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Topic: soccer

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November 29, 2012
2:52 am

Athletic Bilbao's Erik Moran, right, challenges for the ball against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona's Darko Tasevski during their Europa League group I soccer match in Haifa on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Bilbao notches meaningless win against Kiryat Shmona

Spanish club beats Israeli upstarts 2-0, though both knocked out of Europe League

November 22, 2012
10:58 pm

Often referred to as the 'Yid Army,' fans of the Tottenham soccer club were targeted in what appeared to be an organized attack in November in Rome. (Photo credit: CC BY/Wonker via Flickr.com)

Italian soccer rampage takes on anti-Semitic overtones

Unleashing metal rods and other weapons, Lazio fans yell ‘Jews’ at visiting Tottenham supporters during pregame attack

By Nicole Winfield

November 21, 2012
5:31 pm

Athletic Bilbao's coach Marcelo Bielsa (photo credit: AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Europa League soccer match in Haifa postponed

Officials uncertain over next week’s Tel Aviv draw for the Under-21 European Championships, set to take place here next year

November 10, 2012
2:21 am

Is it okay for Spurs fans to sing ‘Yiddo’?

Philo-Semitic abuse? The Guardian wonders about a London soccer club’s reclaiming of a racist epithet

October 13, 2012
12:57 am

Israel's Tomer Hemed (foreground) and fellow team member Maor Melikson celebrate after Hemed scored a goal during their World Cup Group F qualifying soccer match at the Josy Barthel stadium in Luxembourg, Friday, October 12 (photo credit: AP/Yves Logghe)

Israel pummels Luxemburg 6-0 in World Cup qualifier

Real Mallorca striker Tomer Hemed scores hat trick in crucial away win

By Ron Friedman

September 11, 2012
11:33 pm

Israel hammered by Russia in World Cup qualifier

Crushing 4-0 home defeat to vastly superior Russian national side among the worst beatings in Israeli soccer history

By Philip Podolsky

September 8, 2012
2:39 am

Israel national team's head coach Eli Gutman (photo credit:Flash90)

Israel draws with Azerbaijan in opening World Cup soccer qualifier

1-1 tie seen as disappointing; new coach pledges to do everything to win next match against Russia

By Ron Friedman

September 6, 2012
11:47 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and cabinet members at the defense budget meeting in Tel Aviv Wednesday (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

Loose lips sink cabinets

Netanyahu wants to know which of his ministers is talking to the press. Some papers want to know where Mr. Leaky himself gets off

By Joshua Davidovich

August 30, 2012
8:49 am

Fans at the Dortmund soccer stadium during a match (photo credit: CC BY Pascal Philp/Wikipedia)

German soccer champs install advanced surveillance to spy neo-Nazi fans

From the web Der Spiegel: Dortmund, which has spent years battling right-wing extremists, invests over $300,000 in stadium camera system

August 28, 2012
12:47 am

The players of Kiryat Shmona's unexpectedly successful soccer team visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem in April, 2012, after winning the country's premiere league championship. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After miracle ride, an unlikely soccer success story reaches its decisive moment

The unexpected success of the soccer team in Kiryat Shmona, previously known only as a target for rockets from Lebanon, has brought the city a very different kind of fame

By Matti Friedman

July 30, 2012
2:19 pm

Nir Biton (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

Ashdod soccer star set for Man. City?

20-year-old Nir Biton impresses during his trial with the Arab-owned Premier League champions

By Philip Podolsky

July 25, 2012
2:30 am

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona soccer players visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem after winning the national championship in April, 2012. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona advances in Champions League

Israeli Cinderella squad stops Slovakian team Zilinka in Europe’s most prestigious soccer tournament

By Sam Ser

July 2, 2012
12:51 pm

Children brought onto the pitch surround Spain's Fernando Torres after his team's 4-0 victory at the Euro 2012 soccer final on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Ivan Sekretarev)

Adieu to former prime ministers

One is dead after an illustrious life and the other could be buried by a state witness. Can you guess who is who?