Track – field federation meets to boost sports

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Central Track and Field Federation will meet on Friday to tackle means of boosting the sports’ popularity in the country. “The meeting will take place on Friday (Jan. 23) at the headquarters of the federation at the International al-Shaab playing field,” the secretary general of the federation, Hussein Jabir, told IraqiNews.com news agency. Several academicians and former professional athletes will take part in the meeting. SS (P) 1