Youth soccer team camps in Kurdistan ahead of Asia qualifiers

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s youth soccer team will attend a training camp in the northern Kurdistan region, scheduled to begin later this week, in preparation for the 2010 Asia qualifiers. “The camp will begin this Friday (June 12),” the team’s coach, Hassan Ahmed, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The qualifiers will be held in Malaysia. Iraq’s group includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, India, and Afghanistan,” Ahmed noted. SS (P)/SR 1