Iraq’s basketball team leaves for Lebanon

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s basketball team left on Tuesday morning for Lebanon to hold a short training camp as part of preparations for the Arab tournament to be hosted in Tunisia on October 25-November 5, the basketball federation chief said. “The three-day camp will see Iraqi basketballers playing two friendlies in Lebanon,” Hussein al-Amidi told IraqiNews.com. Iraq will play in Group B with Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. AmR (P) 1