PUK Co-President: We seek to host Asian league in Sulaymaniyah

Sport‌‌ 09:40 AM - 2021-07-05

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Lahur Sheikh Jangi, Co-President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), expressed his happiness at the Newroz club's qualification to the Iraqi Premier League, while he affirmed that they are seeking to host the Asian league in Sulaymaniyah.

 

On the occasion of the return of Newroz FC to Sulaymaniyah and their qualification to the Iraqi premiere league, the PUK Co-President congratulated them and held mass celebrations, while critisizing the Kurdistan Regional Government for neglecting the sports sector due to political conflicts.

 

A statement by the Co-President said:

 

I was pleased to receive the executives, coaches and all the players of Newroz Club, upon their return from the city of Baghdad. They marked themselves in history, for their club, the city of Slemani, for sports, and for all athletes in the Kurdistan Region, thus fulfilling my wishes for them. I extend my warmest congratulations to the Nowruz Sports Club, all the fans of the club and the city of Slemani on the occasion of their progress to the Premier Club Championship. This victory is a bouquet of roses from the Nowruz Club to the city of Slemani, and serves as evidence that our youth are pioneers and can reach the championships. It is an important opportunity to open up and revive football and the sports sector in the city.

 

As President of the club and in the name of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) Presidency, we reaffirm our promise to continue supporting the Newroz Club as before and to support the athletes of Slemani and all other sports clubs. It is unfortunate that in the past, the government has neglected the sports sector and political conflicts have caused the youth in the Kurdistan Region to despair. I hope that this victory will pave the way for the city of Slemani to host not only the Premier Club Championship in Iraq, but the Asian Club Championship as well, and revive the spirit of sports in this city. Through this we can provide the necessary services to all other sectors, especially the tourism, economic, and cultural sectors. Once again, I extend my warm congratulations to the Newroz Club, in hopes that they will continue on this path and achieve greater victories."

 

Celebration for the team

 

Newroz football club returned to the city of Sulaymaniyah on Sunday, days after their achievement of reaching the Iraqi Premier League, following the last match they played in Baghdad a few days ago.

 

A mass celebration took place in Salim Street in the city of Sulaymaniyah, to receive the club’s players, in the presence of Lahur Sheikh Jangi, the Co-President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the president of Newroz Club, Hama Jaza Sayed Majeed, the official of the Sulaymaniyah Organizations Center for the Patriotic Union, and a number of government and political parties officials and a large gathering of the club's fans.

 

Newroz club was able to reach the Premier League after playing 13 games, and the club's players and fans expressed their joy at this achievement, and they also thanked the joint president of the National Federation for the warm reception.

 

Qubad Talabani: Newroz Club achieved a great gain for Sulaymaniyah

 

Qubad Talabani, Deputy PM of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), congratulated the players and management of Newroz Club on their qualification to the Iraqi Premier League for football.

 

In a congratulatory message to the club, Talabani said that he extends his warmest congratulations to the club's players and management on reaching the Premier League, expressing his hope that the club will achieve more victories.

 

He added that this great victory is a source of pride for the city of life, the city of Sulaymaniyah, extending congratulations to the fans of the club in the city of Sulaymaniyah.

 

He stressed that this victory is the result of training and continuous efforts, wishing that the rest of the Kurdistan Region clubs will have continuous victories and achieve titles.

 

Newroz International Stadium 

 

In the October of last year, the head of Newroz football club and PUK Co-President, Lahur Sheikh Jangi, laid the foundation stone of Newroz international stadium in Sulaymaniyah which is now under construction and near to finishing.

 

The stadium contains 14,500 seats for fans and also a sport ingenuity a hotel, restaurant, café, car park, basketball stadium, volleyball stadium, and the place of staying guests, teams, players, gyms, and a second stadium.

 

 

 

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