With Brazil trailing for much of the game and with extra time looming, Gabriel Martinelli came through in a big, big way at the World Cup.

Follow our live Japan vs. Sweden updates. Japan and Sweden meet on Thursday in their Group F finale in Arlington, Texas. Both teams are jostling for position in the

The FIFA World Cup always produces curious statistics, difficult-to-explain coincidences, and patterns that seem to defy logic. One of them involves Japan, a national team that, since 2002, has been indirectly connected to the side that eventually lifts the trophy.

Japan's World Cup exit has brought back a strange football pattern, with fans believing Norway could win the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Japan's shocking loss to Oman and South Korea's scoreless draw with Iraq to open the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying

Andy Farrell certainly bought into the need for the selected players, including new faces Sean Jansen, Billy Bohan, Sam Illo and Bryn Ward, to impress.

Canada are through to the Round of 32 where they will face either the not-so-mighty Dutch or Morocco. In 'Kill Bill', Hattori Hanzo makes a blade for The Bride and tells her: “If on your journey you should encounter God,

Japan moved one step closer to reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive time after pummeling Tunisia 4-0 in Group F, securing a milestone victory in the tournament's 1,