Striker Wilson to complete suspension this weekend
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 08:22:40 -0700 | sports-news
Vegalta Sendai striker Wilson will serve out the remainder of his two-match ban for Saturday's away game to Yokohama F. Marinos after being sent off in the Asian Champions League, the J...Wilson was handed the ban by the Asian Football...
Pierce teaching basketball in China
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-05-09 08:53:11 -0700 | sports-news
Bob Pierce, former coach of the bj-league's Shiga Lakestars, Akita Northern Happinets and Sendai 89ers, is the head instructor for Five-Star Sports China's Longgang facility in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. This job, which started in April, enables Pierce to help develop...
Sendai knocked out of Asian Champions League
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-05-01 09:03:11 -0700 | sports-news
Tournament debutants Vegalta Sendai were eliminated from the Asian Champions League on Wednesday after a 2-1 defeat at home to China's Jiangsu Sainty in their final game in Group E. Sendai started the day in the second spot and Naoki...
Vegalta held by Sagan ahead of ACL showdown
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-28 09:43:58 -0700 | sports-news
Vegalta Sendai and Sagan Tosu shared the points in a stifling 1-1 draw in the J...Naoyuki Fujita drew first blood for Tosu in the opening half before Sendai striker Shingo Akamine leveled minutes after halftime as the two struggling sides...
Conference crown still up for grabs in East
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-27 10:05:16 -0700 | sports-news
The Niigata Albirex BB moved closer to a possible Eastern Conference regular-season title by beating the visiting Sendai 89ers 98-79 on Saturday night. Niigata (35-16) is one game ahead of the Iwate Big Bulls, Yokohama B-Corsairs and Toyama Grouses, all...
Newton's return sure to solidify Ryukyu's run at title
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-25 09:28:28 -0700 | sports-news
The reigning champion Ryukyu Golden Kings have been so good for so long that veteran forward/center Jeff Newton's recent monthlong absence due to a knee injury was far from a crisis. Newton missed eight games and underwent knee surgery to...
Golden Kings warm up for championship tilt with easy win over Cinq Reves
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-21 10:28:41 -0700 | sports-news
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are gearing up for a run at another title...Teams with vastly different agendas kept things close for the opening 10 minutes on Sunday in their bj-league series finale at Ota City Gymnasium. And then the Golden...
Kyoto's Hamaguchi proving again he is an elite coach
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-18 09:08:48 -0700 | sports-news
For Honoo Hamaguchi and Dai Oketani, longevity is one part of their success story as the bj-league's longest-tenured coaches. What's more, their quality teams are always competitive year after year. Hamaguchi, the Kyoto Hannaryz coach, and Oketani, the Iwate Big...
B-Corsairs prove last season was no fluke
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-15 10:13:05 -0700 | sports-news
As a first-year franchise, the Yokohama B-Corsairs proved to be one of the bj-league's best clubs last season, advancing to the Final Four and placing third overall at Ariake Colosseum...Head coach Reggie Geary, a defensive demon during his playing days...
Giants' Sugano fans 10 batters in eight stellar innings
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-13 10:22:13 -0700 | sports-news
Yomiuri Giants rookie Tomoyuki Sugano was in destruction mode again Saturday, yielding just one run over eight electrifying innings in a 3-1 victory against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. The 23-year-old right-hander got 10 strikeouts and walked none, scattering just three...
Bowker bashes two home runs as Giants end offensive slump
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-12 11:11:58 -0700 | sports-news
More than a few fans probably came to Tokyo Dome wondering when the Yomiuri Giants would score again...John Bowker hit a two-run home run in the second inning and added a three-run shot in the sixth to help the Giants...
Gunma making progress under Blackwell's leadership
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-11 10:34:40 -0700 | sports-news
The Gunma Crane Thunders' entire history consists of 46 regular-season games 12 wins, 34 defeats. A standard of excellence and habits, good or bad, generally take longer to form. Head coach Ryan Blackwell has only been at the helm for...
World Cup veteran Yanagisawa guides Vegalta Sendai to first ACL triumph
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-11 04:40:58 -0700 | sports-news
Two-time World Cup forward Atsushi Yanagisawa opened his 2013 account at the perfect time as Vegalta Sendai recorded their first-ever win in the Asian Champions League with a 1-0 victory over FC Seoul on Wednesday. Yanagisawa scored shortly after the...
Broncos' energy, desire carry team to solid sweep over Crane Thunders
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-08 11:34:00 -0700 | sports-news
The Osaka Evessa's 10-game winning streak ended on Sunday. Rookie guard Yuki Togashi, who attended Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland, where NBA star Kevin Durant also went, was 6-for-9 on 3-pointers and poured in a game-high 26 points with...
Abe sparks into life to keep Giants unbeaten
Source: Japan Times
Sendai :: Japan | updated 2013-04-07 09:37:40 -0700 | sports-news
The Yomiuri Giants improved to 7-0 on the young season following a tense 8-6 win over the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome on Sunday afternoon. Giants captain Shinnosuke Abe belted a three-run homer, his first of the season, to put...
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