ago. The Japan Football Association ...
Saburo Kawabuchi is widely recognized as the founder of the J. League, Japan's first professional soccer league which this week celebrates the 20th anniversary of the start of its inaugural season. Now 76 but seemingly having lost little of the energy ...
J-League's first ever Chairman and former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi addressed the jampacked stadium before kick-off and talked about the past and future of Japanese soccer. Now the JFA's senior advisor, he talked about the ...
Higashi was a member of Japan's Olympic team that reached the semi-finals in London last year, while Kudo has rattled in 13 goals in the J-League and Asian Champions League this season. The 23-year-old striker is the latest candidate to fill the ...
The Penguins were aided by the solid goaltending of Tomas Vokoun, who made 29 saves and doesn't appear willing to give back his job to former Stanley Cup winner Marc-Andre Fleury any time soon. Pittsburgh, which led the conference during the regular ...
Best 2013 Sports Photos. Pumas' Luis Fuentes, top, heads the ball over Morelia's Aldo Leao during a Mexican soccer league match in Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Pumas won 1-0. (Christian Palma / AP) ...