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First women's basketball school in
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan
28.1.2008
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January
28, 2008
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq',--
A U.S. basketball coach opened the first women's
basketball school in Sulaimaniyah city in an attempt
to revive the sport and boost its popularity, Iraq's
basketball federation chief said on Saturday.
"On Friday, a U.S. coach, Depp Backot, inaugurated a
basketball school for women with the aim of training
girls and holding training courses for coaches,"
Hussein Amidi said.
According to Amidi, 160 girls applied for the test
and only 50 have been chosen to join the program,
which aims to boost the sport in the country. |
First women's basketball school in Sulaimaniyah,
Iraqi Kurdistan |
All of the school
requirements have been provided, Amidi indicated,
noting that the U.S. coach has chosen the closed
hall in al-Sulaimaniyah Sports Club as a
headquarters for the school.
Backot has completed a tour of schools across the
city to raise girls' awareness of the sport.
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan's cultural capital and one
of the major cities in Iraq's Kurdistan region, lies
364 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
VOI
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