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Vahid Halilhodžić Defending East Asian Cup champions Japan kick-off their title defence against North Korea in Wuhan, China on Sunday.

China PR Alain Perrin believes China have no hope of winning the Asian Cup but they look in ominous form after completing a first group-stage sweep.

Dabao Yu China recorded their first win of the East Asian Cup on Wednesday, defeating North Korea 2-0 in Wuhan.

Juan Antonio Pizzi Juan Antonio Pizzi has told Saudi Arabia to forget about the country's past Asian Cup successes, adamant it is meaningless on the pitch.

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

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

Cosmin Olaroiu Cosmin Olaroiu credited playing with two strikers as the reason for Saudi Arabia's comeback in their 4-1 Asian Cup win over North Korea.

Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev's sole goal was enough for Uzbekistan as they began their Asian Cup campaign with a scrappy 1-0 win over North Korea in Sydney.

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan need to make a winning start against North Korea if they are to advance beyond the Asian Cup group stages.