At Sydney, Australia:
FIFA on Monday suspended Iraq's soccer federation because of Baghdad's disbanding of the country's National Olympic Committee and all sports federations.
The executive board of world soccer's governing body announced it had imposed the ban after the Iraq government dissolved its National Olympic Committee and national sport federations in breach of FIFA and Olympic regulations.
The board will recommend that the FIFA Congress, which meets in Sydney on Friday, suspends Iraq from all tournaments for 12 months, but left the door open for a reprieve if Baghdad reversed its decision by 1400 GMT on Thursday.
This should teach government to take their noses out of the businesses of the various sports federations.
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