Baghdad


BAGHDAD - As a girl, Zainab Khadim Alwan cut school to watch American tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams play, imagining herself some day becoming just like them.

BAGHDAD - Iraq is again dangerously close to being banned from international football for alleged government meddling in the leadership of Iraqi Football Association after armed men stormed into the headquarters last week waving arrest warrants.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government says it did not order a recent raid on the offices of the country's soccer federation.

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi official says the government will investigate a raid on the Iraqi Football Association to find out who was behind it.

BAGHDAD - A member of the Iraqi Football Association says men in military-style uniforms have raided the organization's offices and displayed arrest warrants for some of its officials.
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