Norio Sasaki's son-in-law might be English but the Japan coach warned that he would not be swayed by family ties as the champions' try to return to the Women's World Cup final.... more »
A late goal from substitute Mana Iwabuchi put holders Japan into the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Australia.... more »
Goals in either half from Saori Ariyoshi and Mizuho Sakaguchi put holders Japan into the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over the Netherlands.... more »
Holders Japan have the luxury of tinkering with their tactics as title rivals the United States play for a spot in the last 16 in the final group game at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday.... more »
Defending champions Japan became the first team to advance to the last 16 of the Women's World Cup on Friday as the United States' progress was stalled by a goalless draw with Sweden.... more »
Aya Sameshima and Yuika Sugasawa scored early to hand reigning champions Japan a 2-1 win over Cameroon and a spot in the knockout rounds of the women's World Cup on Friday.... more »
Heavyweights Japan and the United States look to keep their title push on track at the Women's World Cup on Friday but must share the spotlight with African challengers Cameroon and Nigeria.... more »
Japan's defense of the Women's World Cup gets under way on Monday when the Asian champions take on Switzerland in Vancouver, as 2011 runners-up the United States play Australia in Winnipeg.... more »
With a month to go before the FIFA Women's World Cup, AFP takes a look at seven of the top teams in the 24-nation tournament who will be hoping to challenge in Canada from June 6-July 5.... more »
Japan's defence of the women's World Cup received a boost on Friday when superstar Homare Sawa returned to the fold for the tournament, which begins in Canada next month.... more »
Women's World Cup holders Japan have scored 27 goals in five games but star striker Nahomi Kawasumi is still worried about their third straight Asian Games final against North Korea on Wednesday.... more »
Punts on the World Cup rather than on financial instruments will kick into high gear over the next month as bleary-eyed traders in football-mad Asia tune into the tournament in Brazil, a dozen time zones away.... more »
An ageing former prime minister who predicts he might not live until 2020 was formally appointed head of the committee organising Tokyo's Olympic Games on Tuesday.... more »
The upcoming Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi will see the "toughest-ever" anti-doping tests, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Thursday, despite scepticism over the host country's testing capability.... more »
Tokyo may have only been named 2020 Olympic Games hosts on Saturday, but almost immediately the debate began about what the result means for the 2024 race to host the world's biggest sporting event.... more »
Tokyo celebrated Sunday after winning the right to host the Olympic Games for the second time, overcoming fears about radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant to land the 2020 edition of the world's biggest sporting event.... more »
Tokyo celebrated Sunday after winning the right to host the Olympic Games for the second time, overcoming fears about radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant to land the 2020 edition of the world's biggest sporting event.... more »
Tokyo will repay the world the debt they owe them for their help after the devastating tsunami in 2011 when the city hosts the 2020 Olympic Games Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday.... more »
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