Asian Champions League
Mata targets J-League title after joining Vissel Kobe
Former Manchester United and Spain midfielder Juan Mata set his sights on winning the J-League title yesterday after joining Andres Iniesta's former Japanese club Vissel Kobe.
Mata, a World Cup winner with Spain in 2010, has joined Kobe after leaving Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray over the summer.
Saudi football teams told to play in Qatar
Saudi Arabian football teams will be required to play away matches in Qatar during the Asian Champions League despite the kingdom’s travel ban on its Gulf neighbor, Asia’s football governing body said yesterday.
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Al Hilal out to end eastern ACL dominance
Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal will take on Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan in the first leg of the Asian Champions League final on Nov. 18, seeking to put an end to eastern dominance of the continental club competition.
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Sports Digest: Missas is the new Greece coach
BASKETBALL: The Hellenic Basketball Federation confirmed on Tuesday the hiring of experienced coach Costas Missas to guide the national team starting with the 2017 Eurobasket this fall. On July 25 he will issue his first call-up of players.
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Football riots reflect discontent in Iran's predominantly Arab Khuzestan
Long-simmering discontent in Ahvaz, a predominantly Arab city of Iran that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein unsuccessfully tried to exploit when he launched the Iran-Iraq war in 1980, exploded on the pitch earlier this month during an Asian Champions League qualifier between the city?s state-owned Foolad FC and al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia.