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WE League Season Review: Japan raises its WoSo game but falls short in cultivating a fanbase to suit

The inaugural season of Japan’s first professional women’s football league has drawn to a close after…

Makoto Hasebe, European champion. It has a nice ring to it and is just reward for…

Futoshi Ikeda and his Nadeshiko side have assembled at the impressive JFA Dream Field training facility…

With the FIFA Women’s World Cup just two years away, Nadeshiko Japan must learn the lessons…

Kyogo Furuhashi’s arrival at Celtic finally reconnects the Scottish club with the geographical region that was…

“If we have the ball, our opponents cannot score,” Nadeshiko Japan coach Asako Takakura embraces age…

A new decade, new technology, three coaching changes, former champions returning and plenty of young talent…

Eighteen months ago, despite three and a half impressive seasons with Red Bull Salzburg in which…

A new decade of Asian football is upon us, and with it we look forward to…

It doesn’t take much for a young player to get hyped up in the social media…

When a young footballer aspires to a professional club career, more often than not that involves…

Round 2 of World Cup Qualification is never a stage that the Asian elite are particularly…