Paraguay beat Japan on penalties

Paraguay held their nerve to beat Japan 5-3 on penalties on Tuesday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time after the match had finished in a goalless stalemate. Japan's Yuichi......

Japan stun Denmark to go through

Japan clinched a place in the last 16 of the World Cup on foreign soil for the first time on Thursday when they beat a disappointing Denmark 3-1 in their final Group E fixture. Two well-struck......

Honda carries Japan to victory over Cameroon

Keisuke Honda carried Japan to their first World Cup finals victory on foreign soil when he scored the goal which beat Cameroon 1-0 in a Group E match on Monday. Paul Le Guen's Cameroon had been......

Benzema double helps 10-man Lyon salvage a draw

Olympique Lyon recovered from going 2-1 down and the dismissal of Fabio Grosso to draw 2-2 at home to Caen on Saturday to edge closer to a seventh successive Ligue 1 title. France striker Karim......

Argentina bounce back

Argentina enjoyed a 3-0 victory away to Qatar on Wednesday as several qualified nations for next year's World Cup finals squeezed in warm-up friendlies.Italy, who like Argentina will be strongly......