• Japan football players take part in a group jog on Tuesday in Oman ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Syria in Muscat on Thursday. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Japan football players take part in a group jog on Tuesday in Oman ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Syria in Muscat on Thursday. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
  • Syria players shown in action during a team training session on Tuesday in Oman ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Japan on Thursday in Oman. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Syria players shown in action during a team training session on Tuesday in Oman ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Japan on Thursday in Oman. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
  • Japan players take part in drills on Tuesday during a training session in Muscat ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Syria on Thursday night. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Japan players take part in drills on Tuesday during a training session in Muscat ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Syria on Thursday night. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
  • Syria football players shown during a training session on Tuesday in Muscat ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Japan in the Omani capital on Thursday night. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Syria football players shown during a training session on Tuesday in Muscat ahead of their 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Japan in the Omani capital on Thursday night. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
  • Japan players shown in action on Tuesday during a training session for their 2018 AFC World Cup qualifying contest against Syria on Thursday night in Oman. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Japan players shown in action on Tuesday during a training session for their 2018 AFC World Cup qualifying contest against Syria on Thursday night in Oman. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
  • Japan football players jog during a training session on Tuesday in Muscat ahead of their 2018 AFC World Cup qualifying match against Syria on Thursday night. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Japan football players jog during a training session on Tuesday in Muscat ahead of their 2018 AFC World Cup qualifying match against Syria on Thursday night. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
  • Japan players shown on Tuesday during a team training session ahead of their Thursday night World Cup qualifying match against Syria in Oman. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
    Japan players shown on Tuesday during a team training session ahead of their Thursday night World Cup qualifying match against Syria in Oman. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP

Syria and Japan football teams train in Muscat for World Cup qualifier – in pictures


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Images of the Syria and Japan national football teams training for their AFC 2018 World Cup qualifying Group E encounter on Thursday night outside Muscat, Oman. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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