Japan won the women's World Cup on Sunday for the first time, stunning the heavily favoured United States 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in extra time. Japan was in need of a good news story......
The United States struck twice late in the second half to beat France 3-1 on Wednesday and will face Japan in the women's football World Cup final. The Japanese, playing in their first semi-final,......
Iran forward Ali Karimi has been crowned Asian player of the year, edging out fellow nominees A'ala Hubail of Bahrain and Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura. It was the fourth time a player from Iran has......
Brazil, Norway and Canada joined Germany and Russia in the quarter-finals of the women's World Cup after the final round of first-phase matches in groups B and C on Saturday.Brazil, who were all......