http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'asia' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network 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 ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/mahdavikias-hsv-win-again.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-18 14:40:08 Mehdi Mahdavikia’s team Hamburg SV won another one in the Bundesliga. Today they defeated Wolfsburg. Mehdi, however, had a weak game. He made number of ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/iran-and-ghana-friendly-is-cancelled.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-17 23:06:12 In the words of the baseball great Yogi Berra, “It’s deja vu all over again”. The Black Stars and Team Melli game has been called off ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/what-couldve-been.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-17 01:28:19 Three years ago an Iranian first division club took an extraordinary step; it allowed a small group of female fans to attend a game in ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/iran-gets-unexpected-support.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-16 11:04:01 Great news Team Melli fans! Do not worry about lack of preparation or Branko Ivankovic’s questionable team selection! Don’t even concern yourselves with Ali Daei’s ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/iran-and-croatia-friendly.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-16 02:08:29 Check this out fans! Iran may be playing Croatia. According to reports a friendly is in the making for May 28. This would be a great ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/define-a-successful-campaign.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-14 11:24:43 Our friend Pasha in the Angola blog has put up an interesting question, “What would be success?” for Angola in Germany this summer. Excellent question for ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/iran-and-ghana-friendly-is-on.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-14 11:18:33 Iran and Ghana friendly is scheduled for March 29, however, no venue has been announced. Come to Tehran guys, it’ll be fun. By the way, what ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/haan-wants-team-melli-job.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-14 11:06:27 It seems like every foreign coach who works in Iran these days has an eye for the national team job. Poor Branko Ivankovic must have ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/sepahan-knock-pas-out-the-cup-chase.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-14 02:52:39 Iranian Pro League’s 2003 champions Sepahan of Isfahan knocked the 2004 champions Pas out of the Cup competition in Penalty kicks. The match had ended ... http://iran.worldcupblog.org/group-d/rezaeis-italian-passport-troubles.html Afshin Afshar 2006-03-14 02:20:22 This may be hard to believe for most of you out there, but Iran national defender Rahman Rezaei is getting some heat from Iranian Football ...