Iraq basketball team starts traning camp in Sulaimaniya

SULAIMANIYA/IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s basket ball team would start a training camp in Sulaimaniya in preparations for Arab Contest in Tunisia scheduled to be held in late October, a sport director said. “The Iraqi basketball team would start a concentrated training programme in al-Peshmerga club before travelling to Egypt to play two games,” Hamza Ubaid, coach team member, told IraqiNews.com. Iraq will play in the 1st group with Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Algeria and Tunisia. Iraq basketball has not seen any outstanding win in Arab and International competitions. AM(P)  1