Countr­y had recent­ly landed in hot water for fieldi­ng overag­e player­s in U16 sideHONG KONG/SEOUL: Iraq will send its football team to this month’s Asian Games in Indonesia despite speculation the country’s football federation will withdraw from the competition. Iraq have been drawn to face China, Timor Leste and Syria in group C of the 26-team competition, which kicks off on August 10. Squads are made up of players aged 23 or under with coaches permitted to include three overage players. Son released for full Asian Games under Spurs dealSon Heung-min will miss South Korea’s first two matches at the Asian Cup in January under a compromise agreed with Tottenham Hotspur to release him for this month’s Asian Games, the Korea Football Association (KFA) said Wednesday. Son, who is on Spurs’ pre-season tour of the United States, said he felt “sorry to be leaving my team-mates” for the Asian Games at the start of the Premier League season.

Source: The Express Tribune August 01, 2018 10:52 UTC