STORY: For the first time in 34 years, busloads of excited Iraqi soccer fans rolled over the border into Kuwait for a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday (September 10). They haven't been allowed at the ...

Iraq announced on Tuesday the dismissal of head coach Jesus Casas with just two games remaining in Asian qualification for the 2026 World Cup. In a statement, the Iraq Football Association said that ...

Iraq’s Ali Qasim, left, celebrates with team mates after the Under-20 World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Iraq and Paraguay, in Antalya, Turkey, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Iraq defeated Paraguay ...

DOHA, QatarDOHA, Qatar — Iraq qualified for the men’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics with a 2-1 win over Indonesia in the third-place playoff at the Under-23 Asian Cup on Thursday. Ali ...

ZURICH — Iraq is one game away from soccer’s 2026 World Cup in North America and its veteran coach senses a little pressure and a huge achievement ahead. For Iraq fans, a 40-year wait through their ...

BAGHDAD — Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, rarely smiles in public. He was positively beaming Friday night when the Iraqi soccer team pulled up to his door for a celebration of its Asian Cup ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ” The food was great but the music stank. A celebration thrown by the ruler of Dubai for the Iraqi soccer team after its Asian Cup win was marred when Iraq’s Saddam Hussein ...

When Baghdad was absolutely certain that Iraq had won the soccer championship against Saudi Arabia in faraway Jakarta, the celebrations began with a sustained blast of AK-47 fire. The happy sound ...

The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq deposed Saddam Hussein, but it also sparked sectarian violence that would plague the country for years. Neighbor attacked neighbor. Tens of thousands were ...