Asian Cup winners Iraq spared budget route home

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Bangkok, July 31: Asian Cup champions Iraq got a surprise upgrade on their economy-class flight tickets today when the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates sent his own plane to pick them up.

Iraqi team officials said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also vice-president and the ruler of Dubai, wanted to be the first person to greet them on their return to the Middle East.

The squad were in transit in Bangkok awaiting a scheduled flight to Amman, but were told they had been invited to a special party in Dubai instead.

Sheikh Mohammed is worth $14 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

Iraq defied all odds to win the Asian Cup for the first time on Sunday, with Younis Mahmoud's 71st-minute header against Saudi Arabia setting off wild celebrations across the war-torn country.

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Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 15:56 [IST]

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Asian Cup winners Iraq spared budget route home