LYON, France (AP) — Fermin Lopez scored a goal in each half and Spain beat Japan 3-0 to reach the semifinals of the men's soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Abel Ruiz sealed the win ...

Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming. Japan’s stay in the 2022 World Cup seemed to be over ...

The group stage is over and the knockout round of the men’s soccer tournament is here. Japan has won every single game thus far and has their sights set on the podium, but first, they’ll have to go up ...

Two goals from Fermín López and one from Abel gave the Olympic team the victory against Japan and the pass to the semi-final of Paris 2024. © Copyright RFEF ...

Japan are through to the last 16 of the World Cup after a topsy-turvy 2-1 win over Spain in which they scored a quickfire double — with a controversial second goal awarded by VAR. Japan are through as ...

Japan will face their biggest test so far at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as they take on Spain, one of the favorites to win gold, in the quarter-finals. Japan were one of the surprises of the group ...