Shafaq Shafaq met fighting arts expert Salah Haider Mahmoud. He told  us about the major disadvantages of the current sports reality,…

as well  as the most important achievements in fighting arts and other things that pertain to fighting arts. Here is the text of the interview:
* What are the main disadvantages of the current sports reality?
- Sport in general in Iraq suffer from dictatorships dominating  some of their unions, in addition to the spread of another negative case which is the forged technical certificates of the  incompetent non-athletes, as well as the lack of field experience, which contributed significantly to the decline in the level of our athletes.
Q: Would you sum up the most important measures to be taken for the development of sports?
- I think it is necessary to speed up the establishment of training and arbitral courses for the fighting arts athletes, and rely on the expertise and competencies that will contribute effectively to the progress of athletes in general, as well as to take care of the young players and young people to promote their talents, in addition to the need to educate and enlighten athletes.
* How do you evaluate the  participation of the Faily Kurds in sport in Iraq?
- The Faily Kurds athletes are owners of effective potentials, so their participation always achieved satisfactory results, but they suffer from clear injustice, marginalization because of their nationality.
* Who are the most prominent players of your generation?
- Imad Saber and Jamil Ibrahim.