ABU DHABI - Defending champions Al Jazira were held to a 1-1 draw by Al Wasl in Group B of the Etisalat Cup at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium on Saturday night.
ABU DHABI - Defending champions Al Jazira were held to a 1-1 draw by Al Wasl in Group B of the Etisalat Cup at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium on Saturday night.
Qatar stormed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for only the second time in their history on Sunday with a commanding 3-0 victory over Gulf champions Kuwait, who were eliminated from the tournament.
Ten-man Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League here Sunday after holding Tottenham to a 0-0 draw in a match that failed to live up to expectations.
Uzbekistan qualified for the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup by drawing 2-2 with China on Sunday.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is still searching for a first victory since his return to Anfield and needed Dirk Kuyt’s penalty to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw Sunday in the Merseyside derby with Everton in the Premier League.
James Collins scored a second-half equalizer for Aston Villa in its 1-1 draw at Birmingham in an entertaining Midlands derby in the Premier League on Sunday.
Sunderland grabbed a last-minute equalizer against fierce local rival Newcastle to draw 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday, making up for a disastrous defeat earlier in the season.
The Asian Cup is wide open going into the final group matches, with only Iran having qualified and most teams still able to claim one of the remaining seven spots in the knockout stage.
Three-time champions Iran struggled past North Korea 1-0 at the Asian Cup, becoming the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals in their bid to end a 35-year title drought.
RIYADH — The king of Saudi Arabia has fired the country’s football federation president following the national team’s disappointing performance at the Asian Cup.