Iraq banned from hosting WCup, Olympics qualifiers

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA has banned Iraq from playing home qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup and 2012 Olympics because of security concerns.

FIFA says it acted because of the "general security situation" in Iraq, and stadium failures in Irbil when Iraq hosted Jordan in a World Cup qualifier on Sept. 2.

The match was suspended for more than five minutes when the stadium lights went off …