This study investigates the observance of politeness maxims in two well-known Arabic Iraqi sports TV programs that discuss the different issues related to football sports in Iraq. The aim of the current paper is to examine the hosts’ and guests’ observance of politeness maxims and show the purposes of using them. In addition, the paper endeavours to find out the maxims that are used and the most used ones, and applies the politeness principle to Arabic contexts. The researcher adopts Leech’s (2014) new model of politeness principle that consists of ten maxims.