DUBAI – Six prestigious club sides from across Asia and Europe will contest the inaugural Matchworld Cup 2011, which will kick off here this Thursday afternoon.
DUBAI – Six prestigious club sides from across Asia and Europe will contest the inaugural Matchworld Cup 2011, which will kick off here this Thursday afternoon.
South Korea marched into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a 4-1 defeat of an obdurate India in their final Group C game at a sodden Al Gharafa Stadium on Tuesday.
Australia and South Korea moved a step closer to a possible meeting in the Asian Cup final at the end of next week when they eased into the last eight of the tournament on Tuesday.
Australia reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Bahrain on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia brought Nasser Al Johar’s reign as coach to an end after just nine days on Monday, announcing the change after the team’s humiliating 5-0 defeat by Japan in the Asian Cup.
Syrian coach Tita Valeriu launched a vicious tirade against his team and their poor defending after two glaring errors sent them packing from the Asian Cup group stages once again.
Saudi Arabia axed coach Nasser Al Johar after just two games on Tuesday and vowed to replace him with a high-profile international name as the fallout from their dismal Asian Cup intensified.
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has warned the Blue Samurai are growing in confidence and getting better by the day after overcoming a shaky start to reach the Asian Cup quarter-finals.
Japan romped into the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup as Shinji Okazaki scored a hat-trick to defeat Saudi Arabia 5-0 on a wet and windy Monday.
A member of FIFA’s executive committee criticised talk of moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to winter and said he believes the idea was floated informally even before votes on the host nation for the tournament.