Baghdad FC: Iraq's Football Story - A Hidden History of Sport and Tyranny

Iraq's Football Story: A Hidden History of Sport and Tyranny. Simon Freeman uncovers a half-century of triumph and tragedy as he talks to officials, players and sports journalists involved with the game they loved under the yoke of totalitarianism. He also assesses the team at the 2004 Olympics and in the run-up to the Asian and World Cups, and asks: What is the destiny of Iraq's game in a post-Saddam world, where the US military parks its tanks on the national stadium?

Product details

• Authors: Simon Freeman
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.05.2006
• EAN: 9780719567957
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6795-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subject: Guides > Sport