The 22 year-old Iraqi national Ghanim Ghudayer who was a member of the Iraq’s Olympic soccer team, and played for Baghdad’s Air Force Club, was kidnapped from his hometown. The sports in Iraq have continuously been under threat, as many of the sports officials and players have frequently received threats, and a few of them have even lost their lives. Sport can always be a medium of spreading peace and harmony, but the offenders of humanism seem to target sports and spread violence. In Iraq, sports have played a very vital role in distracting the people from the ongoing destruction, and the success of the national soccer team has added to the popularity of the game in the country.
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