AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s last-minute penalty gave Iran a 2-1 win over Japan on Saturday and a place in the Asian Cup semifinals for just the second time since 2004. Iran will next ...

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Iran knocked four-times champions Japan out of the Asian Cup with a 2-1 victory in their quarter-final clash after skipper Alireza Jahanbakhsh converted a penalty ...

The Asian Cup has brought its fair share of drama so far since kicking off, but the quarterfinals are providing a matchup fit to be a final as two of the most successful teams in the tournament's ...

A prominent Iranian politician on Tuesday called for players in the country's national football team to be punished for clashing with their Japanese opponents after losing in the Asia Cup semi-finals.

On Friday, reigning champions and AFC Asian Cup hosts Qatar kicked off the tournament with a strong 3-0 victory over Lebanon. Led by a brace from Akram Afif, Qatar got their campaign off to a good ...

Japan last week became the first non-host nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Iran joined the Samurai Blue on Tuesday. The rest of Asia will have to wait until the final window of third-round ...