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Chinese National Football League quarterfinals set for this weekend

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

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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 ...

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LIVESTREAM: Japan X League Semifinal – Fujitsu Frontiers v. Elecom Kobe Finies. Sat. Nov. 30, 1p (5a CET, 11p Nov. 29 ET)

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Graphic: Igor Lazarevic The Fujitsu Frontiers (7-0) take on the Elecom Kobe Finies (3-4) Saturday, November 30 in the first of two semifinal matchups in Japan’s X League. The defending champion Frontiers waltzed through the regular season with relative ...

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LIVESTREAM: Japan X League Semifinal – Panasonic Impulse v. Obic Seagulls, Sat. Nov. 30, 1p (5a CET, 11p Nov. 29 ET)

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Graphic: Igor Lazarevic The 5-2 Panasonic Impulse face the 6-1 Obic Seagulls in the X League semifinals Saturday November 30. The Impulse pushed the Seagulls in late October losing 14-7 but then struggled against the winless All Mitsubishi ...

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Panasonic Impulse upset Obic Seagulls, punch ticket to Japan’s X Bowl

admin Feb 12, 2020

Panasonic RB Victor Jamal Mitchell Jr. Photo: MI Planning The Panasonic Impulse return to Japan’s X Bowl for the first time since 2015 after defeating the favored Obic Seagulls 24-14 this past weekend in ...

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Victor Mitchell Jr. relishing football life in Japan as he prepares for title game

admin Feb 12, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic Panasonic Impulse running back Victor Mitchell Jr. is making the most of his football talents – on the other side of the world, in Japan. He was a key to his ...

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Will the Fujitsu Frontiers add another championship ring to collection?

admin Feb 12, 2020

Photo: Al Rilwan Adeyemi has an impressive collection of rings When the Fujitsu Frontiers take the field Monday, December 16 at the Tokyo Dome against the Panasonic Impulse in X Bowl XXXIII, they will ...

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China: CNFL cream rises to the top in quarterfinals

admin Feb 12, 2020

There were no surprises in three out of the four Chinese National Football League quarterfinals games as all three winning teams won by large margins. The Shanghai Titans and the Shanghai Warriors continued to ...

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Road to X Bowl XXXIII: Al Rilwan Adeyemi on a journey of faith and committment

admin Feb 12, 2020

Photo: Al Rilwan Adeyemi — John Gunning, Inside Sport: Japan, June 10, 2019 The call finally came. After all that time Al-Rilwan Adeyemi had spent keeping in shape over the two years since finishing ...

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Fujitsu QB Ready To Shine in X Bowl After Being Thrust Into Starting Role

admin Feb 12, 2020

By Ken Marantz Tsubasa Takagi might seem to have been preparing for this moment for four years. In reality however, the dream began way back in first grade, when he started playing flag football ...