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Japan: Panasonic Impulse overwhelm Nojima Sagamihara Rise to clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs
The Panasonic Impulse (6-0) wasted no time in the final regular season game of the year against the Nojima Sagamihara Rise (3-2-1) at the MK...
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Japan: Panasonic Impulse and Nojima Sagamihara Rise square off in final round of regular season
In what may be the top game in the final regular season round of Japan’s XLeague, the Panasonic Impulse (5-0) will face the Nojima Sagamihara...
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Japan: Panasonic Impulse stay unbeaten with lopsided win over Fujifilm
The Panasonic Impulse scored early and often this past weekend in handing Fujifilm Ebina Minerva AFC a humiliating 55-0 beatdown in the fourth week of...
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Japan: Panasonic Impulse edge SEKISUI Challengers for 2nd straight win
The Panasonic Impulse were pushed hard but managed to skate past the Sekisui Challengers beating them 14-13 this past weekend in the second round of...
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Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers defeat Panasonic Impulse in 77th Rice Bowl to capture 3rd straight title
The Fujitsu Frontiers claimed their third straight Rice Bowl championship and and eighth overall X-League title after defeating the Panasonic Impulse 16-10 on Wednesday at...
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Japan: The 77th Rice Bowl is a battle of unbeatens as the reigning champion Fujitsu Frontiers face the Panasonic Impulse
The stage is set for the 77th annual Rice Bowl, featuring the two No.1 regular season teams, both undefeated, the Panasonic Impulse, and the defending champions,...
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Japan: The 76th Rice Bowl pits the reigning champion Fujitsu Frontiers against the Panasonic Impulse
By Aidan Wohl The stage is set for the 76th annual Rice Bowl, featuring the two No.1 regular season teams, the Panasonic Impulse, and the...
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Japan Rice Bowl: QBs Head to Head – Fujitsu Frontiers’ Tsubasa Takagi vs Panasonic Impulse’s Jaylon Henderson
By Aidan Wohl The Fujitsu Frontiers and the Panasonic Impulse will face for the second year in a row in Japan’s championship game, the Rice...
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Japan: 76th Rice Bowl features arch rivals the Fujitsu Frontiers and Panasonic Impulse
By Aidan Wohl The stage is set for the 76th annual Rice Bowl, featuring the two No.1 regular season teams, the Panasonic Impulse, and the...
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Japan: 2022 X1 Super All X-League Teams announced
As we await the Rice Bowl championship next week in Japan, the representatives of the 12 teams belonging to X1 Super and the media covering...
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Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers, Panasonic Impulse dominate in semifinals, advance to Rice Bowl for 2nd straight year
By Aidan Wohl Japan’s X-League semifinals offered one expected result and another surprise. The Fujitsu Frontiers remained unbeaten in 2022 after thrashing the Elecom Kobe...
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Japan: X-League semifinals set to kick off
By Aidan Wohl Four teams remain in this Japan’s X-League playoffs after a thrilling quarterfinal that saw upsets and teams proving their worth when the...
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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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Japan: XLeague playoffs set to kick off
By Aidan Wohl The regular season of the XLeague has concluded, commencing the race for the American Football Japan Championship Prudential Life Cup 76th annual...
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Japan’s XLeague rolls into 4th round
By Aidan Wohl Round four of Japan’s XLeague is here. The undefeated Fujitsu Frontiers lead the Group A division while the Panasonic Impulse and IBM...
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Fujitsu Frontiers down Panasonic Impulse to capture 75th Rice Bowl
The Fujitsu Frontiers captured their sixth Japanese title since 2013 in downing the previously unbeaten Panasonic Impulse 24-18 in the 75th Rice Bowl this past...
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Japan: 75th Rice Bowl pits fierce rivals as Panasonic Impulse face the Fujitsu Frontiers
The Japanese championship game, formerly the X Bowl but now the Rice Bowl, set for Monday, January 3 at the Tokyo Dome, pits the unbeaten...
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Japan: Panasonic Impulse down IBM Big Blue in playoff shootout to earn Rice Bowl berth
For the sixth time in eight years, the Panasonic Impulse have earned their place in Japan’s Rice Bowl championship game. After an undefeated regular season,...
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Japan: XLeague playoffs set to start
The Japanese XLeague heads into the semifinals this Sunday with the Panasonic Impulse as slight favorites to win their first title since 2015. The Impulse...
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Istanbul Rams sign Japanese WR Muneyuki Kinoshita
The Istanbul Rams continue to bolster their roster as they prepare for the 2022 European League of Football season and have now added standout Japanese...
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Playoff picture taking shape in Japan’s XLeague
With five of seven games wrapped up in Japan’s XLeague, the post-season push is in full force. Familiar names sit at the top of the...
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AFI Recaps the weekend of international football
With many leagues winding down or finished, there was still plenty of football being played around the world. The German Football League quarterfinals took place...
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Japan: Catching up with the XLeague through its first two weeks
After two exciting weeks of play in Japan, three familiar teams sit atop the standings. The Fujitsu Frontiers, Obic Seagulls, and Panasonic impulse all remain...
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Obic Seagulls give up yards but not inches to clinch X Bowl berth over Panasonic Impulse
Anthony Lawrence was going to be the hero. All game long, the University of San Diego quarterback had methodically picked apart the Obic Seagulls defense...
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LIVESTREAM Japan: Obic Seagulls v. Panasonic Impulse, November 21, 14:00 (06:00 CET, 12 midnight ET)
Japan’s XLeague winds up the regular season this weekend with three games and the round kicks off Saturday, November 21 with the Obic Seagulls and...
