Yahoo Sports reports: When Iraq's World Cup hope, Aymen Hussein, talks about his life, the focus isn't on goals and titles, but on loss and pain. The national team striker lost his father as a child and a few years later, his brother was kidnapped and they haven't heard from him since.
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 15, 2026 7:11 AM
How Hussein overcome loss and pain to become Iraq's World Cup hope
When Iraq's World Cup hope, Aymen Hussein, talks about his life, the focus isn't on goals and titles, but on loss and pain. The national team striker lost his father as a child and a few years later, his brother was kidnapped and they haven't heard from him since.
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