Tottenham Hotspur have announced it will be returning to Japan for the first time in 33 years this summer. Tottenham Hotspur will play reigning J1 League champions Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on Saturday, July 27 as part of preparations for the 2024/25 season. The Club first visited …
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As part of its decades-long twinning arrangement with Ogaki, Stuttgart is once again taking part in a youth sports exchange programme with the Japanese city this year – and VfB are involved too. The exchange programme between Stuttgart’s Youth Sports Association and the Ogaki Amateur Sports Federation, which is part …
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The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has taken a decision in relation to the unplayed match between the national teams of North Korea v. Japan initially scheduled to be played on March 26, 2024 in the frame of the preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup 2026. After analysing …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed today that the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 and AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers Group B fixture between North Korea and Japan, scheduled to be played on March 26, 2024, will not take place as scheduled …
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The cast for the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024 was finalised on Sunday with North Korea topping Group B after defeating Japan, who had qualified with a match to spare. Australia and South Korea had booked their semifinal spots from Group A on Saturday, with all four teams …
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Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President, has applauded Australia and Japan for clinching the Continent’s two spots at the Paris 2024 Olympics after the conclusion of the two-legged AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Asian Qualifiers Round 3 on Wednesday, February 28. The Matildas …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed today that the upcoming AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Asian Qualifiers Round 3 first-leg tie between North Korea and Japan, set to be played on February 24, 2024, will take place at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The …
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On February 1/2, 2024, the 6th edition of the FIFA Football Law Annual Review (FLAR) took place in Tokyo, Japan. For the first time in Japan, the event brought together many top football law experts and numerous stakeholders from all around the world for discussions on the most pressing and …
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As part of its internationalisation strategy, VfL continues to grow, including in Japan. The connections between VfL Bochum and the city of Bochum to the Land of the Rising Sun are traditionally good – the city partnership between Bochum and Tsukuba, the long-term cooperation with our supplier Mizuno as well …
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To further promote the development of youth football, Nicolai Adam, head of international sports partnerships, travelled to Asia in November as part of Eintracht Frankfurt’s internationalisation strategy. The aim was to work with renowned partners in the Japanese and Chinese markets to help develop professional and sustainable training in all …
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