DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Asian Games have never been bountiful to Middle East nations. They routinely trail far behind the likes of China in the medal tallies and only a few even crack the top 10.
But this time around, there is optimism from Qatar to Palestine that team's in the region can improve on their gold medal hauls at the games which start Nov. 12 at Guangzhou in southern China. Prospects for the men's football teams — Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Qatar— are running especially high following their dominance of the tournament in 2006.
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