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Japanese RB Taku Lee set aside dreams of flying to play football

Japanese running back Taku Lee, one of the two players selected from the two CFL Global Combines that were held in Japan in February this year, has had two dreams since he was young. ...

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AFI Live: Special Japan Edition – Sunday, June 28, 3p CET (9a ET)

admin Jun 27, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic Don’t miss this special edition of AFI Live on Japan covering everything from race relations to the growth of the game in that country. Japan is rated as arguably the top ...

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What’s it like to play football in Japan? Check out the Inside Sport Japan survey

admin May 21, 2020

Japan’s X League is arguably the top club team league in the world outside of the United States and Canada. And yet, to the outsider, until recently, it has been shrouded in a cloak ...

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Chinese teams beginning to return to the Gridiron, 2020 season undecided

admin May 15, 2020

Maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. After an especially tumultuous offseason, the American Football scene in China has slowly begun to return to normal. With restrictions slowly being lifted ...

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Japan’s X League postponed until October – for now

admin May 13, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic The Japanese American Football Association, NFA has announced that the X League has postponed the start of the season until October at the earliest. Normally, X League regular-season games commence in ...

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Michigan players find pro football opportunities in a new frontier: Japan

admin Apr 15, 2020

Joshua Cox, who went to Warren De La Salle and Central Michigan, now plays for the Panasonic Impulse in Japan’s X-League. By Rod Beard, The Detroit News For the past three years, Joshua Cox ...

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Japan’s X League Spring tournaments canceled

admin Mar 26, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic Not surprisingly, Japan’s X League has canceled the full schedule for the spring tournaments, including the Green Bowl and the Pearl Bowl. These tournaments typically pit all the teams in the ...

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Hope Springs Eternal: Japan’s Gridiron National Team Looking To Make History In Texas

admin Mar 2, 2020

Graphic: Inside Sport Japan By John Gunning The Japan American football team has arrived in the United States hoping to follow in the footsteps of this nation’s soccer and rugby sides and achieve a ...

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Chinese National Football League quarterfinals set for this weekend

admin Feb 13, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic After an exciting wild-card weekend that saw the field of playoff teams narrowed from 12 to 8, the Chinese National Football League playoffs marches forward as the four quarterfinal matchups will ...

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Japan: X League Final Four ready to kick off this weekend

admin Feb 13, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic Japan’s X League heads into its Final Four this weekend as the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers will square off against the Elecom Kobe Finies while the Obic Seagulls and Panasonic Impulse ...