China, Saudis through in World Cup qualifying

China and Saudi Arabia were among the teams to progress inAsia’s World Cup qualifying on Thursday, as Singapore oustedneighbor Malaysia and crowd trouble forced the abandonment ofOman’s game at Myanmar.China won 6-1 at Laos to complete a 13-3 aggregate victory,while Saudi Arabia won 5-0 at Hong Kong for an 8-0 margin over twolegs. Both moved into the third round, a group stage that willinclude regional heavyweights such as Japan, South Korea andAustralia.Syria also produced an authoritative 4-0 away win overTajikistan for a 6-1 aggregate; Kuwait won 2-1 at the Philippinesfor a 5-1 aggregate and Jordan progressed after a 1-1 draw at Nepaland a 10-1 win over two legs.Singapore produced a creditable 1-1 draw in front of 85,000mostly hostile fans in Malaysia to take a 6-4 aggregate win in oneof the most important matches between the longstanding rivals.India drew 2-2 at home against the United Arab Emirates butnever threatened to overturn a 3-0 first-leg deficit.In other results, Bangladesh beat Lebanon 2-0 but lost 4-2 onaggregate; Vietnam had a 2-1 win over Qatar but lost 4-2 onaggregate, and Indonesia had a late fright but clung on for a 4-3win over Turkmenistan to win 5-4 overall.In the late matches, Thailand, Iran and Iraq… Read full this story

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