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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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