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Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Used by itself, sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors.
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باءت The most popular sport in Iraq is soccer or football. The national football team reached the World Cup finals in 1986, but failed to progress out of the group stage. Recently they reached the finals of the Asian Games in 2006, defeating former World Cup semifinalists South Korea in 2006 and eventually losing to Qatar. Football is largely seen as a uniting factor in the country following years of war and unrest.This is also the most practiced sport in Iraq. Iraq also enjoys hockey and swimming plus a little golf Iraq has sports leagues. Some of them are paid for by sponsors of local industries,. For example, Electric Club is paid for by the Ministry of electricity and Al Naft is paid for by oil revenues. Soccer is the number one sport in Iraq,but other sports are also popular. The Iraqi Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League. It was founded in 1948, and has been a member of FIFA since 1950 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1971. Dawri Al-Nokba is the same as the "Iraq Super League." In Iraq, there are at least two leagues, the Iraqi Basketball Association, the country's professional organization, runs a number of adult and youth leagues., and the Premiere League, for elite players. List of Basketball Clubs Armenia Club Electric Club, whose starting guard Ahmed Obeid was kidnapped in Diyala province in November 2006 Al Shurta Club in Baghdad Peshmerga Club, a Kurdish team List of popular sports figures Ammo Baba] a football coach and player Ali Jaafar assasinated sports caster Najah Ali was a boxer in the 2004 Olympics Ahmad Radhi Hussein Saeed Falah Hassan - a football player on the Iraq national team Hussein Saeed - a football player on the Iraq national team Basil Gorgis - a football player on the Iraq national team Thamer Yousif - a football player on the Iraq national team Ahmed Radhi - a football player on the Iraq national team Abbas Obeid Jassim - a football player on the Iraq national team List of popular Soccer Clubs Al Zawraa Najaf FC – from Najaf Al Shurta Mousel FC – from Mosul Al Talaba based in Baghdad Karbalaa FC from Karbala Al Naft based in Baghdad Al Minaa based in Basra Al Jaish (Iraq) based in Baghdad Al Karkh (known as Al Rasheed until 1991).The Iraqi national football team is the national team of Iraq and is controlled by the Iraqi Football Association. It qualified for the finals of one World Cup, in 1986. During the rule of the government of President Saddam Hussein, the President's son, Uday Hussein, was in charge of the Iraqi Olympic Committee and, by extension, the national football team. Under Uday's leadership, motivational lectures to the team included threats to cut off players' legs, while missed practices resulted in prison time, and losses resulted in flogging with electric cable or baths in raw sewage. [1] Despite the turmoil in the country following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the football team, then guided by Adnan Hamad, continued playing international tournaments with good results. Its Under-23 team qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics and then represented the country in the Asian Cup, where reached the quarterfinals, as they had done in 1996 and 2000. At the 2004 Olympics, Iraq defeated Portugal, Costa Rica, and Australia on their way to securing fourth place in the tournament. During the 2004 Olympics, team members expressed their objections to TV commercials of the re-election campaign of George W. Bush which made reference to Iraq's participation in the Games.