Japan's Takumi Minamino, who plies his trade at French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco, challenges Bahrain's Hamad Al-Shamsan during a World Cup qualifier on March 20. REUTERS Japan has often performed ...

AFP Japan has never gone beyond the last 16 at a World Cup, but it has set itself the ambitious target of winning next year's tournament after dominating in Asian qualifying. Hajime Moriyasu's ...

After matchday eight of Asia's World Cup qualifiers, ESPN's writers answer the burning questions, provide analysis and break ...

Saudi Arabia holds Japan to a goalless draw in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Australia needs one more win to qualify ...

British public broadcaster 'BBC' found the reason why Chinese soccer cannot cross the World Cup threshold in 'reverse pyramid ...

As the world turns its eyes to the excitement of the World Cup qualifiers, matches like Japan versus Saudi Arabia, China facing Australia, and the highly anticipated clash of Argentina and Brazil ...

The Socceroos have defeated China and received a boost in their push to to cement a spot for the 2026 World Cup after a Japan ...

Japan, Iran, New Zealand, and Argentina are the countries that have secured their place in the 2026 World Cup besides the ...

Iran qualified for the 2026 World Cup after Mehdi Taremi scored twice in a 2-2 draw with Uzbekistan on Tuesday. The Inter ...

Australia took another stride towards qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday with Tony Popovic's side handing China a 2 ...

The Socceroos defeated China 3-1 when they played in Adelaide last October, but tonight’s hosts are in a must-win scenario of ...

While Japan routinely make it to the World Cup these days, that wasn’t the ... so whether we were playing Korea Republic, Korea DPR or China, I felt like I was more than a match for them.” ...