
Zurich: Japan's inspirational skipper Homare Sawa paid tribute to those that support her on and off the pitch as the 33-year-old was named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011awards ceremony on Monday.
Zurich: FIFA Women's Football Coach of the Year Norio Sasaki has outlined his determination to make Japan the first team to do the World Cup and Olympics double.
Zurich: AFC Acting President Zhang Jilong has said that Japan's success at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011awards ceremony is a proud moment for Asian football.
Zurich: Japan collected three awards at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011award ceremony at Zurich's Kongresshaus on Monday with Homare Sawa being named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, Norio Sasaki winning the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football and the Japan FA picking up the FIFA Fair Play Award.
Kuala Lumpur: Australia women’s coach Tom Sermanni aims to take his team to the 6th world ranking, up from the current 10th, after the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada.
Tokyo: The Japan women national team's monthly allowance has been doubled, thanks to their FIFA Women's World Cup victory recently.
Tokyo: Japan would honour its FIFA Women’s World Cup-winning footballers as people's heroes, praising them for helping to restore the nation's spirits after its massive quake-tsunami disaster.
Tokyo: Women's football in Japan has been given a much-needed popularity boost by the national team's World Cup win, with domestic games drawing record crowds after years of slumping attendances.
Kuala Lumpur: Five Asian players were selected in FIFA Women’s World Cup All-Star team by FIFA’s Technical Study Group.
Tokyo: The Japanese women's team watched disturbing videos of areas of the country ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to inspire them to their historic victory at the World Cup in Germany.