Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 20, 2008
SYDNEY : Harry Kewell is one of only five players from last weekend’s win over Qatar selected for Australia’s World Cup qualifying ‘dead rubber’ against China here on Sunday. The Australians advanced to the final phase of Asian qualifying with their 3-1 win over Qatar in Doha, while the Chinese were eliminated after their 2-1 [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 20, 2008
SYDNEY : Harry Kewell is one of only five players from last weekend’s win over Qatar selected for Australia’s World Cup qualifying ‘dead rubber’ against China here on Sunday. The Australians advanced to the final phase of Asian qualifying with their 3-1 win over Qatar in Doha, while the Chinese were eliminated after their 2-1 [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 15, 2008
SINGAPORE : Heavyweights Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Saudi Arabia all powered into the final phase of Asian World Cup qualifying on Saturday, but China crashed out after losing 2-1 to Iraq. Australia made sure of their place with a 3-1 win over Qatar in a sweltering Doha to top Group One leaving [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 15, 2008
SINGAPORE – Saudi Arabia continued their march towards South Africa with a 2-0 victory here over Singapore which was enough to put them in the final phase of Asian World Cup qualifying. Abdoh Autef put the visitors in front after 37 minutes before Ahmed Al Fraidi secured the points 14 minutes from time, ending Singapore’s [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 15, 2008
SINGAPORE : North Korea, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia powered into the final phase of Asian World Cup qualifying on Saturday, but China crashed out of contention after losing 2-1 to Iraq. Japan inched closer to joining the big guns by beating Thailand 3-0, with their defenders doing the damage. They now have 11 points, [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 8, 2008
SINGAPORE : Qatar and North Korea took giant strides towards the final phase of Asian World Cup qualifying Saturday but there was heartache for China whose miserable campaign went from bad to worse. Japan fought out a 1-1 draw with Oman in Muscat, but it was less than impressive from the three-time Asian champions. The [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 8, 2008
MUSCAT – Seigo Narazaki saved Japan’s blushes by stopping Fouzi Bashir’s second-half penalty as they ground out a 1-1 draw with Oman in their Asian World Cup qualifier Saturday. Narazaki’s heroics came just moments after a 53rd minute Yasuhito Endo penalty had cancelled out Ahmed Mubarak’s 11th-minute opener at Royal Oman Police Stadium. It kept [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 2, 2008
SINGAPORE: Uzbekistan thumped Singapore 7-3 to strengthen their position at the top of Group 4 in Asian World Cup qualifying and put a huge dent in the city-state’s aspirations. It was Singapore’s biggest game in years and the nerves got to them, with a catalogue of schoolboy errors sealing their fate. They twice came from [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: June 2, 2008
SINGAPORE: Uzbekistan smashed seven goals past Singapore and Bahrain won in Thailand as they remained the only teams with 100 percent records after three rounds of Asian World Cup qualifying. Japan also took another step along the road to South Africa in 2010 by trouncing Oman 3-0 in Yokohama, with Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura scoring [...]
Posted by: Putera Emas on: May 31, 2008
SEOUL: South Korea squandered a two-goal lead in front of 53,000 fans on Saturday as Jordan battled to a 2-2 draw in the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying. With his team trailing by a brace, second-half substitute Hassan Abdel Fattah scored twice seven minutes apart to pull off an improbable draw for Jordan, [...]
