Jubilo eye Sekizuka as next manager

Hitoshi Morishita has stepped down as manager of struggling Jubilo Iwata after a dreadful start to the season, the J. League club said Saturday. Assistant coach Tetsu Nagasawa will take over as caretaker manager of the three-time J. League ...

Urawa Reds have vowed to break a jinx in Japan's J-League after allowing Jubilo Iwata's prolific striker Ryoichi Maeda to score his dreaded "goal of death". For six straight years, whichever team Maeda has scored his first league goal against has ...

Jiji-Daily Yomiuri Yokohama F Marinos made it three wins in a row to start the J.League season, beating Jubilo Iwata 2-1 on Saturday at Nissan Stadium. Yuzo Kurihara and Shingo Hyodo scored in each half for Marinos, who were helped by the expulsion ...

Urawa Reds have vowed to stop Jubilo Iwata's prolific striker Ryoichi Maeda from scoring his first goal of the season Saturday, but played down his 'goal of death' J.League relegation jinx. For six straight years, whichever team Maeda has scored his ...

Hisato Sato scored a hat trick on Saturday as defending champion Sanfrecce Hiroshima thrashed Ventforet Kofu 5-1 in the J-League. Jose Ortigoza scored in the fourth minute for Ventforet, but Sato equalized less than a minute later and Hiroki ...

Daigo Watanabe scored one goal and assisted another to lead J.League leaders Omiya Ardija to a 2-1 win over Shonan Bellmare on Saturday as they stretched the lead in the standings. Watanabe sent a cross to the centre, where Slovenian international ...

KASHIMA, IBARAKI PREF. Kashima Antlers swept past Nagoya Grampus 3-1 in the J. League on Saturday in the presence of the club's legendary architect Zico. Yasushi Endo, Atsutaka Nakamura and Yuya Osako scored for Antlers, who are in fourth after ...

17/05/2013 Kawabuchi Saburo, JFA supreme advisor and the first chairman of the J. League, was among those who celebrated the 20th anniversary of Japan's professional league in Tokyo on Friday evening. "To be honest, I didn't expect the J. League to ...

Shingo Akamine and Wilson scored first-half on Saturday as Vegalta Sendai put a stop to Omiya Ardija's J-League record 21-match unbeaten run with a 2-1 win. Zlatan Ljubijankic scored for Omiya in the second half but the visitors couldn't find an ...