Saudi Arabia provides fund new Iraq football stadium
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Iraqi supporters watch their team for a training session prior to a home friendly against Saudi Arabia in Basra on February 28, 2018Saudi Arabia has accessible to fund a whole new FIFA 19 Coins football stadium in Iraq, as FIFA prepares to determine whether to lift its ban on Iraq hosting competitive international matches.
The offer came in a very telephone call between King Salman and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday evening, the best minister's office said.
It provided no further information regarding the cost with the stadium or where it may be located.
It follows a major international friendly between two countries in Iraq's third city Basra on February 28, their first on Iraqi soil in four decades.
The king described the overall game, which Iraq won 4-1 in front of any capacity 60,000 crowd, to be a "success", Abadi's office said.
It was watched by Asian Football Confederation head Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa who said "the the years have come" to end these-decade ban on Iraq hosting competitive international matches.
FIFA is due to make a decision on March 16.
The country has never played full internationals on home turf since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
The ban, covering nearly domestic matches, stayed in place following your US-led invasion of 2003 toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
It was briefly lifted in 2012, but an electric outage during an Iraq-Jordan match from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil led FIFA to promptly reinstate it. MMOAH is capable of providing a better service for FUT 19 Coins trading. We have provided service for thousands and thousands of players in all over the world.
The offer came in a very telephone call between King Salman and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday evening, the best minister's office said.
It provided no further information regarding the cost with the stadium or where it may be located.
It follows a major international friendly between two countries in Iraq's third city Basra on February 28, their first on Iraqi soil in four decades.
The king described the overall game, which Iraq won 4-1 in front of any capacity 60,000 crowd, to be a "success", Abadi's office said.
It was watched by Asian Football Confederation head Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa who said "the the years have come" to end these-decade ban on Iraq hosting competitive international matches.
FIFA is due to make a decision on March 16.
The country has never played full internationals on home turf since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
The ban, covering nearly domestic matches, stayed in place following your US-led invasion of 2003 toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.
It was briefly lifted in 2012, but an electric outage during an Iraq-Jordan match from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil led FIFA to promptly reinstate it. MMOAH is capable of providing a better service for FUT 19 Coins trading. We have provided service for thousands and thousands of players in all over the world.
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