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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Hapoel Beersheba

Release hostages Emily Damari addressing a soccer crowd at Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, March 15, 2025. (X screenshot)
March 16, 2025, 4:16 pm
Hostages feted as they attend first soccer games since release
Emily Damari leads crowd at Bloomfield Stadium in singing of Maccabi Tel Aviv anthem; Romi Gonen invited to meet Hapoel Haifa players
By Michael Horovitz
Released hostage Iair Horn (left) flies above Turner Stadium in Beersheba in an IAF helicopter, February 15, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 15, 2025, 4:08 pm
Freed hostage Iair Horn asks his chopper to pass over field of favorite soccer team
After family greets him sporting Hapoel Beersheba red, 46-year-old flies above Turner Stadium, to applause, en route to Tel Aviv hospital room packed with team paraphernalia
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of Hapoel Beersheba fans and Bnei Sakhnin fans fighting on the soccer pitch after the latter team's fans turned their backs during the national anthem, Turner Stadium, Beersheba, September 1, 2024. (X;used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 3, 2024, 2:47 am
Violence erupts at soccer match after fans of Arab team turn backs on national anthem
Hapoel Beersheba supporters rush stands holding Bnei Sakhnin fans who made insulting gesture before game; 12 arrested, match canceled, both teams likely facing punishment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Members of Hapoel Beersheba play against Hapoel Jerusalem at the Balkan International Basketball League match in Jerusalem, on October 22, 2020. (Flash90)
January 13, 2022, 7:14 pm
In first, Israeli basketball player signs with Moroccan team
Former Hapoel Beersheba forward Mohamed Abu Arisha has reputedly been training and playing in Morocco for two months
By ToI Staff
Hapoel Beersheba fans wave Israeli flags before the UEFA Champions League group stages play-off soccer match between Celtic and Hapoel Beersheba at the Turner Stadium in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 23, 2016. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
October 29, 2020, 3:21 pm
Israeli soccer team in Nice requests extra security after knife attack
Hapoel Beersheba, in France for match against OGC Nice, reportedly relying on local security after deadly stabbing at church
By ToI Staff
Beitar Jerusalem player Yossi Benayoun seen during the match between Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin F.C. at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on March 31, 2019. (Flash90)
April 11, 2019, 3:17 pm
Israeli soccer star Yossi Benayoun announces retirement after 22-year career
38-year-old who played for English clubs Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal will become professional manager for Beitar Jerusalem; ‘I am happy with my soccer journey,’ he says
By Michael Bachner
Alona Barkat, the owner of the soccer team Hapoel Beersheba, poses for a portrait during an interview at Turner Stadium in Beersheba, on May 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
February 7, 2019, 11:31 am
Hapoel Beersheba owner Alona Barkat joins New Right party
Soccer bigwig who brought team to three consecutive national titles announces political bid: ‘I have decided to answer the call’; reportedly promised no. 3 spot on party slate
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hapoel Beersheba's Israeli midfielder Daniel Einbinder reacts after scoring during the UEFA Europa League football match between Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC and FC Lugano on September 14, 2017 at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
August 10, 2018, 4:31 am
Beersheba’s European soccer game goes ahead in shadow of rocket attack
Hapoel Beersheba come back from 2 goals down to tie with Apoel Nicosia in the Europa League game
Alona Barkat, the owner of the soccer team Hapoel Beersheba, poses for a portrait during an interview at Turner Stadium in Beersheba, on May 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
July 10, 2018, 4:27 pm
Israel’s first female soccer boss blazes a desert trail
Winning three consecutive national championships, Alona Barkat’s Hapoel Beersheba is an emblematic driving force of a southern Israeli city on the rise
By Delphine Matthieussent
Lugano's Italian midfielder Cristian Ledesma (2L) celebrates victory with teammates at the end of the UEFA Europa League Group G football match between FC Lugano and Hapoel Beersheba at Luzern Arena in Lucerne on November 23, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI)
November 24, 2017, 5:46 am
Hapoel Beersheba knocked out of Europa League
Israeli team sent packing after 0-1 loss to Swiss team, coach says Lugano players ‘wanted it more’
By ToI Staff
Hapoel Beersheba captain Elyaniv Barda, second from left, together with other members of the soccer team, celebrating after winning at the Israeli soccer league championship at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba, May 8, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
November 12, 2017, 4:42 pm
Soccer star released from hospital after ball to chest nearly kills him
Hapoel Beersheba captain Elyaniv Barda ordered by doctors to take it easy and stay off pitch for next few weeks
By Stuart Winer
Hapoel Beersheba captain Elyaniv Barda, second from left, together with other members of the soccer team, celebrating after winning at the Israeli soccer league championship at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba, May 8, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
November 7, 2017, 8:56 pm
Soccer star brought back from brink of death after collapsing on field
Hapoel Beersheba captain Elyaniv Barda hit in the chest with ball, interrupting heart rhythm; paramedics resuscitate him on the grass with electric shocks
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Hapoel Beersheba's Israeli midfielder Daniel Einbinder reacts after scoring during the UEFA Europa League football match between Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC and FC Lugano on September 14, 2017 at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
September 15, 2017, 4:17 pm
Hapoel Beersheba defeats Swiss team Lugano 2-1 in Europa League
In opening match of UEFA competition, Israelis make the most of home advantage with first goal after only two minutes
By ToI Staff
Hapoel Beer-Sheva players react at the end of the UEFA Champions League qualifying match against NK Maribor, August 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Borut Zivulovic)
August 23, 2017, 2:50 am
Israel’s soccer champions narrowly miss spot in top Euro league
Hapoel Beersheba fails to make group stage of Champions League after losing 2nd leg of play-off tie against Slovenia’s NK Maribor
By ToI Staff
An F-35A designated for the Royal Australian Air Force landing at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona on December 18, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/ US Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Staci Miller)
December 12, 2016, 2:10 pm
‘Game-changing’ F-35 aircraft makes first touchdown in Israel
Bennett announces new plan for Amona outpost residents; Egypt arrests four in Coptic church bombing; at least 34 civilians killed in airstrikes on IS-held Syria villages
By Ilan Ben Zion
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