Sport

Iraq's players gather in circle during a training session at Borregos Sports Center I in Monterrey, Mexico on March 30, 2026. (AFP)

Iraq

Iraq Coach Shields Players from War Before World Cup Playoff

Iranian players salute during the national anthem before the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 football match between Iran and Philippines in Gold Coast on March 8, 2026. (AFP)

Iran

FIFPRO Raises Safety Concerns for Iranian Women’s Soccer Team After Asian Cup Exit

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, C-R, holds the trophy during the closing ceremony of the Women’s Mini-Football World Cup, hosted in Erbil in September 2025. (Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Joins International Minifootball Federation

Kurdish champion Agit Kabayel. (Photo: AP)

Kurdistan

Kabayel Retains Heavyweight Title With Third-Round Knockout, Dedicating Victory to Kurdish People

Kurdish champion Agit Kabayel during one of his previous fights. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

Agit Kabayel Returns to Defend WBC Interim Title in Decisive Step Toward World Heavyweight Clash

Valentina Maher Jamil, the Kurdish sports champion in gymnastics. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Europe

Denmark’s Little Kurdish Champion: Winning Gold and Keeping Heritage Alive

Kurdistan

U.S. Consulate in Erbil Congratulates Zakho SC Fans on FIFA Best Fan Award 2025

Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Erbil Governor Hails Zakho SC Fans’ FIFA Best Fan Award as Pride for All Kurdistan

Fans of Zakho SC celebrating after winning FIFA Best Fan Award, Dec. 16, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Zakho Erupts in Celebration After Fans Win FIFA Best Fan Award

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani Congratulates Zakho SC After Fans Win Historic FIFA Best Fan Award

Zakho SC supporters earned the prestigious award of FIFA Fan Award 2025 after throwing thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch on May 13, 2025. (Graphics: FIFA)

Kurdistan

Zakho FC Fans Win FIFA’s Best Fan Award 2025 for Humanitarian Gesture

Kurdistan Region President Praises Zakho FC Fans for FIFA Global Recognition

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region President Praises Zakho FC Fans for FIFA Global Recognition

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Zakho FC Fans Win FIFA’s Best Fan Award 2025

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha poses with a recently won trophy. (Photo: Instagram/Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha)

World

Indian Toddler Becomes World’s Youngest Rated Chess Player

Kurdish Karateka Atousa Golshadnezhad (R), Tunisia’s Karateka Wafa Mahjoub (L). (Photo: IRIB)

Kurdistan

Kurdish Karate Star Wins Gold at Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh

Iraq

Iraq’s Olympic Chief Temporarily Steps Aside Following US Sanctions Over Alleged IRGC Ties