Uzbekistan

The 35-year-old Canberra United forward has been recalled six years after her last appearance for the Matildas. What does that say about the next generation of Australian strikers?

A Dutch chess player says she was fined for wearing sneakers that the International Chess Federation deemed "sports shoes".

Indian police have arrested three employees of a pharmaceutical firm whose cough syrups was linked to the deaths of 19 children in Uzbekistan, a police officer says.

More than 300 children — mainly aged under 5 — in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died last year of acute kidney injury, in deaths that were associated with contaminated medicines, the WHO says.

China's President Xi Jinping warns his Central Asian neighbours not to allow outsiders to destabilise them with "colour revolutions" and offers to set up a regional counterterrorism training centre.

This is the pairs first face-to-face summit since Russia invaded Ukraine. Senior fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute Richard McGregor says that this is a significant moment given Putin's political isolation.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since the war in Ukraine broke out.

Russia's President says Moscow backs Beijing's "One China" policy and opposes "provocations" by the US in the Taiwan Strait.

Xi Jinping will use his first trip outside China in more than two and a half years to publicly show support for Vladimir Putin, writes Bill Birtles.

The Chinese leader's last known official trip to a foreign country was to Myanmar in January 2020, just before the Chinese government declared a public health emergency with the spread of the new coronavirus.

The A-League finals schedule is finally revealed, with all three Australian sides forced to withdraw from the Asian Champions League as a result.

Australia managed to hold Uzbekistan at bay for a 1-0 win, qualifying for the 2020 Games; their first in 12 years.

The Olyroos qualifiy for the Tokyo Olympics with a 1-0 win over 10-man Uzbekistan in the third-place playoff at the AFC Under-23 championships.

She tried. She failed. But still she conquered. When her efforts to raise awareness of the world’s water crisis by running 100 marathons in 100 days derailed, Mina Guli was distraught.  But it was the beginning of something even bigger and better.

Graham Arnold's commitment to attacking leaves gaping holes at the back, and a football team with more firepower will ruthlessly expose that deficiency in the latter stages of the Asian Cup.

Socceroos goalkeeper Matt Ryan and returning striker Matthew Leckie have combined to send the Socceroos to the quarter finals of the Asian Cup after beating Uzbekistan 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 stalemate.

An expert in mass psychogenic illness says a string of mysterious illnesses among US diplomats is caused by a form of "mass hysteria", rather than by a previously unknown type of sonic weaponry.

Only five people survived after the bus travelling on a busy highway frequently used by migrant workers heading to Russia burst into flames.

Architects working in the Soviet Union transformed simple bus stops into pieces of art and acts of defiance.

Novak Djokovic says he wants to spend time with his family and will not confirm a return to Melbourne Park in 2018 after his shock Australian Open loss to Denis Istomin.

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov dies, ending over a quarter of a century of rule in the Central Asian nation with no clear successor lined up.

Strongman Uzbek leader Islam Karimov is in critical condition after his health worsened "sharply" following a stroke earlier this week, an official statement says.

Highlights from the Asian Cup quarter-final match between South Korea and Uzbekistan.

Son Heung-min propelled South Korea into the Asian Cup semi-finals with a brace in a 2-0 extra-time win over Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan booked a place in the last eight of the Asian Cup with a 3-1 win over Saudi Arabia in Melbourne.