Posts Tagged: soccer
Fanfare for First Flight from Israel to Qatar for World Cup
Balloons festooned the departure gate for the first commercial flight between Israel and Qatar on Sunday, permitted by Doha for World Cup fans despite a...
Qatar to Allow Direct Charter Flights from Israel During World Cup
Soccer's international governing body FIFA announced on Thursday that Israelis and Palestinians will be able to take direct flights to Qatar during the 2022 World...
Israeli Far-Right Lawmaker Demands Halt to Soccer Matches Being Held on Shabbat
The chairman of Israel’s far-right Religious Zionist party Bezalel Smotrich demanded a halt to professional soccer games being held on Shabbat, the Jewish day of...
Qatar to Allow Beer Sales at World Cup Games 3 Hours Before Kickoff
Qatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the...
Jewish Ukrainian Soccer Player Among Athletes Killed in Russian Attacks on Ukraine
A Jewish soccer player was killed when his home in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was bombed by Russian forces on Tuesday. Dmitry Martynenko, 25, and...
Algerian Players Boycott Soccer Match with Israeli Coach
i24 News – Three Algerian players boycotted a friendly match of past soccer stars in Qatar because of the participation of an Israeli, Avraham Grant,...
Some of the World’s Worst Stampedes
At least eight people were killed and many others injured in a crush at the opening night of rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival triggered...
Officials Urge Pro Soccer Teams to Give Red Card to Jew-Hatred by Adopting International Antisemitism Definition
A large group of officials from around the globe have signed an open letter urging professional soccer teams to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
Israeli Startup Pixellot’s AI-Powered Robot Photographers to Help Coach Soccer Star Leo Messi and Barcelona Team
CTech - Israeli sports broadcasting startup Pixellot has signed an agreement with soccer team FC Barcelona through the Barça Innovation Hub (BIHUB) to develop a...
Soccer Legend Del Piero Teams Up With Israel’s Stads to Revolutionize Sports Advertising
CTech - Yoav Shalmor founded a company that works with some of the biggest soccer clubs in the world, but even he could have never...
Soccer Emerges as the Potential Icebreaker of the Gulf Crisis
It was on the soccer pitch that 2022 World Cup host Qatar definitively shrugged off the UAE-Saudi-led economic and diplomatic boycott of the Gulf state,...
How a Top World Soccer Star Hates Israel — and Gets Away With It
Mohamed Salah is currently on top of the soccer world. Salah, hailing from Nagrig, a small Egyptian village, recently scored the winning goal of a...
Human Rights Organization Welcomes Decision by Governing Soccer Body to Investigate French Team for Anti-Israel Discrimination
The decision by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to investigate a French team for anti-Israel discrimination is a welcome step, an official from the international Jewish...
Polish Soccer Fans Set Fire to ‘Jewish’ Effigies, Unfurl Antisemitic Banner Calling for Burning of Jews
A group of Polish soccer hooligans put on a horrifying display of antisemitism last Friday, setting fire to "Jewish" effigies and parading a banner calling...
