Philippines

Sung-Yong Ki Neil Etheridge's decision to skip the Asian Cup with the Philippines is one head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson understands.

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.

It is a winner-takes-all clash at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai with both sides still in with a chance of making the knockout stages.

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

Palestine Palestine sealed historic qualification for the 2015 Asian Cup by defeating the Philippines 1-0 in the AFC Challenge Cup final on Friday.

Paulo Gomes Bento South Korea got their 2019 Asian Cup campaign off to a winning - if underwhelming - start, beating Philippines 1-0 in Group C.

Australia slipped to their first defeat of AFC World Cup qualifying as they were beaten 2-0 by Jordan in Group B on Thursday.

Sven-Göran Eriksson After more than 12 months out of management, Sven-Goran Eriksson has taken over the vacant Philippines post.