FIFA lifts suspension on Iraq

FIFA has lifted a suspension on Asian champions Iraq but warned Brunei they face expulsion as a member over political interference.

“Iraq is fully back as a member, they have a road map to (federation) elections and they can play football again,” FIFA president Sepp Blatter told reporters after an executive committee meeting of football’s governing body on Friday.

Iraq were banned in November for the second time in 18 months after the country’s Olympic committee disbanded their football association (IFA) and government security forces seized control of the federation headquarters. @FFT

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