مجلة دراسات موصلیة

الملخص

Physical fitness and education is regarded as a basic part of the military fitness since alongtime. A fact that led officials in the security forces in Iraq to regard sports activities as part in training programmers in their units and formations. Sporteducation is still practiced and followed in these establishments and any developmentoccurred in these establishments reflects to sports. This research sheds lights on the security forces sports directorate in Ninevah and the sport development it witnessed as well as the big role the police athletes played which resulted in the big victories they achieved in their participations in many championships since1967 until 2003 when Iraq was invaded by the American troops. To achieve this study the researcher depends on the official documents and the personal interviews with many athletes and sportmen who represented Mosul police teams in the championships held in Mosul and the other Iraqi cities and towns as well as what has been issued and published in magazines and newspapers. The research studies different games practiced in Ninevah police as well as some pioneers and the great sport individuals who played a great role in the field of sports.