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AFC Asian Cup
Class shines through as Afif stars in Qatar’s renaissance
Spare a thought for Aymen Hussein, the Iraq striker whose tournament ended a week and a…
Afif and Al-Taamari in final battle for supremacy
When Qatar and Jordan played in a pre-Asian Cup friendly at the start of January –…
Jordan’s Dynamic Duo: Al-Naimat and Al-Taamari continue to shine
There was something exuberant about it, move after move, a noticeable pattern that you could recognise…
Jordan reach the promised land after decades of near-misses
As his name echoed around the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, there was no doubting who Jordanian…
Cruz: Time for Iran to show winning mentality
One of the men who helped to build and shape an Iran team that stands on…
Pride & Passion: Jordan eye historic final berth
One of the first times I visited Jordan, I was sat at a barbers’ shop on…
Uzbekistan the masters of their own demise
Asian football’s biggest nearly men lived up to their own infamous billing on Saturday evening, as…
Stick or twist? Moriyasu faces Suzuki dilemma
What started as a question mark heading into the tournament, grew firstly into a dilemma and…
Why the match against Japan is more than just football for Iran
The day of reckoning has arrived for Iran. Five years after the Al-Ain agony and a…
Style or substance? Australia confronts its identity crisis
Not for the first time Australia finds itself battling a crisis of identity; caught between who…
Korea’s unseen maestro ready to energise Taegeuk Warriors against Australia
He’s Korea Republic’s pass master and he’s promised to bring the energy in the quarter-finals of…
Eccentric Šegrt propels Tajikistan from underdogs to ‘black’ horses
Ahead of the biggest match in Tajikistan’s history, Petar Šegrt didn’t make the same mistake that…