Kuala Lumpur: The Islamic Republic of Iran continue to lead the way in Asia following the release on Thursday of the latest FIFA World Ranking.
The Iranians climbed one place to be ranked 29th in the world, leading the way from Korea Republic (37th) in second, Japan (45th) in third, fourth-placed Australia (47th) and Saudi Arabia who climbed two places to 54th.
All five teams are currently competing in the third round of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a race to Russia that currently has an unbeaten Iran leading Group A and Saudi Arabia edging out Japan to sit atop Group B.....
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