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![China's head coach Marcello Lippi leaves after the World Cup football qualifying match against South Korea in Changsha, China's central Hunan province on March 23, 2017.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/IZND7CVSRJJNXMF7FGLPWIP744.jpg?auth=ebf9b850a021db0e5c143e2498e5966c870e325376aa9876e58d463a4dbe8a53&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
WC 2018 QUALIFYING
Lippi requests that China maintain positive momentum
AFP
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INTERNATIONAL
Lippi appointed China coach
As.com
![United Arab Emirates (UAE) midfielder Omar Abdulrahman (R) and Japan's midfielder Makoto Hasebe (L) fight for the ball during their football match in the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup at Saitama Stadium on September 1, 2016.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/2767RZW3HRNQFKZV5UCWSLDJGE.jpg?auth=60bad7ae320f1f893ae3351ae315095ed7996290c7f688c9ffa2fbbfe83c3e5b&width=360&height=203&smart=true)
WORLD CUP 2018
Japan fall to UAE as South Korea resist China comeback
As.com
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INTERNATIONAL
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