Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bahrain on Thursday, while China suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Saudi Arabia to remain bottom of its group.

After matchday eight of Asia's World Cup qualifiers, ESPN's writers answer the burning questions, provide analysis and break ...

Branko Ivankovic’s China lineup faces another reality check in World Cup qualifying and risks falling further behind the ...

Japan have become the first team to join co-hosts Canada, Mexico and USA in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26 ... having also faced China PR, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.

BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bahrain on Thursday, while China suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Saudi Arabia ...

In the battle for the second guaranteed World Cup ... of AFC World Cup qualifiers, the Socceroos have moved to 13 points, only trailing runaway leaders and the already qualified Japan.

China’s artificial intelligence chatbot DeepSeek has predicted the country’s national team will fail to qualify for the 2026 World Cup ... currently Japan and Australia, automatically qualify ...

Iran's players celebrate after the FIFA World Cup ... China 2-0 to boost their chances of automatic qualification, but Saudi Arabia stayed in touch in Group C with a goalless draw in Japan.