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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.

Japan and South Korea continued to impress with victories in AFC World Cup qualification, while Australia got back to winning way.

UAE Arabian Gulf League champions Al Ahli provide eight players to the United Arab Emirates squad for next month'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.

UAE Doubles from Ahmed Khalil and Ali Ahmed Mabkhout saw United Arab Emirates to a 4-1 win over Qatar in the Asian Cup on Sunday.

UAE A disagreement over broadcasting led to the pre-Asian Cup friendly between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait being cancelled.

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.

UAE Both the United Arab Emirates and Iraq will have a chance to earn a rare podium finish for the respective countries in Friday's Asian Cup third-place play-off.