Football world governing body Fifa has allowed Iraq to host their national team's upcoming World Cup qualifying games in their southern city, Basra, following a "security assessment by a Fifa delegation"
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FIFA bans Iraq from hosting matches
FIFA has banned the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) from hosting international games due to a major increase in nationwide violence, barely three months after world football’s governing body gave the green light for matches to resume.
Gulf Cup switches from Iraq to Saudi Arabia
Iraq has lost the hosting rights to another edition of the Gulf Cup of Nations after the football associations overseeing the tournament moved next year’s event from Basra to the Saudi city of Jeddah.
Iraq to stage national team football tournament
Iraq has been awarded hosting rights for this year’s West Asia Football Federation (WAFF) Championship, with the event to mark the first time the country has hosted a national team tournament since the 1990s.
Three Asean countries bid to host Fifa U20 World Cup 2021
Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia have officially bid to host the Fifa U20 World Cup in 2021.
In total, three of the five bids for the U20 World Cup are from Asia