Football wins as Iraq cheers first postwar champions

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 15,000 soccer fans braved the bloody mayhem caused by 10 suicide bombers across Baghdad on Friday to see the air force team al-Quwa Jawiya crowned Iraq's first champions since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Many drove half the length of a nation ravaged by war to reach the capital's Shaab national stadium from Basra, only to see their port authority side Al-Meena lose to two second half goals....

...The winners will receive 40 million dinars -- about $27,000: "This is what we can afford," said federation chief Sayeed. "We hope that we can provide bigger prizes ... in future, like other countries.""
Reuters