Substitute midfielder Yoon Bit-garam's 105th minute goal put South Korea into the semi-finals of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 with a 1-0 victory over fellow regional powerhouse Iran on Saturday. The result sets up a meeting with archrival and fellow tournament favorite Japan on Tuesday. Teams: Iran: Mahdi Rahmati; Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghili, Ehsan Haji Safi, Mohammad Nosrati [.

Man of the match Shinji Kagawa scored two goals and assisted on another as 10-man Japan defeated hosts Qatar 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 on Friday. Qatar surprisingly went ahead in the 12th minute on Sebastian Suria's goal before Borussia Dortmund midfielder Kagawa equalized in the 28th following a period of [.

Shinji Okazaki scored a hat trick and Ryoichi Maeda a bace as Japan stormed into the quarter finals of the AFC Asian Cup 2011 with 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on Monday. The Blue Samurai will now play host Qatar on Friday after topping tournament Group B with seven points from two wins and a draw.

Regional heavyweights Australia and the Korea Republic battled to a 1-1 draw in their group stage AFC Asian Cup 2011 meeting in Doha, Qatar on Friday. South Korea's Koo Ja-cheol scored his third goal of the tournament in the 24th minute on a pass in the area from striker Ji Dong Won. Australia equalized in the [.

India fell to a 4-0 defeat against Australia in their first AFC Asian Cup appearance since 1984 on Monday. Two goals from Everton's Tim Cahill and one apiece from Harry Kewell and Brett Holman saw the Socceroos go atop Group C pending South Korea's meeting with Bahrain later today. Australia outshot India by 19 to 5 [.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will hold Asia's national team championship, the AFC Asian Cup 2011, from January 7th to 29th in Qatar. With many well-known European-based players such as Tim Cahill (Australia and Everton), Shinji Kagawa (Japan and Borussia Dortmund) and Park Ji Sung (South Korea and Manchester United) participating, the tournament is expected [.