AFC Champions League

A second-half flurry saw Gamba Osaka take a big step towards the last eight of the AFC Champions League.

Leonardo scored twice to cancel out Danilo Asprilla's stunner as Jeonbuk Motors took a first-leg lead versus Al Ain in the Champions League.

Seongnam Two-time AFC Champions League winners Seongnam made a terrible start to the 2015 competition with a 2-1 defeat to Buriram United on Tuesday.

Shanghai SIPG and Jeonbuk Motors drew 0-0 in the AFC Champions League quarter-final first leg, before Al Ain and Lokomotiv did likewise.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Satoru Yamagishi's strike fired Sanfrecce Hiroshima into the AFC Champions League last 16 at the expense of Central Coast Mariners.

Al Jazira and Al Sadd recorded first-leg wins in the AFC Champions League round of 16.

Paulinho kept Guangzhou Evergrande in the hunt to regain the AFC Champions League title as Kawasaki Frontale and Al Hilal won impressively.

Siamak Nemati scored the decisive goal against Al Sadd to send Persepolis into the final of the AFC Champions League.

Shanghai SIPG reached the last eight courtesy of a last-minute goal from Wu Lei, with Jeonbuk, Lokomotiv and Al Nasr also progressing.

Liam Reddy Liam Reddy's reflexes and the influence of goalkeeping coach John Crawley helped lift Central Coast to a crucial 1-0 AFC Champions League victory over Beijing Guoan.