GAZA CITY: The Palestine football federation urged FIFA on Monday to re-schedule their qualifier with Singapore for the 2010 World Cup explaining their no-show on the pitch because Israel denied them travel permits.
The match was scheduled for Singapore on Sunday, but the Palestinian team failed to show, provoking Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic into slamming his opponents as unprofessional and for FIFA to award the match to Singapore.
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