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Chinese National Football League kicks off 2020 season with plenty of thrills and surprises

Qingdao Conquerors ball carrier objects to getting his jersey pulled by Beijing Barbarians defender in CNFL action in Beijing, China After months of speculation, preparation and anticipation, the Chinese National Football League,CNFL, finally kicked ...

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Austria’s leading rusher Herbert Gamboa has signed to play for IBM Big Blue in Japan

admin Aug 11, 2020

The leading rusher in the Austrian Football League in 2019, by a wide margin, running back Herbert Gamboa, has signed to play for the IBM Big Blue in Japan’s X League. The X League is ...

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AFI Live: Special China Edition – Sunday, Aug. 9, 4p CET (10a ET)

admin Aug 8, 2020

Graphic: Igor Lazarevic This week’s country edition of AFI Live on Asia will cover the opening of the new season in China with coaches or representatives from the CNFL. Five players/representatives will be joining us – ...

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Chinese National Football League announces a 10 team season

admin Aug 4, 2020

The Chinese National Football League, CNFL announced at their recent annual meetings that there will be a 2020-2021 CNFL season. Normally, the annual league meetings take place in Shanghai, where team reps from all ...

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

admin Jun 28, 2020

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 ...