Kashiwa earn draw with Hiroshima

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 ...

shows Sanfrecce Hiroshima players celebrating after they defeated Cerezo Osaka 4-1 to claim their first J-League title in Hiroshima, western Japan. Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it ...

SAITAMA Sanfrecce Hiroshima goalkeeper Takuya Masuda has been discharged from hospital after showing no worsening signs from a concussion suffered in Monday's game at Omiya Ardija, his J. League first-division club said Tuesday. Making his J1 ...

By DAN ORLOWITZ Follow him on Twitter CLUB HISTORY Until last year, Sanfrecce Hiroshima may not have been well known outside of Japan, but within the country they have been pioneers of the sport. As the Tokyo Kogyo Skyukyu Club, they completed the ...

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Emperor's Cup holders Kashiwa Reysol remained unbeaten in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday as they beat Central Coast Mariners 3-0 in Australia in their final group game. 　J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima wrapped up their 2013 Asian ...

Tadanari Lee has turned down the chance of a permanent move to FC Tokyo, where he was on loan, and will now return to Southampton. Lee returned to Japan in February but has rejected the chance of a permanent move because he felt he wasn't getting ...

A day after successfully qualifying for next year's FIFA World Cup, Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni on Wednesday said his side's preparation for the 2014 finals will start with the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil later this month. "The ...

Tokyo: A Japan squad without any surprises was chosen for the Confederations Cup on Wednesday, a day after the team secured a fifth straight World Cup appearance. Keisuke Honda, whose goal in stoppage time allowed Japan to draw 1-1 with Australia ...