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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

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Police arrive to patrol outside Arsenal's Emirates Stadium ahead of the Champions League quarterfinal 1st leg soccer match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich in London, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. This week's Champions League soccer games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 9, 2024, 6:29 pm
Champions League soccer matches to go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat
France, UK and Spain bolster stadium security in major cities hosting soccer games; threats come weeks after terror group’s deadly attack on a Russian concert hall
By Agencies
In this file photo dated Thursday, April 29, 2021, Barcelona's Lionel Messi reacts during the Spanish La Liga match against Granada at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (AP/Joan Monfort)
August 5, 2021, 10:27 pm
Soccer superstar Messi leaving FC Barcelona, team says
Club blames ‘Spanish league regulations’ for blocking deal despite sides agreeing to new contract, ending Argentine forward’s 20-year career with squad
By AP
Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates with team mates scoring the opening goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Celta at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, May 16, 2021. (AP/Joan Monfort)
July 15, 2021, 2:20 pm
Beitar Jerusalem scraps Barcelona preseason friendly in row over game’s location
Owner of Israeli team says Spanish soccer team insisted the game be held somewhere other than Jerusalem; Joint List MK welcomes decision
By ToI Staff
Former FC Barcelona player Ronaldinho, right, gestures to his teammate Rivaldo during a friendly soccer match between FC Barcelona legends and Manchester United legends at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, June, 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
June 30, 2021, 5:46 pm
Former soccer stars from Barcelona, Real Madrid to play in Israel next month
‘Peace Clásico’ to be held at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium on July 20; Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Luis Figo among retired legends set to take part in exhibition game
By ToI Staff
Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates with team mates scoring the opening goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Celta at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, May 16, 2021. (AP/Joan Monfort)
June 27, 2021, 6:15 am
FC Barcelona set to play preseason match against Beitar Jerusalem
Spanish soccer team to compete at Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium on August 4, despite some reluctance over recent conflict in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Barcelona's Lionel Messi (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's 3rd goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valencia and Barcelona at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
May 22, 2021, 6:02 pm
FC Barcelona said looking at potential preseason game in Israel
Catalan newspaper says talks for soccer team to travel to the country in August began before recent fighting in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Real Madrid's midfielder Casemiro (L) challenges Barcelona's forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish League soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on March 1, 2020. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP)
March 11, 2020, 11:27 pm
‘It was worth it,’ says Israeli boy who got virus after El Clásico soccer match
9-year-old Sa’ar Kahane has few regrets about contracting coronavirus following trip to Spain for Real Madrid-Barcelona game
By ToI Staff
Barcelona's Lionel Messi greets fans after scoring his side's second goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, dubbed 'El Clasico', at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, May 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
July 12, 2018, 10:01 pm
Messi and Barcelona reportedly to play in Israel
Following cancellation of Argentina friendly, exhibition against Atletico Madrid said planned for November in Haifa
By ToI Staff
A flag with the text in Catalan "The people lead" is held up as people gather to celebrate the proclamation of a Catalan republic at the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, on October 27, 2017. (AFP/Pau Barrena)
October 29, 2017, 9:03 am
Fake freedom, real freak-dom
Catalonia’s independence is seen as little more than a joke in Israel’s press, while the emotional ‘problems’ plaguing Sara Netanyahu are taken seriously
By Joshua Davidovich
Brazilian superstar Neymar (R) poses with his jersey next to Paris Saint Germain's (PSG) Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi during his official presentation at Paris' Parc des Princes stadium on August 4, 2017. (AFP Photo/Philippe Lopez)
August 5, 2017, 12:42 am
Israeli soccer agent set to cash in on Neymar’s record deal
Pini Zahavi helped broker Brazilian soccer star’s $262-million move to PSG in most expensive transfer agreement of all time
By ToI Staff and AP
Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi, poses for a picture in a street in Tehran on May 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
May 9, 2017, 5:04 pm
Things get Messi for Iranian lookalike
Doppelganger mobbed by passerby, hassled by police for his resemblance to Barcelona FC’s Argentinian soccer star
By Ali Noorani
This picture taken on November 22, 2016 shows employees producing rubber masks of US President-elect Donald Trump at the Ogawa Studios mask factory in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA)
March 12, 2017, 2:08 pm
A not topsy-turvy day
Things like the US trying to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace and health systems not being terrible make it seem like the world is somewhat right again, on the one day when everything should be upside down
By Joshua Davidovich
Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, wears a plastic bag jersey as he plays soccer in Jaghori district of Ghazni province on January 29, 2016. (AFP)
February 4, 2016, 5:57 pm
Afghan plastic bag jersey boy may meet idol Lionel Messi
Photos of 5-year-old with makeshift Argentina kit made waves on the internet last week
By Rahim Faiez
Barcelona FC players Lionel Messi (left) and Neymar da Silva Juntos, pictured at a Spanish friendly match (photo credit: AP/Manu Fernandez)
December 20, 2014, 12:39 am
Barcelona soccer team ‘set to cut ties with terror-financing Qatar’
Israeli TV report says club has received $200 million from gulf state in recent years, but won’t extend sponsorship deal
By ToI Staff
Barcelona FC players Lionel Messi (left) and Neymar da Silva Juntos, pictured at a Spanish friendly match (photo credit: AP/Manu Fernandez)
August 7, 2014, 7:48 pm
Messi posts pic of wounded Gaza child
Star striker calls for end to violence in region, says kids are not to blame for conflict
By ToI Staff
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