Futoshi Ikeda has left his job as coach of the Japanese women’s team after the Japan Football Association declined to offer him a contract extension in the wake of the team’s quarter-final ...

Thailand's football governing body said Wednesday the women's national team will be managed by Futoshi Ikeda, who resigned as Nadeshiko Japan's manager after last year's Paris Olympics.

Futoshi Ikeda has been appointed manager of the Japan women's national team, replacing Asako Takakura at the helm of the 2011 world champions. Takakura stepped down from the post she had held ...

Despite losing, Japan didn’t throw up the towel and created two great chances in the final 10 minutes of the match that could have given a draw or even three points to Futoshi Ikeda’s team.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Futoshi Ikeda has left his job as coach of the Japanese women's team after the Japan Football Association declined to offer him a contract extension in the wake of the team's ...