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Omri Casspi holding a Maccabi Tel Aviv jersey upon announcing he is returning to the club after a decade in the NBA, August 13, 2019. (Maccabi Tel Aviv official website)
August 13, 2019, 11:40 am
Casspi returns to Maccabi Tel Aviv after decade in NBA
Basketballer signs three-year contract with team he played for before becoming the first Israeli to play in the top US league
By Michael Bachner
Then Memphis Grizzlies forward Omri Casspi in action during an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, December 2, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
July 14, 2019, 5:10 pm
Omri Casspi said set to return to Maccabi Tel Aviv after decade in NBA
Israeli basketball player reportedly agrees on contract terms with his old team, expected to sign 3-year deal in the coming days
By Alexander Fulbright
Egypt's Mohamed Salah vies for the ball against Congo's Tobias Badila during their World Cup 2018 Africa qualifying match between Egypt and Congo at the Borg el-Arab stadium in Alexandria on October 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Tarek Abdel Hamid)
December 27, 2018, 6:18 am
As Liverpool team eyes Israeli, some in Egypt ask if star Salah should quit
Possibility of Nazareth’s Moanes Dabour joining team has some in tizzy, but Salah has given no indication he’ll leave, nor does Egypt’s former coach think he should
By Adam Rasgon
Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team players raise the championship plate after defeating Hapoel Holon at the final of the Israeli Basketball Premier League in Tel Aviv, June 14, 2018 (Roy Alima/Flash90)
June 15, 2018, 12:21 pm
Maccabi Tel Aviv wins league championship after 4-year drought
Club comes out firing on all cylinders against lethargic Holon, taking home nation’s best national title for 52nd time
By TOI staff
Masoud Shojaei. (CC BY-4.0 Tasnim/Wikipedia)
May 14, 2018, 2:56 pm
Iran World Cup squad includes stars banned for playing against Israel
Masoud Shojaei and Ehsan Haji Safi had been barred for life by regime after appearing for Greek club Panionios against Maccabi Tel Aviv
By AFP
Jordi Cruyff, the Dutch boss of Maccabi Tel Aviv, who is to step down at the end of the current season, March 2018. (YouTube screenshot)
March 28, 2018, 1:05 pm
Jordi Cruyff to step down as Maccabi Tel Aviv boss
Club gives no reason for Dutchman’s departure after six years of steering soccer team to three Israeli championships
By AFP
Masoud Shojaei. (CC BY-4.0 Tasnim/Wikipedia)
August 27, 2017, 5:57 pm
Iran soccer captain barred from qualifier after playing Israeli club
Amid FIFA investigation, Iranian Football Federation denies move is punishment for Masoud Shojaei’s appearance in game against Maccabi Tel Aviv
By AFP
English soccer coach Steve McClaren seen in 2012 while coaching Dutch squad Twente. (CC BY 2.0, Thomas Rodenbücher, Wikipedia)
August 21, 2017, 4:35 pm
Ex-England soccer coach joins Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel’s most historically successful club announces Steve McClaren will join as a coaching consultant
By AFP
Masoud Shojaei. (CC BY-4.0 Tasnim/Wikipedia)
August 18, 2017, 6:04 pm
Iran player breaks silence over ban for playing Israelis
Masoud Shojaei says he had no intention to offend and his priority is always to be ‘a suitable representative for the country’
By AFP
Iranian soccer player Ehsan Haji Safi, number 28, seen in a game between the Greek club Panionios and Maccabi Tel Aviv on August 4, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 14, 2017, 10:25 am
Iran denies soccer players who faced Israelis banned
In letter to governing body FIFA, Iranian officials refute announcement that two members of national squad were booted for playing against Maccabi Tel Aviv
By TOI staff and JTA
Iranian soccer player Ehsan Haji Safi, number 28, seen in a game between the Greek club Panionios and Maccabi Tel Aviv on August 4, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 11, 2017, 2:43 pm
Iranians rage at banning of soccer stars who played against Israel
Thousands of Persian speakers take to social media to urge football umbrella FIFA to censure Iran’s own national team over the spat
By JTA
Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team play Greece's Panionios in Greece on August 3, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube).
August 10, 2017, 3:46 pm
Iran soccer teams drop duo for playing against Israel’s Maccabi
Haji Safi and Masoud Shojaei won’t wear national shirt again after playing home leg versus Tel Aviv team
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his wife Sara and Likud party members at a rally in his support, in Tel Aviv, on August 9, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 10, 2017, 2:09 pm
42% of Israelis agree with Netanyahu that media is against him
French Jews call for extradition of Palestinians accused of terror attack 35 years ago; Islamic Waqf denies Israeli forces stole documents in Temple Mount raids
By TOI staff
Players from Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team great their counterparts from Greece's Panionios ahead of their soccer match in Greece on August 3, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 4, 2017, 6:28 pm
Iran condemns its soccer players for match with Israeli team
Denunciation comes after two Iranian nationals on Greece’s Panionios played against Maccabi Tel Aviv
By AP
Jonah Bolden, #43, playing for the UCLA against the Oregon Ducks at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, March 2, 2016. (Harry How/Getty Images)
July 25, 2017, 4:56 am
Philadelphia 76ers draft pick to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Jonah Bolden, a 6-foot-10 forward, signs 3-year deal with top Israeli squad that contains NBA opt-out clause
By JTA
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