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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Manchester City

Manchester City's manager Pep Guardiola looks on ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Manchester City at Craven Cottage, London, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
June 10, 2025, 4:25 pm
Manchester City boss decries ‘painful’ scenes in Gaza: ‘The next kids will be ours’
Accepting honorary doctorate, Pep Guardiola encourages people to speak out against war even when told they are ‘too small’ to make a difference
By Michael Horovitz and AP
David Kross as Bert Trautmann in 'The Keeper' (Jürgen Olczyk/Menemsha Films)
October 2, 2020, 11:56 am
How an ex-Nazi found UK soccer stardom thanks to a refugee rabbi’s intervention
Docudrama ‘The Keeper’ tells the amazing true story of Bert Trautmann’s journey from German POW to Manchester City goalie. But questions remain over his wartime service in Ukraine
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola reacts after a missed chance to score during the English League Cup semifinal second leg soccer match between Manchester City and Manchester United at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
February 14, 2020, 9:37 pm
Manchester City given two-season European soccer ban over financial breaches
Abu Dhabi-owned English Premier League champion also fined 30 million euros for overstating sponsorship details to get around fair-play regulations; club vows to appeal
By Rob Harris
Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich (right) applauds as striker Didier Drogba holds up the Champions League trophy, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
April 27, 2015, 7:00 pm
‘Jewish’ Chelsea is Mideast’s top team
Owned by Roman Abramovich, who just bought a hotel in Israel, London soccer club is most-supported in Jordan, West Bank, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman… and Israel
By ToI Staff
FILE - A May 5, 1956 photo from files of Bernd Trautmann, more commonly known as Bert, Manchester City's German-born goalkeeper, center, being assisted from the pitch by two unidentified players, suffering from a broken neck, during the FA Cup final against Birmingham, at London's Wembley Stadium. (Photo credit: AP/PA, File)
July 19, 2013, 6:25 pm
German POW, ‘broken-neck’ soccer star Bert Trautmann dies at 89
Manchester City goalkeeper who helped team win 1956 FA Cup remembered as ‘great sportsman and real gentleman’
By NESHA STARCEVIC
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, attends a soccer match in England (photo credit: public domain)
From the WebApril 30, 2013, 2:05 am
Sheikh said to pursue soccer club for Queens
NY Times: A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family is poised to be latest foreign owner of regional sports team
Nir Biton (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
July 30, 2012, 2:19 pm
Ashdod soccer star set for Man. City?
20-year-old Nir Biton impresses during his trial with the Arab-owned Premier League champions
By Philip Podolsky
Mario Balotelli in action for Italy at Euro 2012. (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Олег Дубина//football.ua/Wikimedia commons)
June 29, 2012, 6:58 pm
The improbable Jewish ‘heritage’ of Italy’s goal-scoring eccentric
Soccer star Mario Balotelli dedicated the goals that took his country to Sunday’s Euro 2012 final to his Jewish foster mother Silvia
By ToI Staff
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