Reigning champions Iraq stunned the United Arab Emirates 1-0 on Saturday at the Asian Cup with an injury-time own goal to put them in a strong position to make the knockout rounds.
Reigning champions Iraq stunned the United Arab Emirates 1-0 on Saturday at the Asian Cup with an injury-time own goal to put them in a strong position to make the knockout rounds.
Reigning champions Iraq squeezed past United Arab Emirates 1-0 on Saturday at the Asian Cup thanks to an injury-time goal to put them in a strong position to make the knockout round.
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - A last-gasp strike from Peter Odemwingie helped West Bromwich Albion end their six-match losing streak with a 3-2 win over newly promoted Blackpool here on Saturday.
WIGAN, England - Fulham’s former England striker Andy Johnson came off the bench to score a late equaliser in the 1-1 draw with fellow strugglers Wigan Athletic here on Saturday for the fifth successive draw between the two sides.
STOKE, England - Stoke beat Bolton 2-0 Saturday in the Premier League in a fifth straight away defeat for the visitors.
Branislav Ivanovic scored one goal and created the other as Chelsea beat Blackburn 2-0 Saturday to revive the London club’s struggling Premier League campaign.
Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City clung on to beat Wolverhampton 4-3 and provisionally topple Manchester United from the Premier League summit on Saturday, while Chelsea returned to winning against Blackburn.
DOHA, Qatar - Qatar was already under pressure from its own supporters as the host nation of the 2011 Asian Cup, and now it finds the rest of the world’s football fans have suddenly taken an interest in its progress.
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.
DOHA - Experienced Englishman Bob Houghton said Saturday that coaching India was his toughest assignment in 40 years on the job, a day after his side were hammered 5-2 by Bahrain and knocked out of the Asian Cup.