Iran's Sardar Azmoun (2nd R) scores a goal past Iraq's goalkeeper Jalal Hassan Hachim (3rd L) during their Asian Cup quarter-final soccer match at the Canberra stadium in Canberra January 23, 2015./ (Reuters) - Sardar Azmoun vindicated his coach's decision to let him lead Iran's attack in their ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — South Korea reached the Asian Cup semifinals after Son Heung-min scored two goals in extra time in a tough 2-0 win over Uzbekistan./ Kim Jin-su's long centering pass from just outside the area was deflected by the Uzbekistan defense and into the path of Son, who ...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Tim Cahill set the Asian Cup quarterfinals alight with a spectacular overhead scissor kick and clinched a 2-0 win against China with a header, helping tournament host Australia reach the semifinals in the continental championship./ As he has so often done, the ...
Son Heung Min lies face down in the grass as teammates congratulate him on a goal during South Korea's Asian Cup quarter-final against Uzbekistan in Melbourne on January 22, 2015 (AFP Photo/William West)/ South Korea coach Uli Stielike revealed that he had considered leaving out two-goal hero ...
Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) - Tim Cahill's brilliant double strike sank China and took Australia into the Asian Cup semi-finals on Thursday as Son Heung-Min defied illness to lead South Korea into the last four./ Hosts Australia had the upper hand against China without crafting the breakthrough, ...
South Korea's golden boy Son Heung-Min scored twice in extra time to give the Taeguk Warriors a 2-0 win over Uzbekistan in a nail-biting Asian Cup quarter-final on Thursday./ The man dubbed "Sonaldo" by his teammates scored with a diving header after 104 minutes and slammed home a second a ...
Bitter rivals Iran and Iraq square off in a potentially explosive Asian Cup quarter-final in Canberra on Friday with the coaches of both teams urging players to keep their emotions in check./ There has been little love lost between the neighbours over the years, Iran frequently coming out on top ...
Slick playmaker Omar Abdulrahman can stake his claim for a big-money move to Europe when the UAE face Japan on Friday in an Asian Cup quarter-final which threatens to be a potential banana skin for the holders./ The mop-top Emirati is the heartbeat of Mahdi Ali's highly impressive UAE, who come ...
The Asian Cup knockout stage prepares for lift-off on Thursday with just two Arab countries left in the mix, continuing an alarming trend in recent tournaments./ Of the nine teams who travelled more than 7,000 miles (11,300 kilometres) to Australia, only Iraq and the United Arab Emirates reached ...
Neighbors and fierce rivals Iran and Iraq will meet in the Asian Cup quarterfinals on Friday, while defending champion and title favorite Japan will face the United Arab Emirates. IRAN VS. IRAQ (0630 GMT): The winner-takes-all match in the Australian capital Canberra will be fiercely contested ...
Iraq's players pose for a team photo before the start of their Asian Cup Group D soccer match against Palestine at the Canberra stadium in Canberra January 20, 2015./ (Reuters) - Penalty practice begins on Wednesday for Iraq's squad as head coach Radhi Shenaishil prepares his side for a ...
File photo of Iran’s forward Reza Ghoochannejhad, also known as “Gucci”. Ghoochannejhad will be a key player for his country when they take on Iraq today. Emotions are always high when Iran and Iraq meet on the football pitch. The political history between the two Middle Eastern neighbours ...
Satellite images show two new tent encampments in southern Gaza as reports suggest Israel's military is preparing for an offensive in the city of Rafah./ Rafah, by the border with Egypt, is the only city in Gaza it has not yet entered. Well over a million people have been sheltering there for ...
Activists of Jammu and Kashmir Dogra Front shout slogans against Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a banner showing the logos of TikTok and other Chinese apps banned in India during a protest in Jammu, India, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)/ NEW DELHI (AP) — The hugely popular ...
More than six months into the devastating Gaza war, its impact on the Israeli and Palestinian economies has been huge./ Nearly all economic activity in Gaza has been wiped out and the World Bank says the war has also hit Palestinian businesses in the occupied West Bank hard./ As Israelis mark ...
Megan Thee Stallion arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. A photographer who worked for the hip-hop star said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was ...
HELENA, Ga. (AP) — Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle as well as some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says driver's licenses, credit cards and other items ...
A man killed his wife and three of his children in an apparent murder-suicide mass shooting at a home in Oklahoma, according to police. Oklahoma City police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. Monday and responding officers found the five bodies inside the house. Jonathon Candy, 42, ...
Donald Trump CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images/ This is the second week of former president Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in Manhattan for allegedly engaging in a hush-money scheme to conceal his sexual encounter with adult film actress . (Legal scholar Norman Eisen has more ...
A UN report into the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has concluded it must do more to improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency./ But the independent review also said that Israel had failed to back up a claim that many of the agency's staff belonged to terror groups./ Some of ...
An Uber driver from Southern California is looking to spread the word on the potential risks associated with being a rideshare driver after he was violently assaulted by a passenger over the weekend. that he comes to the L.A. area from his home in the Antelope Valley on the weekends since there ...
Donald Trump won’t be getting his way in his New York hush money trial—at least, not without consequences. Presiding Judge Juan Merchan decided Monday that prosecutors can cross-examine the former president on prior judgements and gag order violations. This is only relevant if Trump takes the ...