- Racism and political tension tied to Israel's soccer league - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM -- High drama exists in Israel's soccer league for reasons other than goals scored, as political tension and racism sometimes play out on and off the fields. The Beitar Jerusalem soccer club, most recently owned by Dan Adler ...
- Egypt bars British woman from leaving country - Austin American-Statesman
An Egyptian woman passes a mural depicting unidentified slain soccer fans, killed following a soccer match last week, and Arabic that reads, "we bring them their rights or we die like them, general strike on February 11th," in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, ...
- Soccer riots rock Egypt - Ithaca College The Ithacan
But a much more notable story than the championship game for American football took precedence worldwide. On the 1-year anniversary of the Tahrir Square takeover in Cairo, 74 Egyptian soccer fans were brutally murdered and hundreds more were injured ...
- Postcard from Europe: Gerzicich closing on Israeli title - Major League Soccer
"It's a small village, we think only of football. Now, they are surprised because we've stayed in the first position. When they see you on the street, they hug you and shout to you. It's great because the people are so happy." When it comes to soccer ...
- Death toll in latest Egypt clashes climbs to 12 - Sacramento Bee
By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI AP EL-ARISH, Egypt -- An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan. The blast that took place Sunday at ...
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- Soccer / State Cup / Bnei Lod heaps more misery on Beitar in State Cup - Haaretz
Bnei Lod's request to host the game in Umm al-Fahm was rejected by the Israel Football Association, but the game was painful enough for Beitar even in relatively sterile Rishon Letzion. TOP OF THE WORLD: Bnei Lod chairman Abu Subhi celebrating after ...
- Bin there, done that - Haaretz
Later, when you get over the initial shock, you also see details: celery stalks, a doll's head, pieces of a baby carriage, half a soccer ball. That is what the layman sees at Hiriya, whose dumping area was closed down in 1998, after which the country's ...