Soccer-Iraq, UAE face crunch ties in quest to keep World Cup dream alive
By Michael Church
Syria 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.
Australia coach Arnold on a knife edge after bleak loss to Japan
MELBOURNE : Australia coach Graham Arnold's future is up in the air following the World Cup qualifying loss to Japan, with local media reports he may be sacked as early as next week.
Iraq stun the UAE: 5 things we learned from the battle for the AFC’s World Cup playoff spot
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.
Hamilton wants to see more change in Saudi Arabia
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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.
UAE's World Cup hopes back in the balance after Iraq setback
Defeat to Iraq in Riyadh left the UAE’s World Cup play-off hopes hanging in the balance.