Iraq’s football squad thrashes Singapore 7/1
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s football team topped its group A in the Asia games qualifying to the World Cup 2014 in Brazil after crushing Singapore 7/1 on the al-Arabi club pitch in Qatar on Wednesday.Striker Younis Mahmoud was a hat-trick hero as he scored in the 11th, 61st and 94th minutes of the match, Karar Jassem in the fourth minute, Hawar Mulla Mohamed from a penalty kick in the 22nd minute, Nash’at Akram from another penalty kick in the 35th minute and Mostafa Kareem in the 47th minute.Iraq, which had defeated Singapore 2/0 in an away game in Singapore, collected 15 points and scored 14 goals.

This reminds me of the time when Saudi Arabia beat Malaysia to qualify for the Olympics and then it was discovered that they had bribed the Malaysia Team to throw the game.