Asian Cup

UAE The United Arab Emirates will host the 2019 Asian Cup after defeating the rival bid from Iran, the Asian Football Confederation has confirmed.

Trent Sainsbury Socceroo Trent Sainsbury is confident team-mate Ivan Franjic will be fit for Saturday's Asian Cup final but is ready to fill-in at right-back if the Torpedo Moscow man is ruled out.

Australia A devastating early onslaught helped Australia advance to the Asian Cup final with a 2-0 victory over the UAE at a rain-soaked Hunter Stadium.

Mahdi Ali Mahdi Ali is confident United Arab Emirates can provide another Asian Cup shock against Australia and reach Saturday's final.

Ange Postecoglou Ange Postecoglou says he has confidence in Australia's squad to enable him to make another round of changes for their Asian Cup semi-final clash with United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.

Yaser Kasim Coach Radhi Shenaishil is confident Iraq can cope without the suspended Yaser Kasim in their Asian Cup semi-final against South Korea.

South Korea Iraq's preparations for their Asian Cup semi-final against South Korea in Sydney on Monday have been far from ideal.

Iran An appeal launched by Iran to overturn their Asian Cup quarter-final defeat to Iraq has been rejected.

Mahdi Ali Mahdi Ali believes United Arab Emirates will head into their Asian Cup semi-final full of confidence after Friday's win over Japan.

Javier Aguirre Javier Aguirre insists he is proud of Japan's performance, despite seeing his side's Asian Cup title defence come to an end against United Arab Emirates on Friday.