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Olympics Sports Law

Iraq’s Back

In one of my earlier posts, Iraq drops soccer team, I described the sad situation involving the dissolution of the Iraqi Soccer team and the Olympic team’s ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).  With the Olympics right around the corner, the IOC has decided to reverse its ban on the Iraqi Olympic team (seven […]

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Soccer

Iraq drops soccer team

First the country started to break apart; now the soccer team has officially dissolved.  After losing 1-0 to Qatar on Sunday, the Iraqis failed to qualify for the last leg of the 2010 World Cup qualifying stages.  The Iraqi government and soccer federation canceled its soccer team and fired the coach Adnan Haman.  Iraq will […]