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Article: Feature: No shame but dream for ice hockey amateurs in Asia
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- January 30, 2007
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Feature: No shame but dream for ice hockey amateurs in Asia
by Sportswriter Shen Nan
CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Goalie Ahmed Al
Dhaheri fully stretched his arms over the crossbar, looking up to the
roof for a gasp of fresh air. He just let in the 30th goal in the ice
hockey match between his home country UAE and Kazakhstan and it still
had 10 minutes to go.
The match ended at 38-0, a frustrating score, but still with a
rather consoling cushion against the biggest goal difference of 52-1
in the ice hockey tournament at the ongoing Asian Winter Games.
"We are not on the same level, we are amateurs against
professionals," said Yury Faikou, coach of the United Arab ...