http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'asia' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/clash-of-the-titan-dramatists-ksa-bahrain.html chris 2009-09-09 21:10:55 As Daryl mentioned Tuesday, Saudi Arabia v Bahrain was a huge match. Huge. It didn't disappoint. For fear of ruining the ending and the screaming commentary, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/football-returns-to-baghdad.html chris 2009-07-14 06:00:48 It was but a mere friendly against a walkover opponent, but in terms of symbolism it was on par with a World Cup final. More ... http://saudiarabia.worldcupblog.org/group-h/intro-saudi-arabia-vs-south-korea.html Fulanito 2009-06-09 07:08:25 On their first training session on South Korean soil and after arriving yesterday in Seoul, the Saudi squad is in preparation for their tomorrow's game ... http://australia.worldcupblog.org/1/worlde-cup-bid-news.html Pat 2009-05-21 19:43:14 Here’s an interesting article from The World Game site regarding the World Cup bidders. It summarises the assessment of each bidder by a company called ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-anti-australia-viral-campaign.html chris 2009-04-27 05:10:10 At least that's what it appears to be. Remember that Uzbekistan training video which looked straight out of Jackass? This is largely the same thing ... http://saudiarabia.worldcupblog.org/group-h/saudi-arabia-vs-iran-2-1.html Fulanito 2009-04-04 11:40:37 In this match held in Tehran, the Saudis played with high spirit winning the game by great come-back in ten minutes before game's end and ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/uzbekistan-takes-its-training-seriously.html chris 2009-03-10 14:40:09 Uzbekistan has been struggling in World Cup qualifying, languishing at the bottom of Group 1 in Asian qualifying. They take on group leaders Australia in ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/thailand-v-lebanon-brawls-pouting-pitch-walkoffs-mistaken-identity.html Chris 2009-01-22 09:40:31 One probably wouldn't expect much out of a Thailand v Lebanon international fixture. Judging by the "stadium" this game was played, everyone else is on ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/myanmar-goalkeeper-over-reacts-to-conceding.html Daryl 2008-12-08 09:21:35 The 2008 ASEAN Football Championship (formerly the Tiger Cup, now the Suzuki Cup) is happening right now, with eight teams from South-East Asia competing for ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/futsal/our-boys-do-us-proud.html Afshin 2008-10-11 21:41:21 OK! As predicted the Brazilians remain invincible; no surprise there. But what surprised even most of us Iranian fans was how well our team fought ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/2800-keeps-iraq-out-of-world-cup.html Laurie 2008-09-29 15:10:08 Before we get started, let's take a look at FIFA's Article 55 of its disciplinary code, shall we? "if a player takes part in an official ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/rethinking-fifas-world-cup-qualifying-quotas.html Daryl 2008-09-19 10:06:28 Sepp Blatter's been in South Africa this week to a) check on the progress of World Cup 2010 and b) do some of his patented ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/schedule-for-world-cup-2010-qualifiers-in-september.html Daryl 2008-09-05 21:00:44 World Cup qualifying returns this weekend, on every continent. It's the big qualifying kickoff in Europe, the start of the final group stage in Asia, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/world-cup-qualifying-update-asia.html Laurie 2008-07-11 07:10:45 We're down to the final ten Asian teams, and we're left with the usual suspects, a few surprises, and...Australia? Yes, Australia, competing with the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/chinese-footballers-pledge-to-take-group-of-death-literally.html Daryl 2008-01-02 14:24:45 The World Cup 2010 qualifying draw was not kind to China. In the first round of Asian qualifying China were drawn in Group Five alongside ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/irans-new-coach-is-a-moustachioed-portugueezer.html Daryl 2007-12-27 14:33:02 Strange things are afoot in Iranian football. Sepp Blatter recently threatened to tear up Iran's FIFA membership for failing to properly separate the football federation ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/the-ancient-fine-art-of-trash-talking.html Afshin Afshar 2006-06-09 22:00:57 (I had originally posted this on January 13, 2006, but after reading some of the unfriendly trash talking that is going on, I decided to ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/big-question-which-team-outside-of-europe-and-s-america-will-do-the-best.html WC Bob 2006-05-23 01:27:49 You might have heard by now that the World Cup has only been won by teams from Europe and South America. With the tournament ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/not-in-asia-please.html Afshin Afshar 2006-05-06 11:35:17 Bob asks everyone “Which Country do you want to Host a Future World Cup?” I am sure there are many countries that can do a fine ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/saba-hoping-for-a-ticket-to-the-second-round.html Afshin Afshar 2006-05-02 13:43:45 Saba Battery face Qatar’s Al Gharafa in Matchday 5 of AFC Champions League tomorrow. They still have a good chance of making it and their ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/superior-iranian-travel-arrangement.html Afshin Afshar 2006-04-12 16:51:44 In this mornings Iranian papers I read that Foold FC who just lost their AFC Champions League match to Uzbek champs Pakhtakor will be flying ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/foolad-and-saba-battery-have-a-bad-day-in-asia.html Afshin Afshar 2006-04-12 16:14:19 This was a bad day for the Iranian clubs in AFC Champions League. First, Foolad FC, who won the Iranian Pro League title last year, crashed ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/afc-coaches-in-the-world-cup.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-27 23:00:54 John Duerden of goal.com has written a nice piece about the coaches representing AFC in the World Cup. There is nothing new for the Asian ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/punish-the-cheaters.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-24 11:09:07 Apparently Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is fed up with divers and is calling for tougher penalties to punish diving. I think that is a good ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/questionable-coaching-cost-saba-the-game.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-22 22:21:59 Saba Battery blew a one goal lead against Al Karama in Matchday two of the AFC Champions League. In my humble opinion this loss was ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/foolad-play-a-goalless-draw.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-22 13:07:17 In their second AFC Champions League Group C match Foolad FC played a goalless draw with Al Ittihad of Syria. Foolad now lead Group A with ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/saba-battery-defeated-in-afc-champions-league.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-22 11:02:48 Saba Battery were shocked by the Syrian side Al Karama in Tehran. Saba took a 1:0 lead on a goal by none other than Ali ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/foolad-and-saba-battery-in-afc-cl-matchday-2.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-22 01:10:13 Iran’s AFC Champions League representatives Saba Battery and Foolad both are still in the race for the Iranian Pro League title. However, with four games ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/happy-new-iranian-year.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-20 17:28:01 Hello all you football fans around the world! For those of you who may not know, today is the first day of the Iranian New ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/irans-22-man-olympic-squad.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-20 03:32:02 Iran’s Brazilian Olympicvcoach, Rene Simoes, has called up 22 players for the Tunisia trip. Amongst the 22 are a number of Team Melli players such ...