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

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.

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

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

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.

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

It was a day to remember for Guam as they ended their long wait for a World Cup qualifying victory.

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