Syrian football fans have trolled Australia's official Facebook supporters page ahead of Tuesday's World Cup play-off in Sydney, flooding it with thousands of messages.... more »
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou admitted Tuesday's crunch World Cup play-off against Syria could be his last in charge, but the Australian doesn't plan for it to work out that way.... more »
Australian players and media slammed the referee after Syria's controversial late penalty dented their hopes of reaching next year's World Cup following a 1-1 play-off draw in Malacca.... more »
Omar al-Soma buried a late penalty as war-torn Syria drew 1-1 with Australia to put their two-legged World Cup play-off on a knife-edge on Thursday.... more »
A qualifying campaign that has defied civil war and internal splits has brought Syria within sight of a miraculous World Cup berth -- if they can overcome Asian champions Australia.... more »
As qualifying for the 2018 World Cup reaches its climax, Lionel Messi's Argentina find themselves in trouble, Syria face a play-off to keep their remarkable dream alive and European champions Portugal have work to do.... more »
Injured captain Mile Jedinak was Wednesday ruled out of Australia's crunch World Cup play-offs against Syria, as coach Ange Postecoglou included a host of fresh faces in the push to make Russia.... more »
Omar Al Soma's stoppage-time equaliser took war-torn Syria into Asia's World Cup play-offs on Tuesday, as South Korea and Saudi Arabia both booked their spots at next year's tournament.... more »
Asian champions Australia landed in the same group as heavyweights Japan on Tuesday as teams were drawn for the final stage of regional qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.... more »
Of the 12 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) teams anxiously awaiting Tuesday's draw for the Russia World Cup 2018 third round qualifiers, arguably Qatar has the most at stake.... more »
Once the whipping boys of Asian football, the tiny Pacific island of Guam has struck a blow for the underdog by reaching the final round of Asian Cup qualifiers.... more »
Chinese fans were left dreaming of World Cup glory on Wednesday after they scrambled into Asia's final qualifying stage with a shock win which left state media purring that "Anything is possible".... more »
Australia coach Ange Postecoglou says his team is good enough to beat anyone in Asia and he is not worried who they draw in the next round of World Cup qualifying.... more »
Asian heavyweights Australia and Japan booked their places in the next round of World Cup qualifying with big wins on Tuesday as China stunned Qatar to bring their campaign back from the dead.... more »
Japan thrashed Syria 5-0 to finish top of their World Cup qualifying group on Tuesday but they needed a flurry of late goals to give the scoreline a flattering complexion.... more »
Tim Cahill scored a double and Robbie Kruse provided three goal assists as Australia trounced Jordan 5-1 to finish top of their 2018 World Cup Asia qualifying group in Sydney on Tuesday.... more »
Harry Redknapp admits that Jordan are the underdogs going into Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Australia but believes they have what it takes to win against the Socceroos in Sydney.... more »
China's spending power has taken football by storm but the national team is facing more World Cup heartache heading into a qualifying showdown on Thursday.... more »
South Korean winger Son Heung-Min, who has struggled for a regular space with Premier League team Tottenham this season, has been left out of his national side's World Cup Qualifier later this month.... more »
China has turned to a former manager to replace sacked Frenchman Alain Perrin as head coach of the national team, the Chinese Football Association said Wednesday.... more »
Paul Put has been suspended as Jordan's national football coach pending "clarification" of a prison sentence in his homeland Belgium for match-fixing, Jordan's football federation said Tuesday.... more »
