In what will go down as one of the most keenly-contested J1 League seasons, three teams head into the final week of the campaign still in with a chance of winning the title. Defending champions Vissel ...

Plenty of countries have their miracle champions. In England, it’s Leicester City in 2015-16. Italy has the Hellas Verona side of 1984-85. In France, it’s Montpellier winning Ligue 1 in 2011-12. And ...

As the 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite season kicked off this week, it was business as usual for two of Japan's representatives in Asian football's premier club competition. For the third, well, ...

Around 30 years ago, both MLS and the Japanese J-League started up as entirely new domestic leagues. Since then, both have undergone considerable change and expansion. For the J1 League, 10 teams ...

The J.League has entered its 31st season, and Chairman Yoshikazu Nonomura plans to move to the next stage of having a few big ...

The J-League introduces penalty shootouts after draws during its 2026 transition season to boost excitement and intensity.

SINGAPORE – The Lion City Sailors’ unprecedented run to the AFC Champions League Two final in the 2024-25 campaign made clubs in the continent sit up and take notice. And ahead of the new season, ...

Yokohama F Marinos clinched the J1 League title for the first time since 2019 on Saturday when Kevin Muscat's side notched up ...

In what will go down as one of the most keenly-contested J1 League seasons, three teams head into the final week of the campaign still in with a chance of winning the title. Any one of the three would ...