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Toughened by civil war in Lebanon, Abbas Saad is unfazed by challenges he faces
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To many Singaporeans, Abbas Saad will always be their suave Malaysia Cup hero, a stylish striker who scored a hat-trick in the 1994 final to beat Pahang 4-0 and help the Lions break a 13-year drought.
To others, he is a convicted match-fixer who was fined $50,000 by a Singapore court in 1995 and received a global football ban, including a lifetime suspension from football-related activities in the Republic, until it was overturned later.
