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Jordan's national football team goalkeeper Amer Shafi is carried on shoulders of jubilant Jordanians who received the team members upon their return to the Kingdom on Saturday from Qatar, where the team, dubbed Nashama or the brave ones, lost 2-1 to Uzbekistan on Friday in the Asian Cup quarter-finals after a highly praised performance in the first round and in the last match.

	Fans back 'brave' team despite loss
	Hundreds of jubilant fans at Queen Alia International Airport saluted the national football team who returned back home yesterday.

	'We did ourselves proud'
	Jordan might be out of the Asian Cup but their Iraqi coach Adnan Hamad says they did the country proud, with the experience boding well as a building block for the future.

	Board approves 2011 budget
	A total of JD9 million will be allocated to Jordan’s sports federations over the coming year, according to a statement by the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC).