The final of the Japan Football Championship, known as the Emperor's Cup, was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on ...

FUKUOKA--Ozeki Kotozakura won his first Emperor’s Cup, besting fellow ozeki Hoshoryu on Nov. 24 on the final day of the ...

Ozeki Champion Kotozakura has expressed his joy at winning his first career title at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament that ...

Sunday’s championship — a career first for sumo’s top-ranked ozeki — came more than half a century after his grandfather ...

Talking points from the week in Asian football:MIYASHIRO TAP-IN EARNS VISSEL KOBE EMPEROR'S CUP WINTaisei Miyashiro scored ...

Over the years, Vissel made more headlines for signing aging European players, but now it's starting to accumulate trophies rather than stars.

FUKUOKA—A day after claiming his first Emperor’s Cup, Kotozakura expressed his desire to reach a loftier goal.

Taisei Miyashiro hit the 64th-minute winner as Vissel Kobe saw off neighbors Gamba Osaka 1-0 to secure their second Emperor's ...

Kotozakura outwrestled fellow ozeki Hoshoryu in the winner-take-all closing bout Sunday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament ...

All the wrestlers seemed extra keen and motivated to lift the Emperor's Cup and become the winner of the first grand tournament of the new era. Yokozuna Grand Champion Hakuho, who won the previous ...

Russian Emperor’s two HKIR assignments have come in the Group One Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) – a close third in 2021 and a solid fifth last year – but Whyte did not rule out the possibility of ...

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