Japan

When New Zealand face Japan in Tokyo on Saturday, the All Blacks will be thousands of miles away. Dress it up any way you like but by announcing a sq(...)

Belgium 3 Japan 2 It will go down as a World Cup classic, a wild and chaotic game that will be talked about in years to come, in particular that dra(...)

Belgium v Japan, Rostov Arena, Monday, 7.0 (Live on RTÉ2/BBC!) Belgium go into Monday’s World Cup last 16 match against Japan full of confidence but (...)

Japan 0 Poland 1 On a swelteringly hot evening full of twists and turns, Japan somehow scrambled into the knockout stage of the World Cup finals cour(...)

Japan 2 Senegal 2 Japan have brought their oldest ever squad to a World Cup and all that experience counted for something as they summoned the spirit(...)

Colombia 1 Japan 2 It is difficult to imagine a team making a more calamitous start to a game in this World Cup finals than Colombia did here and, un(...)

The Matches Group H Colombia v Japan (Saransk, 1pm) Betting: Colombia 4/6, Japan 9/4, Draw 3/1 Group H Poland v Senegal (Spartak Stadium, 4pm)&(...)

Colombia 40-1 Poland 50-1 Senegal 150-1 Japan 200-1 The contenders Colombia lit up the tournament four years ago with James Rodriguez bursting onto (...)

Japan (200-1) Who are they? This will be Japan’s sixth World Cup and realistically they will have little chance of bettering the performances in 200(...)

The natural confidence of Hannah Tyrrell can only be an inspiration for any young girl looking in on this World Cup. It didn’t come easy. Tyrrell has(...)