Deputy Premier honors Iraqi football team
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Deputy Premier Saleh al-Mutlaq honored national Iraqi football team and its administrative team, who was present in Amman Sports Stadium during the tournament. In a statement issued by…
7 states to attend International Chess Championship in Dukuk, north Iraq
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Seven Arab and International states have officially agreed to attend the International Chess Champoinship, scheduled to convene in the city of Dohuk, in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region…
Maliki confirms completing preparations for Khaliji 22 tournaments
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Premier Nouri al-Maliki called that the transfer of the Khaliji Tournament to Bahrain “should be a motive to complete all preparations for Khaliji tournaments in Basra, Iraqi…
Iraq sportsman released in Bahrain
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Bahraini authorities decided today the release of Iraqi sportsman Dho al-Fiqar Abdul Ameer, 16, who was sentenced for one year imprisonment under the charges of participating…
Work on Sports City will continue in Basra – Minister
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi minister of sports and youth announced today that work on the Sports City in Basra province will continue according to schedule, despite the decision to…
Iraq will be prepared to host Gulf Championship in 2015
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Chairman of Kuwait’s Soccer Union, Sheikh Talal al-Fahad, has said on Tuesday that Iraq would be 100 percent ready to host the Gulf Championship in 2015.…
Iraq Football Assocation: Moving Khaliji 21 to Bahrain not for security reasons, Najih Hmoud
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Head of Iraqi Football Association said that the decision to move Khaliji 21 to Bahrain was not due to security reasons, pointing out that Basra will host…
Gold Prize for Iraq in Arab Cycling Championship in Egypt
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq has won a gold medal in the Arab Cycling Championship, taking place in Egypt on Saturday, the Secretary of the Central Iraqi Cycling Union, reported. “Iraq…
New sports city in Diala
DIALA / IraqiNews.com: The individual responsible for sports in Diala announced that the Ministry of Youth completed all formalities to build a new sports city in the province, instead of…
30,000-seater stadium in Baghdad soon
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Amanat Baghdad Sports Club next month will lay the foundation stone for an international soccer stadium that seats 30,000 people. “Well-known foreign companies from Sweden and Germany…