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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 58

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Maccabi fans cheer before a UEFA Europe League match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi Haifa in Haifa, October 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 19, 2023, 8:21 pm
UEFA soccer matches in Israel halted indefinitely over war with Hamas
Soccer association asks Maccabi Haifa and Tel Aviv teams to suggest alternative venues for games while decision in effect
By Agencies
Beitar Jerusalem fans storm the field at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, May 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 16, 2023, 2:50 pm
Beitar Jerusalem docked 4 points for next season after supporters’ riot at cup final
Team will be allowed to play in national tournament after appealing decision by soccer’s governing body following fans’ pitch invasion; club accepts decision ‘with great regret’
By ToI Staff
Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans protest near the home of Israel Football Association prosecutor Nir Reshef in Givatayim on June 5, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 6, 2023, 10:12 am
With death threats and fireworks, Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans protest Europe ban
After being booted from European competition over pitch invasion at State Cup final, angry fans rally near home of IFA prosecutor, vandalize Pride flags; ministers slam punishment
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Beitar Jerusalem fans storm the field at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, May 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 5, 2023, 6:05 pm
Pitch invasion at cup final earns Beitar Jerusalem 1-year ban from European soccer
Runner-up Maccabi Netanya may get spot in UEFA tourney instead, as Israel Football Association punishes club following chaos when it won the State Cup
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog at an event at which he presented Beitar Jerusalem soccer team with the State Cup, at his official residence in Jerusalem on May 24, 2023. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)
May 24, 2023, 4:59 pm
President awards Beitar soccer trophy after fan chaos on field mars Cup ceremony
Herzog condemns ‘violent dramas’ of post-game free-for-all, calls to ‘eradicate this sick evil from the fields’; punishment for team still unclear
By AP and ToI Staff
Beitar Jerusalem fans storm the field at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, May 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
May 24, 2023, 2:07 am
Beitar J’lem fans storm pitch after Cup win, Herzog evacuated; team may lose trophy
President rushed away under heavy security as awards ceremony canceled due to chaos on field, sparking threat from soccer association to strip team of first tourney win in 14 years
By ToI Staff
Hapoel Zafririm Holon soccer club, November 1, 2022. (Facebook)
January 15, 2023, 7:57 pm
Israeli soccer team sets record with 31-0 win
Referee runs out of space to record names of goalscorers as Hapoel Zafririm Holon trounces Maccabi Pardes Katz in 5th-division play
By Ash Obel
Vicky (Yitzhak) Peretz, Israeli soccer player and manager, in 1986 (Moshe Shai /Flash90)
June 29, 2021, 4:14 pm
Former Israeli soccer star Vicky Peretz dies by suicide at 68
Top goal scorer from the 1970s and 1980s remembered as one of country’s ‘greatest icons’ of the game
By Stuart Winer
Israeli players watch the penalty shootout during the Euro 2020 playoff semi-final soccer match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on October 8, 2020. (Andy Buchanan/AFP)
December 12, 2020, 7:30 pm
Israeli, UAE soccer federations to ink cooperation deal
Head of Emirati association says agreement ‘carries a message of peace,’ will be signed Monday in presence of FIFA chief
By AFP
Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan smiles during a practice session at the Aquatics Center at Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
October 19, 2020, 4:49 pm
US-based Olympic medalist said to flee Israel after catching COVID, breaking law
Ex-swimmer Markus Rogan, a performance psychology coach for Israel’s national soccer team, reportedly set to lose job after taking flight to LA, claiming to be negative for virus
By Michael Bachner
Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi reacts during the UEFA Champions League football match between SK Slavia Prague and FC Barcelona in Prague, Czech Republic on October 23, 2019. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
October 29, 2019, 12:58 pm
Israel rejects timing of Argentina-Uruguay soccer game planned for next month
National soccer federation tells FIFA that international friendly scheduled for November 19 in Tel Aviv will clash with national teams’ away games
By ToI Staff
Hapoel Tel Aviv players (in red) and Maccabi Tel Aviv players in a scuffle during a game on January 14, 2019 (screenshot)
January 17, 2019, 8:12 pm
Tel Aviv soccer team fined over fans’ use of ‘Holocaust’ taunts
Governing body orders Hapoel Tel Aviv to pay NIS 25,000 for audience members’ use of offensive term against rival team
By AFP
Albania's Taulant Xhaka,, left, fights for the ball with Israel's Munas Dabbur during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Albania and Israel at Elbasan Arena, in Elbasan, southern Albania, Sept. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
October 23, 2018, 11:51 pm
Israel to broadcast soccer games to settlements as European body gives up demand
After broadcaster was set to forego World Cup screening rights, Israeli federation brokers deal, ending year-long impasse
By Michael Bachner
Palestinian Football Federation President Jibril Rajoub addresses journalists at a press conference in the West Bank on June 9, 2015 (Mohamed Farraj / Wafa)
August 24, 2018, 4:53 pm
FIFA bans Palestinian soccer chief for inciting violence against Messi
World soccer body says Jibril Rajoub can’t attend matches for a year, after campaign that led to cancellation of Israel-Argentina friendly
By ToI Staff and AP
Austria's national soccer team manager Andreas Herzog prior to a friendly soccer match between Austria and Ivory Coast in Innsbruck, Austria, October 17, 2007. (Kerstin Joensson/AP)
August 1, 2018, 11:21 pm
Israel appoints Austrian coach whose goal kept it out of the 2002 World Cup
Andreas Herzog set to take charge of national team; scored equalizer in 2001 match that sent Austria through at Israel’s expense, reportedly complained about ‘hostile’ attitude
By Stuart Winer
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