Japan has become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium.

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the ...

Japan has become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium.

After celebrating qualification for an eighth consecutive World Cup finals with beaming smiles and high fives, Japan shifted focus towards becoming the first Asian side to win football's most coveted ...

Leeds United's Ao Tanaka has helped Japan become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup finals. The midfielder ...

said she had given "every last drop" as the Japanese striker announced her retirement from football. The 37-year-old, part of the Japan team that lifted the World Cup in 2011, brought the curtain ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium on Thursday.Second-half goals from Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo ensured the Samurai Blue ...

March 8 (Reuters) - Japan Football Association president Tsuneyasu ... has never hosted the Women's World Cup. Japan's women's team, known as the Nadeshiko, has a strong track record on the ...

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SINGAPORE – Former Japan star Keisuke ... who quit international football after Russia 2018, made his only foray into coaching with the Cambodia national team from 2018 to 2023, in what was ...

Liverpool's Wataru Endo and Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma were on Thursday named in Japan's squad as they look to become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The runaway Asian qualifying ...