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Windsurfing and rugby in Baghdad: New sports pique Iraqis' interest

FRANCE24, 17 Dec 2020
The Iraqi capital may not be known as a hub of sporting excellence, but that could be about to change. Emerging from the chaos of war is a new generation keen to have fun and embrace new challenges. But it's not always plain sailing, as our Baghdad correspondents Lucile Wassermann and Jack Hewson discover. 

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