Soccer Iraq

Soccer Iraq
Type of site
 Sports journalism
Available in English
Website www.socceriraq.net
Launched 2015

Soccer Iraq is an English-based Iraqi website providing a variety of news and statistics for Iraqi football, ranging from coverage on the Iraq national football team to news on the Iraqi Premier League and updates on the Iraqi expatriate footballers.

History

Soccer Iraq launched on 11 March 2015, and was founded by Laith Al Naeme with the aim of creating an English-based website covering the Lions of Mesopotamia.[1]

Providing Information

Throughout the years, Soccer Iraq has provided information regarding the Iraqi game to many major news networks. From speculation on players fighting for ISIS, to the Real Madrid fan club massacre and the Iskandariya suicide bombing, the website has been relied on by news organisations all over the world such as International Business Times,[2] La Gazzetta dello Sport,[3] Daily Mail,[4] Daily Express,[5] Marca (newspaper),[6] Sport.ro,[7] Mundo Deportivo,[8] Het Nieuwsblad,[9] Washington post.[10] and Fox Sports.[11]

Notable Interviewees

The website has published several interviews since its launch - most recently with Gonzalo Rodríguez García, Osama Rashid, Mohannad Abdul-Raheem and Rebin Sulaka.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Soccer Iraq - About Us".
  2. ↑ "Isis: Iraqi anti-Islamic State hero footballer Ali Adnan 'makes it to European football'". International Business Times.
  3. ↑ "Ali Adnan, dal passaggio alla Roma alla guerra in Iraq". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  4. ↑ "ISIS militants wielding AK-47s slaughter 14 Real Madrid fans at supporters meeting in Iraq 'because they think football is anti-Muslim'". Daily Mail.
  5. ↑ "ISIS suicide bomb kills dozens football match Iraq". Daily Express.
  6. ↑ "Real Madrid supporters club in Iraq attacked by terrorists - 16 dead". Marca (newspaper).
  7. ↑ "De ce merg romanii in Irak?! Cati bani castiga Dorinel si Ion Marin la echipele lor". Sport.ro.
  8. ↑ "La selección de Irak sacrifica una oveja para ahuyentar la mala suerte". Mundo Deportivo.
  9. ↑ "Voetballers Irak offeren schaap en maken einde aan slechte reeks dankzij vier goals van één speler". Het Nieuwsblad.
  10. ↑ "Car bomb explosion in Iraq kills youth national soccer team player". Washington post.
  11. ↑ "Iraq ‘ready and able’ to host international matches again". Fox Sports Asia.
  12. ↑ "Soccer Iraq - Interviews".

Ghaith Al-Naeme

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