Tag: Soccer
Dubai soccer team signs Israeli midfielder
The Al-Nasr SC soccer team based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates will sign Israeli national team midfielder Dia Saba in the coming days in a move that will make him the first...
Soccer legend Lionel Messi to be face of Israel’s OrCam Technologies
Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, which develops artificial intelligence-based wearable devices to aid the blind and visually impaired, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi.
OrCam’s MyEye device can read texts aloud,...
Bank Hapoalim fined $904 million over US clients’ tax evasion, FIFA scandal
Israel’s Bank Hapoalim has settled a case brought against it by U.S. authorities for assisting U.S.-based clients to evade taxes and involvement in a bribery affair that shook FIFA, the world soccer federation.
Under the...
Saudi soccer team visits Jerusalem ahead of first-ever West Bank match
Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team arrived in Israel this week ahead of a Tuesday match against the Palestinian national team in the West Bank.
On Sunday, the team was greeted by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud...
Chelsea Women edges out Israel 3-1 in record-breaking (and very friendly) match
In a show of support for future development of the sport in Israel, the women’s Chelsea Football Club team visited HaMoshava Stadium in Petach Tikvah on Aug. 20 for a sold-out pre-season match against...
Verter fun der Vokh: דער פֿו֜סבאָל – Soccer
against all odds: נישט־געקו֜קט אויף אַ֜לע שווע֜ריקייטן
compensation (pay): דאָס געצאָ֜לטס; דער לױן
discrimination: די דיסקרימינאַ֜ציע
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Jewish man assailed by Dutch soccer fans praising Nazis
A Jewish man, identified in the Dutch media only as “Joram,” was verbally and physically assaulted on a national holiday known as Liberation Day, on Sunday by a group of 50 men as police...
Italian soccer fans caught performing fascist salutes ahead of match
A group of supporters of the Italian Serie A football club SS Lazio were caught on video performing fascist salutes and hanging banners glorifying former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini ahead of the team’s Wednesday...
Israeli goalie breaks Guinness World Record for age
An Israeli goalkeeper has broken the Guinness World Record for oldest soccer player to take part in a professional soccer match.
Isaak Hayik, who will turn 74 this week, managed to make some good saves...
World Jewish Congress to sports fans, general public: No tolerance for use of ‘Yid’
The World Jewish Congress and the Board of Deputies of British Jews on Friday condemned the use of the word “Yid” to describe Tottenham Spurs, a soccer team that has historically labeled itself the “Yid...