Sunday October 25
Kawasaki Frontale 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
Nagoya Grampus 3 Jubilo Iwata 3
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 FC Tokyo 2
Urawa Reds 0 Omiya Ardija 3
Saturday October 24
Gamba Osaka 0 Yokohama F Marinos 0
Kashima Antlers 3 JEF United Chiba 0
Kashiwa Reysol 0 Montedio Yamagata 1
Kyoto Sanga 1 Oita Trinita 1
Vissel Kobe 1 Albirex Niigata 0
Kawasaki Frontale lead the J-League after 30 rounds of the J1 championship following an incredible 7-0 thrashing of Sanfrecce. Click to continue reading...

Alessio Secco, nonostante la sconfitta contro l'Aston Villa e la perdita di un milione di euro, bonus assegnato dagli organizzatori per la vincente della Peace Cup, è sereno ed è contento dei colpi di calciomercato fatti per la sua Juventus. «Al di là del risultato che lascia l'amarezza – dice a Tuttosport – la Peace Cup ci consegna sensazioni positive che ci permettono di guardare con fiducia al futuro.

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Sabato, a Pechino, verrà assegnato il primo trofeo ufficiale della stagione. In palio c'è la Supercoppa Italiana. A scendere in campo saranno due squadre di calcio molto importanti: Inter (Campione d'Italia) e Lazio (vincitrice della Coppa Italia). Le prime parole, in attesa di lasciare spazio al campo, arrivano dal quartier generale nerazzurro e da uno dei tanti grandi protagonisti che renderanno avvincente questa sfida. Click to continue reading...

Tosel calca la mano sul Torino calcio. E' la società granata, infatti, quella più colpita questa settimana dalla giustizia sportiva, che ha esaminato accuratamente le immagini della rissa scoppiata al fischio finale della gara con il Genoa. Sono ben cinque i giocatori granata sanzionati: quattro giornate a Ogbonna e Pisano, due a Bianchi, Diana e Pratali. Click to continue reading...

The FA Cup is back on the radar and so are the cup shocks. New managers appointed and newish managers under pressure. Lots to talk about again in the world of football. Good The third round of the oldest footballing cup competition in the world got under way at the beginning of January. This is the round [. Click to continue reading...

On this week's show we focus on the FIFA Club World Championship taking place in Japan in which Manchester United are the hot favourites. In addition, we also: Review the football news in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a new football expression in English for Football And continue the predictions battle in the predictions competition For [. Click to continue reading...

In front of 22,000 fans, the Asian Champions League holders, Gamba Osaka, were sent back to west Japan after being thumped 4-0 by a lively Kawasaki Frontale at the Todoroki stadium yesterday. Under blue skies, the team from Osaka will be ruing some half chances in the first half. If they had have taken some [. Click to continue reading...

In front of 22,000 fans, the Asian Champions League holders, Gamba Osaka, were sent back to west Japan after being thumped 4-0 by a lively Kawasaki Frontale at the Todoroki stadium yesterday. Under blue skies, the team from Osaka will be ruing some half chances in the first half. If they had have taken some [. Click to continue reading...

With Gamba Osaka claiming the Asian Champions League title last week Japanese football is on the rise and so on this week's main report Damon takes a look at the J-League, the domestic league in Japan. We also: Review the football news in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a new football expression in English for [. Click to continue reading...

Here are some words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster's Good, Bad and Ugly section of the podcast - a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases. In a row: consecutively Example: Gamba Osaka are the second Japanese team in a row to [. Click to continue reading...

Asian Champions League Winners, four-goal heroes in Spain, Real Madrid dumped out of the Copa del Rey and violence in Bolivian football all feature on this week's the good, the bad and the ugly. Good It was good for Japanese side Gamba Osaka as they became the second team from Japan to win the Asian Champions League [. Click to continue reading...

Japanese club Gamba Osaka won the Asian Champions League when they beat Adelaide United 2-0 in Adelaide on Wednesday. The J. League side tallied a 5-0 aggregate against the Australians. The Australian side's hopes of overcoming a 3-0 deficit incurred in Japan were thrashed when striker Lucas scored twice within the opening 15 [. Click to continue reading...

TOKYO - Japanese giants Gamba Osaka brushed past Australian A-League side Adelaide United of 3-0 in the first leg of the Asian Champions League final today. Brazilian striker Lucas put the Gamba in front in the 37th minute as he sprung Adelaide United's offside trap before finding the net with a deflected shot. Click to continue reading...

Seems as though we are already taking pre-season soccer here, just weeks after the MLS Cup. Today the MLS announced that next February the two-time defending champion Houston Dynamo and the LA Galaxy will take part in the Pan-Pacific Championship against a club from Australia and Japan's Gamba Osaka. Click to continue reading...