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*Group A*: India, Pakistan, Qualifier *Group B*: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan *Qualifier* to be chosen from: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore, UAE 15/9/18: BAN vs SL (Dubai) 16/9/18: PAK vs Qualifier (Dubai) 17/9/18: SL vs AFG (Abu Dhabi) 18/9/18: IND vs Qualifier (Dubai) 19/9/18: IND vs PAK (Dubai) 20/9/18: BAN vs AFG (Abu Dhabi) Top 2 teams in each group go to Super 4 stage. 21/9/18: Group A Winner v Group B Runner-up (Dubai) 21/9/18: Group B Winner v Group A Runner-up (Abu Dhabi) 23/9/18: Group A Winner v Group A Runner-up (Dubai) 23/9/18: Group B Winner v Group B Runner-up (Abu Dhabi) 25/9/18: Group A Winner v Group B Winner (Dubai) 26/9/18: Group A Runner-up v Group B Runner-up (Abu Dhabi) 28/9/18: FINAL The post Asia Cup Schedule Announced appeared first on Star Media Ghana .

Jose Mourinho believes Portugal should not be discounted as potential World Cup challengers because the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo ensures “nothing is impossible”. Ronaldo was a key figure and captain as Portugal won Euro 2016, a victory which in itself was a shock given their perceived lack of star quality aside from the Real Madrid forward. The European champions head into the World Cup ranked fourth in FIFA’s rankings, though few consider them to be among the favourites, with Germany, Spain, France and Brazilthe most widely fancied. But Manchester United’s Portuguese coach thinks both his country – who face Spain, Iran and Morocco in the group stage – and Argentina should be considered as in with a chance, purely because they have Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. “Portugal has an interesting squad,” Mourinho told ESPN. “Without Cristiano, it would be impossible, but with him nothing is impossible. “I believe that the Argentinian national team without Lionel Messi wouldn’t be a cont...