Outrage over football tournament opening ceremony
A ministry spokesman in turn accused Iraqi politicians of hypocrisy. “There are Iraqi politicians who first need to go and close all the bars and nightclubs in Baghdad before attacking the Ministry of Youth and Sport,” Ahmed Al Musawi told the Kurdish news agency Rudaw. The 2019 WAFF Championship is the first international tournament being hosted by Iraq since Fifa lifted a ban on the country hosting international matches in March last year.
