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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Adnan Hamad will be rewarded for guiding Jordan to the quarter-finals of last month’s Asian Cup with a new contract, the Jordan Football Association have said.

Jordan want the 50-year-old to stay on as national coach through the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Jordan were the surprise package at the Asian Cup in Qatar, finishing second behind eventual champions Japan in their group in only their second appearance in the tournament.

They were beaten 2-1 by Uzbekistan in the last eight.

“We will finalise all the details for the new contract in the coming days,” Hamad, the 2004 Asian coach of the year, told the Asian Football Confederation.

Hamad led his native Iraq on a fairytale run to the semi-finals at the 2004 Athens Olympics against the backdrop of escalating violence in their war-torn country. (Reporting by Alastair Himmer in Tokyo; Editing by Greg Stutchbury; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) Double-click on the newslinks: for more soccer stories

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{ UEFA Champions - AC Milan vs Tottenham Hotspur, Gennaro Gattuso and Joe Jordan(Getty Images)Tottenham coach Joe Jordan has blasted claims by AC Milan’s Gennaro Gattuso that racist remarks fuelled their dispute at the San Siro on Tuesday night.

Gattuso claimed that the Scotsman, himself a former AC Milan player, had provoked him with racist slurs, after which the Italian international grabbed Jordan by the throat before later headbutting him.

Jordan has moved to rubbish claims, and speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: “To come up with something like that is pathetic. It is completely and utterly untrue and something so wildly inaccurate doesn't do him much credit.

“He clearly doesn't realise I consider playing for Milan the proudest time of my career, that my daughter lives and works in Italy and that I love the country and the people.”

Meanwhile, Gattuso is set to face Uefa disciplinary officials on Monday, with his club having prepared a dossier to help him avoid a long term ban.

AC Milan president Adriano Galliani said: “What Rino did was an unpleasant episode that was not good. But he has been deeply provoked and should not be criminalised.”

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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Adnan Hamad will be rewarded for guiding Jordan to the quarter-finals of last month’s Asian Cup with a new contract, the Jordan Football Association have said.

Jordan want the 50-year-old to stay on as national coach through the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Jordan were the surprise package at the Asian Cup in Qatar, finishing second behind eventual champions Japan in their group in only their second appearance in the tournament.

They were beaten 2-1 by Uzbekistan in the last eight.

“We will finalise all the details for the new contract in the coming days,” Hamad, the 2004 Asian coach of the year, told the Asian Football Confederation.

Hamad led his native Iraq on a fairytale run to the semi-finals at the 2004 Athens Olympics against the backdrop of escalating violence in their war-torn country. (Reporting by Alastair Himmer in Tokyo; Editing by Greg Stutchbury; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) Double-click on the newslinks: for more soccer stories

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Labels: coach, contract, Hamad, Jordan, offfered, Reuters