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- Sneijder scores and Netherlands beats Japan 1-0
- By MIKE CORDER Associated Press Writer DURBAN, South Africa(AP)—The Netherlands is showing it doesn’t have to be flashy to win. Wesley Sneijder scored the only goal Saturday and the Netherlands beat Japan 1-0, its second straight World Cup win and the second time the Dutch couldn’t produce the kind View more »
- Sneijder sinks Japan
- Wesley Sneijder's second-half goal handed Holland a narrow 1-0 win over Japan in their second Group E match and put the Oranje within reach of the last 16 of the World Cup. After a frustrating opening half for the Dutch side, they finally broke through in the 52nd minute with Sneijder's stinging drive deflected by Jap View more »
- Okada: No feud with Van Marwijk
Japan coach Takeshi Okada insists he has no feud with his Holland counterpart ahead of Saturday's World Cup Group E meeting against Durban.
Holland coach Bert van Marwijk admitted on Friday he did not recognise Okada the last time they met at the FIFA draw and mistook him for a federation executive.
"I am not c View more »- Japan VS Holland: Van Marwijk expects "aggressive" Japan
- Holland coach Bert van Marwijk expects a more aggressive Japan than the last time the sides met in a friendly last year. The Dutch face Japan on Saturday in Durban on the back of a 2-0 win against Denmark in their opening World Cup Group E match. The Dutch were frustrated by Japan for over an hour before beating them View more »
- Japan 1-0 Cameroon
Keisuke Honda enjoyed a belated birthday celebration as Japan regained that winning mentality.
The CSKA Moscow attacker, 24 yesterday, got the all-important goal after 39 minutes of the Group E match at the Free State Stadium.
It meant a long-awaited victory for coach Takeshi Okada, who had seen his side lose four View more »- Okada: We will attack
- Japan coach Takeshi Okada is quietly confident his side can return to winning ways in their opening game against Cameroon. Okada insists they will take the game to their opponents at the Free State Stadium. After a run of five warm-up matches without a victory and only one goal scored, he has been accused of negativi View more »
- Song set for Bench role
Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen has hinted he will name midfielder Alex Song on the substitutes' bench for his side's World Cup opener against Japan on Monday.
Arsenal midfielder Song was expected to play a key part in the Indomitable Lions' bid to qualify from Group E but looks set to be employed off the bench initia View more »- Japan arrange Mozambique friendly
Japan will play Mozambique in a hastily-arranged final pre-World Cup friendly on Thursday as Takeshi Okada's side seek a much-needed confidence boost ahead of Monday's opener against Cameroon.
Japan have suffered four consecutive defeats ahead of a fourth consecutive World Cup campaign and face a tough task to rea View more »- Lampard predicts wonder goals
England midfielder Frank Lampard believes a combination of high altitude and the new Jabulani World Cup ball will cause chaos in South Africa.
A series of goalkeepers have condemned the lightweight ball introduced specially for the competition, which seem to deviate in the air and England used one for the first ti View more »- Konno set to miss Japan opener
- Defender Yasuyuki Konno is set to miss Japan's World Cup opener against Cameroon after suffering a knee injury in Friday's 2-0 defeat by Ivory Coast. The FC Tokyo defender injured his right knee during the second half of Japan's final World Cup warm-up following a challenge by Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue. Konno is set View more »
