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Matthew Špiranović Australia will host Iraq in World Cup qualifying on September 1 before travelling to United Arab Emirates five days later.

Ki-Hun Yeom Lee Yong-jae marked his South Korea debut with a goal as they saw off the United Arab Emirates 3-0.

South Korea must delve into their resources for Thursday's friendly with United Arab Emirates, as they warm-up for World Cup qualification.

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

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

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

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 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.