SYDNEY (AFP) - Yemen's home leg of their 2012 Olympic football qualifier against Australia this month has been moved to Australia due to the security situation in Sanaa, according to officials.
The decision followed Football Federation Australia being advised by Canberra that it was not safe to travel to the Middle Eastern nation.
FFA suggested to the Yemen FA that both matches be [...]
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian formerly detained in Guantanamo Bay said Friday he is suing Egypt's former vice president and a son of ex-leader Hosni Mubarak over his alleged torture while in Egyptian custody.
Mamdouh Habib said he would take legal action in Egypt against ex-vice president Omar Suleiman and Mubarak's son Gamal over his treatment after he was taken there under the CIA's controvers [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Tadanari Lee scored an extra-time winner as Japan edged Australia 1-0 to win a pulsating Asian Cup final and become the most successful team in the history of the competition.
The unmarked substitute sent a stunning left-foot volley past the diving Mark Schwarzer in the 109th minute to hand his country their fourth title at the continental showcase, a feat no-one else has ach [...]
DOHA (AFP) - South Korea bowed out of the Asian Cup in style by edging Uzbekistan 3-2 in an entertaining third-place play-off on Friday to secure an automatic place at the 2015 tournament in Australia.
Cho Kwang-Rae's men looked on course for a handsome victory at 3-0 up in the first-half, but Uzbekistan clawed back the deficit to salvage some pride after their 6-0 drubbing by Australia i [...]
DOHA (AFP) - South Korea coach Cho Kwang-Rae has warned his side to expect motivated opponents in Friday's Asian Cup third-place play-off, as Uzbekistan seek a reaction to their 6-0 humiliation by Australia.
Cho's team missed out on a place in the final when they lost in agonising fashion to Japan in their semi-final, going down 3-0 on penalties after an action-packed tie finished 2-2 at [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Australia stormed into their first Asian Cup final on Tuesday with a 6-0 thrashing of 10-man Uzbekistan to set up a decider against three-time champions Japan.
Galatasary forward Harry Kewell got the opener on five minutes and Asian player of the year Sasa Ognenovski doubled their lead 11 minutes before half-time.
Blackpool's David Carney put the game beyond doubt on 65 minu [...]
DOHA (AFP) - A 117th-minute strike from Harry Kewell powered Australia to a 1-0 quarter-final victory over holders Iraq at the Asian Cup on Saturday and into a showdown with Uzbekistan for a place in the final.
The Galatasaray forward met a pinpoint cross from Matt McKay towards the end of extra time and angled his header past Iraqi goalkeeper Mohammed Kassid to settle a match that that c [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Mile Jedinak was the toast of Australia again on Tuesday as his goal sent the Socceroos into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over a dogged Bahrain.
The strapping Turkish-based midfielder scored the equaliser in their 1-1 draw with South Korea on Friday and got the decisive goal here in the 37th minute.
Australia only needed a point to qualify and despite Sout [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Australia and South Korea shared the spoils 1-1 in the battle of the big guns at the Asian Cup on Friday as both sides inched closer to the quarter-finals.
The two Asian heavyweights are both seen as potential tournament winners but neither could find the decisive winner at the three-quarters full Al-Gharafa Stadium.
Exciting Jeju United 21-year-old Koo Ja-Cheol, who has already a [...]
DUBAI (AFP) - Craig Moore, former captain of the Australian national football team, is to go on trial in Dubai on Sunday over an alleged drunken brawl with police, the Gulf News reported.
Moore, 34, was arrested on Wednesday for "an alleged drunken altercation with police," the newspaper said on Saturday, without giving a source.
He was released on bail on Friday and ordered to appear in court [...]
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