A football match between Saudi and Iranian teams was cancelled on Monday night amid a dust-up over a statue of slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani, a club source told AFP. The match between Sepahan FC and Al Ittihad FC set to take place in the Iranian city of Isfahan "has been cancelled due to unanticipated and unforeseen circumstances", the AFC Champions League said in a statement, without elaborating. However an official with Saudi side Al Ittihad said a dispute arose after club administrators objected to a bust of Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone strike in 2020. "The club administrators found a bust of Qassem Soleimani in the walkway to the
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