Bahrain

Bahrain Bahrain laid down a marker ahead of the Asian Cup with an impressive 4-1 friendly victory over Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Iran World Cup participants Iran are the drawcard of what is set to be an evenly contested group at the 16th Asian Cup in Australia.

Syria continued their promising start to World Cup qualifying, while crowd trouble marred Malaysia versus Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain Colombia begin the final stages of their Copa America preparations when they face Bahrain at the Stad al-Bahrayn al-Watani on Thursday.

Stephen Constantine's India are close to reaching the Asian Cup knockout phase for the first time ever, with only Bahrain left in their way.

Sung-Yong Ki Newcastle United midfielder Ki Sung-yueng will play no further part in the Asian Cup after a hamstring injury ruled him out.

Heung-Min Son Qatar coach Felix Sanchez saw his side book a quarter-final clash with South Korea and he believes they are contenders to win the Asian Cup.

The Blue Tigers are out of the Asian Cup after a late penalty scored by Jamal Rashed sent Bahrain through to the Asian Cup last 16.

Colombia Radamel Falcao sent a timely reminder to Louis van Gaal on Thursday as he bagged a brace in Colombia's 6-0 demolition of Bahrain.

Bahrain Bahrain will rely on a host of domestically-based players after Marjan Eid named his 23-man squad for January's Asian Cup.