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Thousands of fans filled the streets of Baghdad on Saturday as the Iraqi national team paraded in an open-top bus to celebrate qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: Iraq coach calls for World Cup playoff to be re-scheduled
Iraq coach Graham Arnold pleaded with FIFA on Monday to postpone his team's intercontinental playoff for the World Cup because many of his players and backroom staff are stranded by the growing Iran ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: Iraq qualifies for first World Cup in 40 years, set to play France in Philadelphia
Iraq has qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 40 years, drawing France in their opening match in Philadelphia, with local Iraqi communities in Northeast Philadelphia celebrating and ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: Iraq coach Graham Arnold urges FIFA to postpone his team’s World Cup playoff because of Iran war
Iraq head coach Graham Arnold has issued an urgent plea to soccer’s international governing body to postpone his team’s intercontinental qualifier for the World Cup ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: Celebrations Under Fire: Iraq Qualifies for World Cup
Amer Moayed, an Iraqi sports journalist, did not sleep for 24 hours before the match—and another 24 hours after it. In this match, it may be better to call him a fan, not a journalist. “I was ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: Iraq defeats Bolivia to clinch 2026 World Cup spot. See group schedule.
Iraq has qualified for the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Bolivia in a FIFA World Cup intercontinental playoff final on March 31. Ali Al-Hamadi and Aymen Hussein provided the goals for Iraq, which ends ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: From Sarajevo to Baghdad via Kinshasa: World Cup, party time
The joy of qualifying for a World Cup knows no borders, distances, or sociopolitical contexts. Just ask the fans who were on edge yesterday during the final World Cup playoffs.Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Sports: Against all odds, Arnold and Iraq clinch the final 2026 World Cup spot
Mohannad Ali Kadhim looked to the heavens and screamed for joy, while emotion overcame goalkeeper Ahmed Basil Al-Fadhli as he slumped, facedown, to the turf. Coach Graham Arnold was enveloped on the ...