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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
Simcha Jacobovici
August 5, 2013, 8:15 pm
Simcha Jacobovici
What Barca should have heard
Turning the soccer team’s visit into a “peace tour” is condescending and creates a false impression that everyone’s right
Jibril Rajoub (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90/File)
August 5, 2013, 1:04 am
‘Boycott Israeli sports,’ urges PA official
Jibril Rajoub utilizes festive Barcelona FC visit to lambaste Israel for its treatment of Palestinian athletes
By Elhanan Miller
President Shimon Peres kicks the ball to FC Barcelona's Argentinian striker Lionel Messi during a football clinic session in Broomfield stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 4, 2013, 8:40 pm
Pomp, circumstance and a whole lot of Messi
Soccer powerhouse FC Barcelona wraps up its two-day peace tour with a special match in Tel Aviv in front of 12,000 exuberant young fans
By Debra Kamin
Leo Leiderman (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
August 4, 2013, 4:05 pm
A tale of two Leos
Leo Leiderman’s withdrawal from the race for Bank of Israel governor pushes Leo Messi’s visit to the sidelines
By Aaron Kalman
FC Barcelona football player Lionel Messi at the Western Wall with the FC Barcelona team in Jerusalem's Old City, August 4, 2013. (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
August 4, 2013, 1:30 pm
FC Barcelona shoots for peace on tour in Israel
World-famous soccer team, in Israel by invitation of President Peres, holds clinics with both Israeli and Palestinian children
By Debra Kamin
Barcelona FC players Lionel Messi (left) and Neymar da Silva Juntos, pictured at a Spanish friendly match (photo credit: AP/Manu Fernandez)
August 3, 2013, 5:58 pm
Barcelona FC touches down in Israel, plays ball in West Bank
Spain’s top squad holding 2-day training clinic for Israeli and Palestinian children, touring holy sites and meeting with dignitaries
By Michal Shmulovich and Gavriel Fiske
President Shimon Peres and FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell at a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2013 (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)
July 25, 2013, 8:56 pm
Messi headed to Israel with Barcelona FC
Spain’s top squad to hold training clinic for Israeli and Palestinian children for two days in August
By Gavriel Fiske
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