From J. League Regista: #JLeagueWorldwide is back! The column resumes its journey to explore how J. League fans worldwide became attached to the world of Japanese football. In Episode 22, Adam told us how his passion for the J.League flourished. 🇵🇱🤝🇯🇵

From J. League Regista: 📌 A winger renaissance in Tochigi 📌 Kofu no. 10 looking for a new beginning 📌 Brazilian wizard awakening? #MarketWeek comes back with the first part of our mid-season overview: "Leaps & Renegades" is here 👇 jleagueregista.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/2...

Tonight in the #JLeague : FC Tokyo vs. Tokyo Verdy THE TOKYO DERBY 🔥 @ Ajinomoto 🏟️ #Footy-Live

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

From J. League Regista: Summer window is over and some question marks are still over #Japan and its players: ❓ Why some haven't moved this Summer ❔ How the J.Leaguers will adapt to Europe ⁉️ What's next for some key-figures (W. #Endo, #Tomiyasu) Time is ticking for 2026 😬🕑

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana was cut short by pro-Palestine protests on Tuesday, the second time a stage finish has been impacted because of demonstrators at the 2025 race. More from @alirampling.bsky.social and @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗 theathletic.com/6613152/?sou...

From J. League Regista: Japanese players are now a hot commodity, but which leagues and nations value them the most? In the 4th episode, we analyzed how the #MLS - so USA & Canada - are tackling this opportunity (feat. @manuelveth.bsky.social from @transfermarkt.com) 🇺🇸🇨🇦🤝🇯🇵 #HelloNihon

Serie A side Cremonese have signed Jamie Vardy as a free agent, wrapping up an intriguing deal shortly before Monday’s transfer deadline. The 38-year-old has signed a one-year deal, with the option of a further 12 months if certain conditions are met. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

Me watching this summer’s transfer window:

From J. League Regista: It took a while, but #WhenWeWereJLeaguers is back! And Episode 3 of the column brings us to Argentina and JEF United Chiba 🟡🟢 In fact, we sat down with Joaquin #Larrivey to revisit his Japanese experience 🇦🇷⚽️

The @fourfourtwo.com video on #JLeague fan culture is out featuring yours truly doing the talking head thing! Super stoked to have been asked to take part in this; it looks absolutely phenomenal and it's wonderful to see overseas media go beyond the usual surface-level content.

Moin, Yuki! 👋 Der SV Werder Bremen leiht Rechtsverteidiger Yukinari #Sugawara vom FC Southampton für ein Jahr aus. ✍️ Alle Infos & Stimmen 👉 svw.de/PMSugawara #Werder

Rio Ngumoha’s winner made him Liverpool’s youngest-ever Premier League scorer at 16 years and 361 days old. He is the fourth youngest scorer in the history of the competition, behind James Vaughan (16y 270d), James Milner (16y 356d) and Wayne Rooney (16y 360d).

I talked with "J.League Regista" about my background, what motivates me to keep talking about the #JLeague, etc...! ⬇️

NEW: 🎰 FIFA was in advanced talks with venues in Vegas to host World Cup draw 🫡 But Trump admin insisted on Kennedy Center in DC - a venue he is now chairing & shaping - & Infantino fell into line, despite numerous FIFA officials preferring Vegas option www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

🇮🇹 Title winners and challengers 🇮🇹 Best transfers so far 🇮🇹 Rising stars to look out for 🇮🇹 Teams in trouble The Athletic's Italian football expert @jameshorncastle.bsky.social delivers his Serie A predictions...

From J. League Regista: 📊 Data in football 📈 The growth of Japanese talents ⚽️ His love for FC Tokyo We sat down with Ryo Nakagawara (@rbyryo.bsky.social) for an interview over his work and how J.League has changed over the years 🎙️ jleagueregista.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/r...

Jean-Philippe Mateta scores Crystal Palace's first-ever goal in a major European competition 🦅

The Bundesliga has become the first major European football league to award part of its live broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom to a content creator, with That’s Football — a channel hosted by the online personality Mark Goldbridge — to show matches this season. More from @sebsb.bsky.social

From J. League Regista: Mito #HollyHock were (probably) tipped to go down and they're instead leading the J2 table. Arata #Watanabe was let go by Oita, and he's now captaining the side with already double-digits of goals in 2025. A rebirth story for the striker. 👊⚽️

Interview with James Milner ahead of his 24th (!) PL season: * playing in PL at 16... & 39 * concerns for today's youngsters: too much money/exposure too soon, "ridiculous" schedules that risk burn-out * TV cameras in dressing room ("an absolute no-go") * Diogo Jota 💔 www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

Chelsea will use a portion of Club World Cup bonuses paid to players to make a financial donation to the family of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva. Full story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social here ⬇️ 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

🍒 Why he's not worried by his Bournemouth contract expiring in 2026 🍒 The difficulty of signing players from the Premier League 🍒 Why he studies how players celebrate when their team scores 🍒 What NBA tactics have taught him Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola speaks to @adamcrafton.bsky.social.

The J.League has announced the death of Kunishige Kamamoto, who scored 75 goals in 76 caps for Japan and won the golden boot in the country's bronze-winning campaign at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He was a 7-time Japan Soccer League MVP for Yanmar Diesel with 202 goals from 251 games.

