Australia maintain their perfect start to 2022 World Cup qualifying with a 7-1 victory at Chinese Taipei.
India lost the opening match against Oman before putting up a spirited display in a well-earned draw against Asian champions Qatar. They take on Bangladesh in Kolkata in their third group match. Follow live scores and match updates below.
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Sardar Azmoun scored a trio of goals in Iran’s lopsided win.
Iran made it a night to remember for female fans allowed into the Azadi Stadium for a World Cup qualifying match for the first time since the Islamic Revolution as they inflicted a record-breaking 14-0 thrashing on Cambodia on Thursday.
Striker Karim Ansarifard scored four goals and Sardar Azmoun hit a hat trick as the Iranians handed Cambodia their heaviest ever defeat.
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Long after spectators had left GIO Stadium in Canberra following Australia’s 5-0 demolition of Nepal on Thursday, Souttar and Awer Mabil were separately helping haul equipment onto the team bus through the mixed zone.
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has described Iran’s stadium ban for women as “unacceptable,” calling on the country to lift restrictions ahead of their next home game.
Attention on the ban intensified when a 29-year-old activist, Sahar Khodayari, died this month after setting herself on fire. She had been detained for dressing as a man to enter a football stadium.
Infantino said in a statement: “Now is the moment to change things and FIFA is expecting positive developments starting in the next…
Sardar Azmoun and Karim Ansarifard were on target as Iran made a winning start to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup with a 2-0 win over Hong Kong on Tuesday.
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They do not like the situation developing…