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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah poses with the winner's trophy after the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
August 10, 2025, 9:57 am
Egyptian soccer star Salah pans UEFA tribute to ex-Palestinian player killed in Gaza
Liverpool forward challenges sports body to ‘tell us how he died’ after memorial post for Suleiman al-Obeid that did not mention he was reportedly killed by IDF while seeking aid
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian soccer player Suleiman al-Obeid in an undated photo. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 8, 2025, 9:52 am
Palestinian former soccer star allegedly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Palestinian Football Association claims Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, nicknamed ‘Palestinian Pele,’ was shot dead while waiting for aid in Strip’s south; no immediate Israeli response
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israel's national soccer team players pose ahead of the Euro 2024 group I qualifying soccer match between Israel and Romania at the Pancho Arena in Felcsut, Hungary, November 18, 2023. (Denes Erdos/AP)
August 31, 2024, 3:25 pm
FIFA again delays review of Palestinian call to suspend Israel from world soccer
Sport’s global governing body says it has received legal assessment from independent third party but does not share details; meeting to be held on matter in October
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestine's Mohammed Rashid (3) and Qatar's Abdel Aziz Hatim compete for the ball during the Asian Cup round of 16 soccer match between Qatar and Palestine at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Monday, January 29, 2024. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)
July 5, 2024, 12:57 pm
Palestinian national soccer team aims to host World Cup qualifier games in West Bank
Palestinians, who have not hosted a match at the Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in Al Ram since 2019, hoping to take on Jordan at home in September
By JOHN DUERDEN
Israel supporters cheer during the Euro 2024 qualifying play-off soccer match between Israel and Iceland, at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
April 18, 2024, 6:47 pm
Palestinians to call for sanctions against Israeli soccer at FIFA congress next month
Demand to punish Israel in the arena of international soccer will not be supported by FIFA, and Israel can expect backing from the 55-member European soccer body UEFA
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestine's Ataa Jaber (R) and Indonesia's Asnawi Mangkualam Bahar fight for the ball during the international friendly football match between Indonesia and Palestine at Gelora Bung Tomo stadium in Surabaya on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 5:58 pm
Israeli captain playing for the Palestinians: ‘Can’t separate politics from sports’
Former Maccabi Haifa and Israeli U-21 player Ataa Jaber says he made the choice to switch national teams after clashes in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Football fans stand beneath a giant banner depicting the Saudi national flag as they attend the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifying match between Palestine and Saudi Arabia in the town of al-Ram in the West Bank on October 15, 2019. (Ahmad GHARABLI/AFP)
October 16, 2019, 2:54 am
Heavy on rain, light on goals, Saudi soccer 1st draws Palestinian crowds, pride
Estimated 12,000-13,000 fans cram into West Bank stadium, deride notion that Saudi kingdom’s participation in match constitutes normalization with Israel
By Adam Rasgon
Saudi defender Ziyad Al-Sahafi vies for the ball with Palestine's defender Abdelatif Bahdari during the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifying match between Palestine and Saudi Arabia in the town of al-Ram in the West Bank on October 15, 2019. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
October 15, 2019, 6:57 pm
Historic Palestine-Saudi Arabia soccer game ends in scoreless draw
2022 World Cup qualifier is the first-ever game between the two national teams to be held in the West Bank
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of the Saudi national soccer team with Palestinian officials during a visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount (WAFA Images)
October 14, 2019, 5:00 pm
Saudi soccer team prays at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa ahead of first West Bank game
Muslim officials tell players of ‘police harassment of worshipers, state-sponsored attempts by Jewish fanatics to take it over’; Israel has long denied plans to change status quo
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Members of Saudi Arabia's national soccer team are welcomed in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 13, 2019, where they will play for the first time their match in the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup against Palestine in two days. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
October 14, 2019, 8:48 am
Saudi fans delight in West Bank soccer match, shrug off geopolitics
Game marks a change in policy for Riyadh, which has previously played against Palestinians in third countries in keeping with the decades-long Arab boycott of Israel
By Aziz El Massassi and Hossam Ezzedine
Spectators hold a huge flag depicting Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock shrine during a match between Palestinian team Hilal al-Quds and Morocco's Raja Casablanca in the Arab Champions Cup at Faisal Husseini stadium in the town of al-Ram, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on October 3, 2019. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
October 3, 2019, 9:21 pm
In first, Moroccan soccer team plays in West Bank, Saudis next
Thursday’s game between Raja Casablanca and Palestinian team Hilal al-Quds outside Jerusalem marks slow shift in Arab attitudes on playing in Palestinian areas
By Hossam Ezzedine
Palestinian Football Association (PFA) head and member of the Fatah Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub, speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 3, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
July 19, 2019, 3:27 am
Palestinian soccer chief loses appeal over Messi incitement
International court upholds 1-year suspension and fine for Jibril Rajoub, saying his punishment for stoking hatred and violence was ‘not disproportionate’
By AP and Michael Bachner
Head of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub speaks during a press conference in Ramallah, February 12, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 12, 2019, 1:02 pm
FIFA probing Palestinian soccer chief for incitement, promotion of terror
January letter surfaces telling Jibril Rajoub there is evidence he breached body’s bylaws; Rajoub, already serving a 12-month ban, could be fined and kept away for 5 more years
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Players of the Palestinian national soccer team take part in a training session in Sharjah, northeast of Dubai, on January 4, 2019, on the eve of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
January 5, 2019, 3:43 pm
With help from diaspora, Palestinians hope for Asian Cup soccer surprise
Odds are stacked against the West Bank team, but players are optimistic they can bring some pride back home
By Hossam Ezzedine and Anne Levasseur
Head of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub speaks aduring a press conference over Argentina's national football team's cancellation of a pre-World Cup friendly with Israel in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
October 3, 2018, 12:52 am
Minister urges Olympics to ban Palestinian soccer chief for ‘incitement’
Gilad Erdan calls on IOC president to follow in footsteps of FIFA, which suspended Jibril Rajoub for 12 months over anti-Messi remarks
By ToI Staff
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