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Japan: Nojima Sagamihara Rise and Tokyo Gas Creators battle to a draw
The Nojima Sagamihara Rise held a 24-21 lead over the Tokyo Gas Creators with 12 seconds left in the X-League game held at Fujitsu Stadium...
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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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Aaron Ellis continuing his uphill journey in Japan’s X-League
Aaron Ellis continues to make his mark in the football world and he is now in his second season in Japan’s X-League, but this time...
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Ivy League All-Stars To Play Japan’s National Football Association In ‘Dream Bowl’ On Jan 22nd
TOKYO and PRINCETON, N.J. – The Ivy League has partnered with Japan’s National Football Association (NFA) to compete in the Japan-U.S. Dream Bowl in Tokyo on...
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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: Fujitsu Frontiers RB Trashaun Nixon getting ready for playoffs
By Aidan Wohl All eyes will be on Fujitsu Frontier running back Trashaun Nixon this Saturday when he and his team face the Asahi Beer...
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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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Japan: QB Aaron Ellis leads Dentsu Caterpillars to easy win over Nagoya Cyclones
Dentsu Caterpillars quarterback Aaron Ellis tossed three touchdown passes in helping his team to a comfortable 42-10 win over the Nagoya Cyclones at MK Taxi...
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Japan’s Yoshihito Omi ready to make his next big move
Yoshihito Omi’s start in football may not be the typical one that Global prospects tend to share. Whereas many of the Global players that make...
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CFL Combine – Global Prospects from a multitude of countries set to put their talents on display
The Canadian Football League (CFL) and its international partners have announced the 34 global players who will take part in the CFL Combine at Westin Harbour...
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CFL Global Combine scheduled for Japan
Japan’s XLeague, along with the Japan American Football Association, has announced that, in cooperation with the Canadian Football League, it will be holding a CFL Japan...
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Rice Bowl winner Tsubasa Takagi proves Japanese QBs not a thing of the X League past
It was last January, in the aftermath of the Fujitsu Frontiers first Japan X Bowl loss in five years, that a decision was made to...
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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: Fujitsu Frontiers edge Obic Seagulls to advance to Rice Bowl
The Fujitsu Frontiers got a measure of revenge for last year’s championship game loss to the Obic Seagulls Sunday at Yokohama Stadium after beating the...
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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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Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers down Obic in final regular season game to secure 2nd place heading into playoffs
The Fujitsu Frontiers finished Japan’s XLeague regular season with a much-needed come-from-behind win after beating the Obic Seagulls 14-13 on their home field, Fujitsu Stadium...
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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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Yoshito Omi returns to Japan’s IBM Big Blue
After two years of playing outside of his home country, Japanese receiver Yoshito Omi will return to the XLeague. Omi has signed to be re-join...
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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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Japanese running back Taku Lee makes CFL debut with Montreal Alouettes
Global running back Taku Lee from Japan made his CFL debut Saturday night with the Montreal Alouettes as they took on the B.C Lions. After spending...
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Japan’s XLeague cancels all spring/preseason football
In response to the State of Emergency just declared in Japan, the XLeague – Japan’s top level American football organization – has canceled all games...
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End of an era in Japan – no more college teams in the Rice Bowl
It has been an event unique in football throughout the world. Japan’s annual Rice Bowl. There is no other game like it. Played on January...
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: LB – Satoru Takahashi, Obic Seagulls
The key to picking an all star squad is to look for consistency and the highest level of play and to try to ignore the...
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: DB – Bronson Beatty, Obic Seagulls
When the Obic Seagulls staged the biggest upset in the Japanese X Bowl since 2015, beating the reigning and five-time champion Fujitsu Frontiers 13-7 with...