From J. League Regista: Japanese players are a hot commodity right now, but which leagues and nations valued them the most? In the third episode of this column, let's see how #Scotland used this opportunity (feat. @sbienkowski.bsky.social from @transfermarkt.com)🤝 #HelloNihon

🇩🇪 Oliver Kahn on the Bundesliga: "Internationally, it still doesn't play a significant role. When I talk to people, they don't see much difference between the Bundesliga, Serie A, and Ligue 1. The Premier League and La Liga stand out clearly. Everyone knows the stars and teams. (kicker)

From J.League Regista: His career seemed over when his competitiveness got in the way (again!), but Takashi #Inui is doing just fine. He could have had more from his career, but at 37 years old, his stint with #Shimizu S-Pulse reminded everyone of what he's capable 🧙‍♂️⚽️

Four Avispa Fukuoka #JLeague academy youth players are going on a two week training program: 2 to Palmeiras 🇧🇷 and 2 to Mainz 🇩🇪 Cost is entirely paid for by Takehiro Tomiyasu ! 👀 www.avispa.co.jp/academy/post...

From J. League Regista: #LostTreasures returns with a new episode, featuring a player who divided and conquered Osaka. Motohiro #Yoshida has been heavily tied with #Gamba, but he wrote history as a player with #Cerezo 🔙

From J. League Regista: It's been a surprising J3 League season - and #Vanraure Hachinohe have been the dark horse of this year. Let's dive into the surprise package coming from the North 🦑🟢

Martial for €60m, Di Maria for €75m, Sancho for €85m, Antony for €95m...

Trovatemi un numero 10 migliore in qualunque nazionale di calcio dell'Italia negli anni 2020. Non perdete tempo: non c'è.

Liverpool have permanently retired their No 20 shirt in memory of Diogo Jota. @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social

From J. League Regista: Kota #Takai's move from Kawasaki #Frontale to #Tottenham might be just a bargain. Or maybe something more? Have Japanese clubs finally learned their lesson? Let's look at four key-transfers which made the J.League evolve into something different 👇

Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you

Nankatsu SC, the club inspired by Captain Tsubasa and owned by series creator Yoichi Takahashi, are leading the Kanto Soccer League D1 (=J5) at the season's halfway point. If they stay in first they'll earn a spot in the Regional Champions League and compete for promotion to the 4th-tier JFL.

From J. League Regista: 🧤 The new #Grampus hero 🔄 Rebirth with #SPulse 🔥 A young star with #Sanfrecce 🧠 The #Frontale apprentice The #EAFF2025 starts this week - we've gone through the profile of four debutants for #Japan 🗾

Tim Mayer came out swinging as he launched his FIA presidency bid yesterday, highlighting "illusions" of Mohammed Ben Sulayem's tenure - and claimed the "deck is stacked in favor of the incumbent." Feature for @theathletic.bsky.social w/@madelinecoleman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/647...

Love how the first thing Celtic do is announce Inamura has signed on a four-year deal, in contrast to J.League clubs who refuse to announce anything longer than 1 year (even if the actual paper might say more).

Japan National Team 🇯🇵⚽️ squad for the EAFF Championship - 🆕 Alex Pisano as part of the GK unit! - Veterans returning after a long absence - This is so different from what I wanted AND what I thought Moriyasu "would" pick so I'm kind of left speechless, honestly... #daihyo

BREAKING: Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources tell @joevardon.bsky.social and @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social.

In just under a month, @josimarfootball.bsky.social added 1,500 new subscribers in Norway and elsewhere, whilst we received 10,000 euro in donations. This means we can carry on doing our job investigating the darker recesses of football. So yes - THANK YOU! josimarfootball.com/2025/07/01/j...

From J. League Regista: ✅ Captain and legend at #FCTokyo ✅ 500 J1 League games ✅ Winning PK to seal the home win against YFC Another episode of "The Centennial Club" to celebrate the profile of Masato #Morishige 🔴🔵3⃣

The weather conditions have become the hottest of topics at this Club World Cup. Enzo Maresca's 'joke' comments were certainly at odds with the happy, clappy messaging that is preferred by Gianni Infantino and FIFA, writes @oliverkay.bsky.social ⬇️ 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca has labelled the Club World Cup’s storm delays a “joke” and questioned whether some American cities are “the right place” to host games in a major tournament. More from @oliverkay.bsky.social ⬇️ 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/645...

📝 The Austrian Grand Prix has signed a new contract, keeping the Red Bull Ring on the F1 calendar until 2041 #F1 #AustrianGP

🆕 Shogun Soccer Scouting 🇯🇵⚽️🔍! 1⃣3⃣: KOTA TAKAI | #高井幸大 ! LINK 🔗: www.shogunsoccer.com/p/shogun-soc... - Physically imposing 💪 but some issues with speed & turning agility ↪️ - Very good ball progression through passes & carries ✅ #Spurs #THFC #COYS #JLeague

Born in the Netherlands, raised in Spain, where he was formed by the cultural melting pot of the searing southern shores. Dean Huijsen has come a long way in an incredibly short space of time. From Malaga, to Juventus, to Bournemouth and beyond. This is the story of Real Madrid’s £50m centre-back.