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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

SAITAMA, Japan -- With three games still to go in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Japan have sealed ... 5, 2024: Japan 7-0 China Just as they did in the previous ...

Saudi Arabia moved up to third place in its FIFA World Cup ... against Japan, Renard’s side will need to try to cope without him. The 32-year-old suffered a nasty injury against China on ...

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.

The third round of Asian qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup continued this ... which narrowly defeated China in Riyadh before earning a creditable 0-0 draw away to Japan, must now hope for ...