Japan beat Aus on penalties, enter Asian Cup SF

Yuji Nakazawa blasted in the decisive spot-kick to lift Japan to a 4-3 victory over Australia on penaltiesand reach the Asian Cup football semi-finals on Saturday. The match finished 1-1 after......

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......

England rescued by Japan own goals, France held

England failed to convince in a 2-1 victory over Japan in their final World Cup warm-up on Sunday and France were held to a 1-1 draw by Tunisia in their penultimate match. There was more bad news......

Sloppy Japan shocked by Bahrain

Japan coach Takeshi Okada tore into his side after their shock 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat by Bahrain, describing the loss as a ''nightmare scenario:.Ala'a Hubail's 77th-minute header gave......

Asia's big guns secure convincing World Cup wins

The big hitters of Asian soccer got their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaigns off to a flying start on Wednesday with Australia, Japan and South Korea securing sizable wins. But there were sluggish......