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Iraqi basketball delegation in Tehran	Read more
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 5:44 PM

Baghdad, March.10 (AKnews)- The Iraqi basketball delegation arrived to the Irania capital to participate in the west Asian championship of basketball.  The delegation arrived to Tehran two days after the launch of the west Asian championship held there from the 8th to the 15th of the current month, Moaed Al-Samaraee, member...

	Kurdish basketball referee run opening match in west Asia Championship	Read more
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 3:26 PM

Dahuk, Mar. 10 (AKnews) – A Kurdish basketball referee run the opening match of the West Asian Basketball Championship which is held in Iran.Dahuk-born international basketball referee Samir Mohammed Ali, with the assistance of a Jordanian and a Syrian referee, run the opening match between the Iranian Mehran and Lebanese Al-Reyaz basketball...

Fadel Abdul Hussein as Karbala's coach	Read more
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 2:05 PM

Karbala, March 10 (AKnews) The secretary of Karbala administrative commission said on Wednesday that the administration chose Fadel Abdul Hussein to be the new coach replacing the former coach Abdul Ghani Shahed, who went to Najaf club to lead its team in the competition of the Premier football League. "Karbala management chose Fadel Abdul...

	Dahuk to play Lebanese Hobs Wednesday	Read more
Tuesday, March 9th 2010 4:18 PM

Dahuk, Mar. 9 (AKnews) – Dahuk basketball team is preparing to play its second match in the west Asian basketball championship against Lebanese Hobs in Iran's capital city Tehran on Tuesday.Khattab Omar, assistant coach of Dahuk team, said the Lebanese team had long history in the west Asian basketball championship, but "we will try to...

Karkh vs. Shorta in the Iraqi basketball championship	Read more
Tuesday, March 9th 2010 3:58 PM

Baghdad, March 9 (AKnews) - Karkh will face Shorta team within the second round of the second phase of Iraqi Basketball Championship, a member of the Iraqi Central Basketball Union says. "Shorta team, which ranks the third place in the Iraqi Super basketball league, will host Karkh which ranks the second place in a meeting to be...

Dahuk defeated Western Basketball championship	Read more
Tuesday, March 9th 2010 1:39 PM

Baghdad, March 9 (AKnews)- Dahuk lost its first meeting within the Asian Western basketball Championship according to a member in Dahuk administrative committee. Dahuk lost its game against the Iranian team Sabahan (92-74) …and the bad communication between the players and the administrative body prevented them from getting any additional...

	Soccer protects bones: study	Read more
Monday, March 8th 2010 4:30 PM

London, March 8 (AKnews) - Playing soccer regularly can help protect individuals against falls and bone fractures commonly experienced during old age, a new study finds. "It is well known that the risk of falls and fractures increases with age as a result of weaker bones, poorer balance and attenuated ability to trigger rapid muscle force,...

	Weightlifting Federation sets annual Platform for 2010	Read more
Monday, March 8th 2010 3:30 PM

Baghdad, March 8 (AKnews)- The annual platform for 2010 was distributed among all sub-associations in the Iraqi provinces and the executive office of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee, according to the president of the Iraqi Central Weightlifting Federation . "The first local tournaments will be done according to the annual...

Dahuk faces Iranian Sabahan in western Asian Basketball Championship	Read more
Monday, March 8th 2010 12:51 PM

Baghdad, March 8- (AKnews)- Dahuk club will face the Iranian team Sabahan in the western Asian basketball championship."Dahuk basketball team will play on Monday at seven p.m. (Baghdad time) the opening match of Western Asian basketball championship against the Iranian team Sabahan in the Iranian capital Tehran, and it will continue until...

Great participation of sportsmen in Iraqi poll	Read more
Saturday, March 6th 2010 6:57 PM

Erbil, Mar. 6 (AKnews) –"Our nation is stepping towards a crucial event, so I call upon all of the sportsmen in Kurdistan Region to have an active participation in the election", says the president of Kurdistan Football Central Union Safin Kanabi."Kurdistan's sportsmen should take that into serious consideration. As the Kurdish...