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Asian handball in match-rigging furor

REMATCH ROW Dubious refereeing in an Olympic qualifier has been repeatedly broadcast in Japan and even the Japanese prime minister has waded into the dispute

AFP , TOKYO

Ichihara said the sheikh, who is also an IOC member, initially tried to intervene in officiating by himself.

"Now there are people who try to please him as they know what he may desire without any need for words," Ichihara said.

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