Vietnam

Jordan can match their best ever performance at the Asian cup by beating Vietnam, whose coach Park Hang-seo expects a physical match.

Sardar Azmoun Sardar Azmoun underlined his status as Iran's star attraction as Carlos Queiroz's side made light work of Vietnam in a 2-0 Asian Cup win.

Harry Redknapp's Jordan won 8-0, Australia and Japan scored big and Thailand reached the next phase in the latest AFC World Cup qualifiers.

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates all qualified for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup with qualifying wins on Friday.

Jordan piled the pressure on Australia with a victory over Tajikistan on a busy day of AFC World Cup qualifiers.

Ahead of the Asian Cup match between Iraq and Vietnam, Srecko Katanec wants his players to focus on the task at hand.

Ritsu Doan scored the only goal of the game as Japan edged out a spirited Vietnam 1-0 to reach the Asian Cup semi-finals.

Vietnam Vietnam defender Tran Dinh Dong has received a huge 28-match ban for breaking an opponent's leg in a domestic league match.

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

Vietnam twice led against Iraq but were unable to hold out for a point in the Asian Cup as Ali Adnan struck a 90th-minute free-kick.