West linebacker JP Peace, the grandson of Phillip Fulmer, committed to Tennessee football in its 2027 class on June 16.

Managing Japan's national football team comes with "pressure" but "no stress," Hajime Moriyasu said Monday, as he reiterated his ambition of winning the 2026 World Cup. The 56-year-old addressed the ...

Japan's Kazuyoshi "King Kazu" Miura made his first appearance of his 40th season as a professional footballer at the weekend ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Football Association said Saturday the women's national team will play friendly matches against Brazil in Sao Paulo on May 30 and June 2. The team, nicknamed Nadeshiko ...

Much like his football hero Michael Vick ... has spent the last three years of his professional career in Japan, where he’s put up big numbers and played in some of the country’s iconic ...

The era of emphasizing only patriotism for athletes in poor environments is over. The Japan U17 national football team lost to Australia 2-3 in the final match of Group B of the 2025 Asian ...

With a win, Japan could become the first non-host nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026, to be held in North America. The Blue Samurai could also become the quickest team to seal their ...

Since Japan hosted the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the JRFU has launched the Japan Rugby 2050 initiative to raise the global appeal of Japanese rugby. One aspect of it is a robust, cloud-based approach ...

Japan's football chief said Thursday it was "very disappointing" after FIFA torpedoed his country's hopes of hosting the 2031 Women's World Cup. Football's world governing body said Wednesday that ...

Japan's national high school football tournament is thriving after more than 100 years, attracting huge crowds, millions watching on TV and breeding future stars, despite professional clubs trying ...