Our Iraq National Football Team TV schedule lays out where you can find matches for Usood al-Rafidayn. Iraq is one of nine nations to have won the AFC Asian Cup (one of eight current nations, as Israel shifted to UEFA in the 1970s). While this achievement in 2007 (a triumph that earned them a spot […]

Our Iraq National Football Team TV schedule lays out where you can find matches for Usood al-Rafidayn. Iraq is one of nine nations to have won the AFC Asian Cup (one of eight current nations, as Israel shifted to UEFA in the 1970s). While this achievement in 2007 (a triumph that earned them a spot […]

Baghdad (AFP) – As a seven-year-old boy in Baghdad, Mohamed Ali dreamt of becoming a goalkeeper — until a car bomb in the central Tahrir Square ripped away his left arm. The child had become another casualty of the sectarian blood-letting that raged in Iraq in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled […]

Seoul (AFP) – Iraq held South Korea to a 0-0 draw in Seoul on Thursday in the opening game of the final World Cup qualifying round. The home team dominated proceedings and came close to breaking the deadlock, but Dick Advocaat's side defended stoutly. South Korea's best chance came after a first-half corner, when the […]

Basra (Iraq) (AFP) – Iraq faced Jordan in the southern city of Basra on Thursday in their first match at home since football's governing body FIFA lifted a multi-year ban on international friendlies. Iraqis' passion for football cuts across the deep religious and political divisions that have fuelled horrific violence in the country for years, […]

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) – It was a grim time for football: jihadists observed matches, jerseys from foreign teams were banned and even whistling was prohibited when the Islamic State group held Iraq's Mosul. Play was halted for prayers, which occur five times a day, and shorts that exposed players' knees were also banned by IS. […]

Saitama (Japan) (AFP) – Substitute Hotaru Yamaguchi's 95th-minute winner rescued Japan and their stuttering World Cup qualifying campaign as they escaped with a 2-1 victory over Iraq on Thursday. The Blue Samurai were headed for an ignominious draw in Saitama when Yamaguchi smashed a loose ball from a corner through a forest of legs and […]

Shah Alam (Malaysia) (AFP) – Nawaf Al Abed buried two penalties in the last nine minutes as Saudi Arabia came from a goal down to beat regional rivals Iraq 2-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. War-torn Iraq, playing their home fixture in Malaysia's Shah Alam, struck early through Mohannad Abdul-Raheem and  looked headed for […]

Perth (Australia) (AFP) – Hotshots Massimo Luongo and Tomi Juric were both on target as Australia overcame a dogged Iraq outfit to win 2-0 in their 2018 World Cup qualifier on Thursday. The home side were strong favourites but they didn’t have it all their own way until QPR's Luongo and FC Luzern striker Juric […]

The quarterfinal between Iraq versus Iran was never going to be a run-of-the-mill affair. Coming into the match, Iraq had only beaten their arch rivals once in their previous five AFC Asian Cup meetings losing the other four. Iran, on the other hand, had exited the AFC Asian Cup at the quarterfinal stage in 2011 […]