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    Bahrain upset the odds

    Dec 27, 2019 2 minutes
    JOHN DUERDEN

    Asian football has often seen politics overshadow action on the pitch and it was no different during the 2019 Gulf Cup in Qatar. This time, however, it was all positive and a case of the beautiful game helping to put a chink in some barriers.

    If it meant that Bahrain’s first-ever triumph in the eight-team regional tournament did not

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