(24 Sep 2024)
IRAQ AMPUTEE TEAM
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mosul, Iraq – 3 September 2024
1. Nineveh amputee team players running on field
2. Various of players warming up
3. Player preparing to put on prosthetic leg
4. Various of football match
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Talat Hussein, player with Nineveh amputee football team:
"We have ambitions and aim for the best. Currently, I am a player in Iraq, but I aspire to join a professional club in Turkey, Poland, or Germany. I hope that we become professional players to improve ourselves."
6. Various of amputee players competing against able-bodied players
7. Player shooting at goal
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jassem Mohammed, player with Nineveh amputee football team:
"Indeed, this sport is a new breath of fresh air in the city. It provides a moral motivation for all players with disabilities. We train once or twice a week to enhance our skills for the future, to participate in international championships, and to raise the name of Iraq while representing the national team."
9. Various of POV shots of the game
10. Head of Nineveh Paralympic committee talking to players
11. Tilt-up to a team member
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Haitham Hazem, head of Nineveh Paralympic committee:
"The amputee team has achieved good results in Iran’s championship and in the (Amputee Football) World Cup, where we participated and achieved good results in. We, also, defeated many countries that have older histories than our team. The Iraqi National (Amputees Football) Team was established in 2020."
13. Various of players taking penalty kicks
14. Goalkeeper puts the ball over goal line
15. Spare prosthetic leg outside the field
16. Players leaving field at the end of match
STORYLINE:
Iraq’s Nineveh amputee football team is determined to overcome their challenges and make it onto the international stage to represent their country.
Established in 2021, the team has been a beacon of hope for amputees, whose numbers are considerable in Mosul, a city freed from the grip of Islamic State group militants in 2017.
The Nineveh amputee team is considered one of the strongest in Iraq and has already defeated several able-bodied teams in local competitions.
Jassem Mohammed, a player on the team, reflects on the sport’s impact, saying that it offers a fresh opportunity in the city.
"It provides a moral motivation for all players with disabilities," Mohammed added.
He said the team’s ambition is "to participate in international championships and to raise the name of Iraq while representing the national team."
Talat Hussein, another player on the team, aspires to join a professional club, such as those in Turkey, Poland or Germany, he said.
Many of the players on the Nineveh team also play for the country’s national amputee football team, which took part in both Iran’s championship and the Amputee Football World Cup, held in Turkey in 2022.
The Nineveh team competes in the Iraqi league for amputee teams, organized by the Iraqi Paralympic Committee.
The players train rigorously despite facing challenges such as limited funding.
They receive partial support from the Iraqi Paralympic Committee, allowing them to pursue their dreams.
AP video shot by Farid Abdulwahed
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