14 boxers training in Iran for Arab tournament

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Fourteen Iraqi boxers are training in the Iranian capital Tehran early next month within preparations for the Arab tournament to be hosted in Qatar in November, a sports official said on Thursday. “The Iraqi Boxing Federation has named 14 to have training in Tehran on March 1-16 as part of preparations for the Arab tournament,” Firas Musa Omran, the IBF secretary-general, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The championship will be hosted in Qatar on November 11-25,” he added. AmR (TP) 1010