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Japan: Three of four favorites advance to XLeague semifinals
By Aidan Wohl The XLeague quarterfinals saw both expected blowouts and stunning thrillers this last weekend as three of the top four seeds advanced. The...
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Maruo ready to bring aggressive, violent game to CFL
By Chris O’Leary Les Maruo has had one of the most complete football experiences of any player in this year’s CFL Global Draft. Born in...
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Brison Burris: covering receivers from Louisiana to Amagaski
Brison Burris definitely took the road less traveled and found a football haven far from home and in the most unlikeliest of spots, Amagaski, Japan,...
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Garrett Safron: Continuing to build his brand in Japan!
Garrett Safron had already made a name for himself before signing on as the quarterback for the Asahi Challengers in Japan’s X-League Area the country’s...
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AFI & Inside Sport Japan present a World Top 225 ranking
American Football International and Inside Sport Japan have teamed up to produce a ranking of the Top 225 American football teams outside of the United...
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Inside Sport Japan’s World Top 20
Inside Sport Japan, ISJ, has been covering American football in Japan for several years and as a partner with American Football International, has en eye...
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Japan: Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers re-sign WR/PR Robert Johnson
The Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers in Japan’s XLeague have re-signed wide receiver Robert Johnson (Mississippi State) for the 2019 season. The 6’2″, 212 lb native...
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Japan: XLeague playoffs loom: How did they get there?
The last XLeague playoffs under the current system are about to begin and straight away they have significance not only for this year but also...
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Final four games in 2018 season fateful in Japan’s X League
The final Sunday of the regular season in Japan’s X League features four games two of which are key for playoff positioning. The X League playoff picture will be...
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Japan: X League – Top 10 Power Rankings – Fujitsu still #1
The Japanese X League heads into its 5th week of action with the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers, who remain unbeaten, are firmly in first place in...
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What’s life like playing football in Japan?
Wonder what it’s like to play football in Japan? Wide receiver Robert Johnson and linebacker Brandon Berry play for the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers in Japan’s...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan’s X League kicks off 2018 season
Japan’s X League kicks off its 22nd season this weekend with nine games on tap. The defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers have lost their starting quarterback...
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Japan: X League Power Rankings as 2018 season set to kick off
Japan’s X League kicks off the 2018 season this weekend with some shuffling in the top ranks of the teams. It’s been an offseason of...
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LIVESTREAM: – Japan: Green Bowl – Panasonic Impulse v. Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers – May 20, 2:20p (7:20a CEST, 1:20a EST)
The Panaasonic Impulse face the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers in the semifinals of the annual XLeague Green Bowl preseason tournament at Oji Stadium at the foot of the Rokko...
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Japan: Panasonic Impulse, Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers reach Green Bowl final
Panasonic Impulse laid down a marker for the X-league’s West Division with their 63-0 dismantling of As One Black Eagles at Oji Stadium, Kobe on...
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JAPAN: XLeague playoff race tightening up
Round Five of the XLeague regular season in Japan ended with a bang when Lixil Deers, as they have so many times in the past,...
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IBM Big Blue keeps dropping in Japan XLeague Power Rankings after Week 5
Week Five for the Japan XLeague Power Rankings. You know the drill. Read about your team. Snort derisively. Go on social media and complain. Couple of...
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Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers pound Challengers behind Harvard RB’s sparkling performance
Fujitsu Frontiers started out hot, then coasted to a 44-13 win over Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers at a cold and rainy Amino Vital Field on...
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Playoff berths up for grabs in Japan XLeague’s crucial 5th round
The penultimate round of the Japan XLeague’s regular season see some big teams face off as well as games that will decide the ultimate playoff fate...
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Huge Shakeup in Japan’s X League Power Rankings for Week 4
XLeague weeks three and four overlapped so we decided to wait and see how it all shook out before updating the power rankings…….and yeah….it’s a...
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Japan’s X League Power Rankings for Week 3
Week two is behind us. So are the West Division games for week three – we’re not gonna pretend those didn’t happen – which means...
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Japan: You Come At The King, You Best Not Miss
Former University of Hawaii Rainbow Warrior WR Donnie King is the longest serving foreign player on the Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers in Japan’s X League, and the...
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Japan: Continental Drifter – Globetrotting QB Alex Niznak Reaches Destination With Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers
As part of our collaboration with Japan’s top sports website – Inside Sport: Japan – we present an outstanding interview with quarterback Alex Niznak done...
