Former Man Utd coach compares World Cup boss to Sir Alex Ferguson as war-torn Iraq prepares to face Erling Haaland

FOR most of the world, Iraq has too often been defined by conflict. But in Boston on Tuesday when the Lions of Mesopotamia walk out against Erling Haaland's Norway, they will carry a very different message. As assistant manager René Meulensteen puts it, this is a country "coming out of the rubble and the hardship...