Football
Bottom club Fukuoka part with Tsukahara thirteen games into the season
Avispa Fukuoka terminated Shinya Tsukahara's contract on Tuesday with the club bottom of J1 on seven points from thirteen matches, two wins and ten defeats, after a 0-3 loss at JEF United Chiba extended the run to four straight league defeats. Head coach Yusuke Murakami will take the team for Saturday's home game against V-Varen Nagasaki while the club works through a search for a permanent appointment.