FIFA suspends Iraq

The FIFA suspended Iraq from all types of international competitions on Monday- a move that could keep the Asian champions out of this summer's Olympic Games. FIFA's executive board said the ban was in response to the Iraqi government's move to dissolve the country's National Olympic Committee and all of its national sport federations.

The ban takes immediate effect and the executive committee will recommend to the FIFA Congress, which meets to Sydney on Friday, that is suspends Iraq from all tournaments for one year.

Iraq would therefore miss their remaining 2010 World Cup qualifiers and this year's Beijing Olympics. How ever, FIFA said in a statement it would agree to lift the ban if the Iraqi government overturned the decision on Thursday

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