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KUALA LUMPUR: Asian soccer chief Mohamed Hammam signed a US$1bil rights deal with World Sports Group yesterday.

Irana s Hadi Aghily is a candidate to win the AFC Player of the Year 2009 award, according to AFC.

The Pohang Steelers celebrate with the trophy after winning the AFC Champions League final against Saudi Arabia s Al-Ittihad at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday.

After watching J.League clubs own the continental bragging rights the last two years, South Korea restored a little pride on Saturday evening.

Pohang celebrate its second goal by by defender Kim Hyung-Il. Pohang Steelers of South Korea shocked two-time champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 2-1 to capture the AFC Champions League title in Tokyo on Saturday.

Nagoya Grampus striker Kenji Tamada and Al Ittihad striker Redha Takar tussle for the... Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad moved into the Asian Champions League final Wednesday with a 2-1 win away to Nagoya Grampus in the second leg of the semifinals.

Umm Salal's striker Davi, right, holds off Choi Hyo-Jin from the Pohang Steelers during last Wednesday's first leg in South Korea.

East meets west at the semi-final stage of the Asian Champions League with teams from the opposite ends of the continent fighting it out to make the final which will be held in Tokyo on November 7. The first leg of the penultimate round takes place tonight as Nagoya Grampus of Japan take on Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad, the first ever meeting between ...

Europeans and South Americans will wage proxy football battles in the Asian Champions League semifinals.

Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad stormed into the semifinals of the Asian Champions League with a resounding 4-0 win over Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor on Wednesday.

Pohang Steelers beat Bunyodkor 4-1 after extra time and 5-4 on aggregate Wednesday to set up an Asian Champions League semifinal against Umm Salal of Qatar.

Defender Saleh Al Saqri handed Al Ittihad the advantage in their AFC Champions League quarter-final against Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor after the Saudi Arabia champions secured a 1-1 draw in Thursday's tightly-contested first leg.

Saleh Al Saqri's second-half score gave Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad a 1-1 draw with Pakhtakor and an important away goal in the Asian Champions League quarterfinals on Thursday.

Two Asian Champions League stalwarts meet at the quarter-final stage today with Al Ittihad looking to put a smile back on the face of Saudi Arabian football by eliminating Pakhtakor, of Uzbekistan.

The All Whites overcame the double blow of conceding an early goal and a first-half red card to beat Jordan 3-1 in an friendly international in Amman this morning.

The grand King Fahd International Stadium was built for nights like this. The 70,000 seater arena, with its white, tented peaks, is one of the greatest, most aesthetically pleasing crucibles in world football.

Bahrain scored in the last minute of stoppage time to beat Saudi Arabia on the away goals rule in their Asian World Cup playoff on Wednesday.

A scoreless draw in Manama on the weekend has increased the stakes of Wednesday's World Cup Asian qualifier here, where either Saudi Arabia or Bahrain will earn an intercontinental showdown against New Zealand for a spot at South Africa 2010.

Hosts Bahrain kept their World Cup hopes alive holding Saudi Arabia to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the Asian Zone World Cup qualifying play-off clash.

Saudi Arabia will look to overcome the absence of striker Naif Hazzazi to take step closer to a fifth consecutive World Cup finals appearance in their play-off first leg against Bahrain in Manama.