AFC Qualifier for FIFA World Cup: UAE 1-1 Iraq

ABU DHABI, 13th November, 2025 (WAM) -- A powerful header from Luan Pereira brought the United Arab Emirates level and kept qualification hopes alive heading into the second leg of the fifth-round AFC qualifier for the FIFA World Cup 26.

A vibrant home crowd at Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium here was stunned in the early stages when Akam Hashim met a deep free-kick and volleyed the ball back across goal for Ali Al-Ham