New Zealand beat Panama 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in their Kirin Cup semifinal.Marko Stamenic scored New Zealand’s regulation-time goal. Giovany Herbert scored for Panama before halftime.Goalkeeper Alex Paulsen saved Mijahir Jimenez’s shootout effort. New Zealand converted all five attempts, including Michael Boxall’s decisive fifth penalty.The shootout result takes New Zealand into the Kirin Cup final, scheduled for 5 October 2026 in Tokyo.
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Japan will meet the Republic of Korea in the men’s football gold-medal match at the 2026 Asian Games. The finalists emerged from separate semifinals on September 30, setting up a new contest for the title.The Japan–South Korea final is scheduled for Saturday, October 3 at Toyota Stadium. Kickoff is listed for 19:30 Japan Standard Time (16:00 IST). The organizer still marks it as a scheduled match, not a result.Japan claimed its place after a 1-1 semifinal draw with Uzbekistan. It won the subsequent penalty shootout 9-8; the result decided who would take the remaining place in the gold-medal match.The Republic…
Pakistan are through to the Asian Games men’s cricket gold-medal match after beating Bangladesh by six wickets in the first semi-final on Thursday, 1 October. The contest was shortened to 13 overs per side. Bangladesh made 111/7, and Pakistan reached 112/4 in 11.3 overs at Nisshin, Japan.The match in briefAbdul Samad finished unbeaten on 30 in Pakistan’s chase. Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy made 42, while Sufyan Moqim took three wickets for 26 runs for Pakistan. The competition results and an independently maintained completed scorecard agree on those match-specific numbers; they are not career averages or figures from 4xSports’ player database.Pakistan’s target…