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AFI Live: Special China Edition – Sunday, Aug. 9, 4p CET (10a ET)
This week’s country edition of AFI Live on Asia will cover the opening of the new season in China with coaches or representatives from the CNFL. Five...
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Chinese National Football League announces a 10 team season
The Chinese National Football League, CNFL announced at their recent annual meetings that there will be a 2020-2021 CNFL season. Normally, the annual league meetings...
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What’s it like to play football in Japan? Check out the Inside Sport Japan survey
Japan’s X League is arguably the top club team league in the world outside of the United States and Canada. And yet, to the outsider,...
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Chinese teams beginning to return to the Gridiron, 2020 season undecided
Maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. After an especially tumultuous offseason, the American Football scene in China has slowly begun...
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Japan: All Mitsubishi Lions sign former Denver Broncos DL Paul Boyette
The All Mitisubishi Lions of Japan’s X League have signed former Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders and Texas Longhorns defensive tackle, Paul Boyette Jr. The 6-1″,...
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Japan’s X League Spring tournaments canceled
Not surprisingly, Japan’s X League has canceled the full schedule for the spring tournaments, including the Green Bowl and the Pearl Bowl. These tournaments typically...
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CFL Global Combine lands in Tokyo, Japan
As the Canadian Football League continues its global adventure, the crew led by CFL Director of Global Scouting Greg Quick and CFO and Director of Football...
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China: Wuhan Berserkers live up to billing, outgun Shanghai Titans to capture CNFL championship!
The Wuhan Berserkers made history in China when they defeated the Shanghai Titans 36-13 at the Zhangjiang Sports Center in Shanghai, in the Chinese National...
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China Could Be The Next Frontier For American Football
By Jeff Fedotin Contributor SportsMoney I cover the Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL and sports business. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady called the experience one of...
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China: Championship final classic story of new vs old as Wuhan Berserkers face Shanghai Titans
The 2020 Chinese National Football League championship final pits one of the oldest and most successful teams in the league in the Shanghai Titans against...
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Fujitsu Frontiers put unbeaten record on the line against college football’s historic Kwansei Gakuin Fighters
For the second straight year and third time in four years, Japan’s X League champions, the Fujitsu Frontiers (9-0) will face the top college team...
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Road to championship down to two in Chinese National Football League
The 2019-2020 Chinese National Football League has come down to its final game with only two teams left standing as both the Wuhan Berserkers and Shanghai...
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Ranking World’s Top 200 teams – we need your help
Together with Inside Sport Japan, American Football International is selecting the Top 200 football teams outside the United States and Canada. For the past couple...
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Fujitsu Frontiers stage second half rally to win 5th Japanese title
Trailing in the second half, the Fujitsu Frontiers scored two touchdowns and then held on to defeat the Panasonic Impulse 28-26 to win X Bowl...
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Fujitsu QB Ready To Shine in X Bowl After Being Thrust Into Starting Role
By Ken Marantz Tsubasa Takagi might seem to have been preparing for this moment for four years. In reality however, the dream began way back...
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Road to X Bowl XXXIII: Al Rilwan Adeyemi on a journey of faith and committment
The call finally came. After all that time Al-Rilwan Adeyemi had spent keeping in shape over the two years since finishing college, never giving up...
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China: CNFL cream rises to the top in quarterfinals
There were no surprises in three out of the four Chinese National Football League quarterfinals games as all three winning teams won by large margins....
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Victor Mitchell Jr. relishing football life in Japan as he prepares for title game
Panasonic Impulse running back Victor Mitchell Jr. is making the most of his football talents – on the other side of the world, in Japan....
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Panasonic Impulse upset Obic Seagulls, punch ticket to Japan’s X Bowl
The Panasonic Impulse return to Japan’s X Bowl for the first time since 2015 after defeating the favored Obic Seagulls 24-14 this past weekend in...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan X League Semifinal – Panasonic Impulse v. Obic Seagulls, Sat. Nov. 30, 1p (5a CET, 11p Nov. 29 ET)
The 5-2 Panasonic Impulse face the 6-1 Obic Seagulls in the X League semifinals Saturday November 30. The Impulse pushed the Seagulls in late October losing 14-7 but...
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Japan: X League Final Four ready to kick off this weekend
Japan’s X League heads into its Final Four this weekend as the defending champion Fujitsu Frontiers will square off against the Elecom Kobe Finies while...
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Chinese National Football League quarterfinals set for this weekend
After an exciting wild-card weekend that saw the field of playoff teams narrowed from 12 to 8, the Chinese National Football League playoffs marches forward...
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Semifinal matchups loom in Brazil, Japan
Japan’s X League and the Brazilian Football Association, BFA, head into their semifinal rounds this weekend with familiar names in the second last round for...
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Japan: Fujitsu Frontiers block last second FG; beat Obic Seagulls
The Fujitsu Frontiers, winners of the past three X League championships, were pushed to the limit this past weekend by the Obic Seagulls and needed...
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LIVESTREAM: Japan’s X League – Panasonic Impulse v. Elecom Kobe Finies, Sunday. Nov. 17, 1p (5a CET, 11p Nov. 16 ET)
The 4-2 Panasonic Impulse face the 3-3 Elecom Kobe Finies in the final game of the X League regular season Sunday, November with third place...
