Palestine

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

Palestine Palestine sealed historic qualification for the 2015 Asian Cup by defeating the Philippines 1-0 in the AFC Challenge Cup final on Friday.

Despite failing to win either of their opening two Group B matches, Palestine are still in the hunt for a place in the last 16.

FIFA has ruled Palestine will play two World Cup qualifiers on neutral territory due to security concerns in the region.

Australia The 2015 Asian Cup could double as Australia's coming-of-age in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), nine years after they joined.

Graham Arnold Following a shock defeat to Jordan in their Asian Cup opener, Australia boss Graham Arnold is expecting a reaction against Palestine.

Australia slipped to their first defeat of AFC World Cup qualifying as they were beaten 2-0 by Jordan in Group B on Thursday.

Javier Aguirre Japan coach Javier Aguirre was pleased to see his side avoid an upset in their 4-0 Asian Cup win over Palestine on Monday.

Graham Arnold Australia bounced back from their defeat to Jordan by beating Palestine 3-0 in their Asian Cup Group B clash on Friday.

Australia Asian Cup champions Australia will begin their quest to reach a fourth-successive World Cup finals against Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh.