Soccer-Iraq, UAE face crunch ties in quest to keep World Cup dream alive
By Michael Church
Iraq Sport News
Iraq, UAE face crunch ties in quest to keep World Cup dream alive
HONG KONG : With all four of Asia's automatic berths claimed, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates go into Tuesday's final round of the continent's preliminaries looking to keep alive their prospects of a first World Cup appearance in more than three decades.
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DUBAI: Asia’s Arab teams were in action in the penultimate round of World Cup qualifiers on Thursday and, while Saudi Arabia secured qualification in Group B, results in Group A were mixed in the hunt for that vital third-place play-off spot, and the right to meet Australia.
Australia confront rocky playoff path to Qatar
SYDNEY : Under fire Australia coach Graham Arnold drew comfort from the fact that the Socceroos have experience of reaching the World Cup via playoffs after their slim hopes of direct qualification for Qatar were snuffed out by Japan.
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Defeat to Iraq in Riyadh left the UAE’s World Cup play-off hopes hanging in the balance.
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