goalkeeper zion suzuki. the japanese were able to turn things around taking the lead through this stunning strike from keito nakamura, and they sealed the win with one more goal in the second half. the united arab emirates got their group c campaign off to a win, beating the lowest ranked side in the competition hong kong three goals to one. hong kong scored their first asian cup finals goal in 56 years when philip chan converted everton camargo s cross to equalise. the uae rode their luck in parts. two of their goals came from var ruled penalties. zayed sultan among the other scorers for them. away from football, the first tennis grand slam of the year has begun in melbourne. the australian open got under way in the early hours of the morning. there s already one briton heading home, we ll have details of that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the mens defending champion novak djokovic. he s a ten time winner
unhappy and in disbelief. the scoreline remained like that and it s back to the drawing board for the super eagles. ghana take on cape verde in a few minutes time. another big tournament featuring premier leaue stars the asian cup is taking place. and tournament favourites japan came back from an early scare to beat vietnam 4 2 in their group d opener. underdogs vietnam took a 2 1 first half lead when pham tuan hai took advantage of a mistake byjapanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. the japanese were able to turn things around taking the lead through this stunning strike from keito nakamura, and they sealed the win with one more goal in the second half. the united arab emirates got their group c campaign off to a win, beating the lowest ranked side in the competition hong kong 3-1. hong kong scored their first asian cup finals goal in 56 years when philip chan converted everton camargo s cross to equalise. the uae rode their luck in parts, two of their goals came from var ruled penaltie
have secured their spot in the knock out stages. two goals in quick succession in the first half gave them a 2 0 win over costa rica in dunedin hikaru naomoto and aoba fujino both on the scoresheet. they are now two wins from two, after an opening group c win over zambia. and spain also secured their place in the knockout phase, after an emphatic 5 0 win over zambia. jenni hermoso and alba redondo scored twice, as they progressed with a game to spare. the spanairds opened their group c campaign with a 3 0 win against costa rica last week and have put themselves forwards as one of the fancied teams in the tournament. the final game of the day gets under way injust over an hour in perth, with the republic of ireland up against olympic champions canada. ireland have a tough task on their hands, they need at least a draw to stay in the tournament after their opening day loss