Japan, which had never before won a World Cup game on foreign soil, shocked favored Cameroon with a 1-0 victory that put the Japanese in the driver's seat for advancing to the second round and put the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan midfielder Daisuke Matsui has joined Bulgarian first division side Slavia Sofia, the club said. The 31-year-old, who helped Japan reach the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup in ...

Matsui! in the Bulls deathly quiet, almost empty locker room after the game—well, one on one except for an intermediary translator, that is. But the fact is that this game belonged to players who ...

(AFP )- Japanese midfielder Daisuke Matsui is proving a hit both on and off the field at French side Le Mans. Not only is the 26-year-old spearheading his team's midfield, he is also proving a big hit ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Japan coach Takeshi Okada selected four Europe-based players for his 23-man World Cup roster. Keisuke Honda of Russia’s CSKA Moscow, Makoto Hasebe of Germany’s Wolfsburg, Daisuke Matsui ...

Hideki Matsui has not faced Daisuke Matsuzaka in nearly five years. And the Yankees left fielder’s memories of the last time they faced each other are not good ones. “I went 3-for-3,” Matsui said ...