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’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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Columbus Crew SC midfielder Justin Meram and Iraq booked their place in the Asian Cup knockout round on Tuesday, defeating Palestine 2-0 in the Group D finale to advance to a quarterfinal against Iran ...

Iraq's soccer team beat Saudi Arabia in Sunday's Asian Cup final. The upset victory gave Iraqis a rare chance to celebrate. Hassan Al-Khalidy, a 24-year-old Iraqi medical student and soccer fan, talks ...

For a few nights this month, the rattle of gunfire in Baghdad streets meant something other than murder and mayhem. Iraqis of all persuasions united their firepower to celebrate the victories of their ...