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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Rob Harris

Graeme McDowell, of Northern Ireland, hits out of a bunker on the seventh hole during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, April 15, 2022. (AP/Stephen B. Morton)
June 7, 2022, 8:38 pm
Decision to join ‘incredibly polarizing’ Saudi tour no gimme for golfers
Graeme McDowell calls out ‘reprehensible’ 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but believes golf can be ‘force of good’; rights groups accuse Saudis of ‘sportswashing’ violations
By Rob Harris
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before their English Premier League soccer match against Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, on December 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
May 25, 2022, 1:13 pm
UK okays sale of sanctioned Abramovich’s Chelsea to group led by LA Dodgers owner
British government vows Russian-Israeli oligarch won’t benefit from soccer club deal, says will work to ensure proceeds ‘are used for humanitarian causes in Ukraine’
By Rob Harris
Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts answers questions during a news conference at a spring training baseball workout, in Mesa, Arizona, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
March 23, 2022, 3:46 pm
Cubs owners, bidding for Chelsea FC, disown Islamophobic comments after backlash
Emails by patriarch Joe Ricketts, in which he calls Islam ‘a cult,’ resurface amid family’s push to buy English club, after owner Roman Abramovich stepped down
By Rob Harris
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/ Martin Meissner, File)
March 2, 2022, 5:04 pm
Future of Chelsea FC uncertain as Abramovich is urged to sell club
UK has yet to decide whether to sanction the Russian billionaire, who has failed to condemn Moscow since the Ukraine invasion and is said to have ‘privileged access’ to Putin
By Rob Harris
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
February 27, 2022, 6:39 pm
Roman Abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea largely unchanged despite PR push
Chelsea owner says he is handing over ‘stewardship and care’ of the club to trustees, but there is no pledge to even directly stay out of decision-making
By Rob Harris
Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 16, 2021. (Martin Meissner/AP)
February 27, 2022, 8:15 am
Abramovich relinquishes control but not ownership of UK’s Chelsea soccer team
Facing calls to completely give up the team after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, billionaire linked to Putin says charitable foundation is ‘in a better position’ for stewardship
By Rob Harris
File - A Pantsir anti-aircraft missile system, left, guards the air space above 'Saint Petersburg' stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
February 25, 2022, 12:37 pm
Russia stripped of Champions League final over invasion of Ukraine
Soccer game will now be played in Paris instead of St. Petersburg; Russian, Ukrainian clubs and national teams in UEFA competitions to play at neutral venues until further notice
By Rob Harris
Avram Grant, then Chelsea head coach, considers a question during a news conference at the Chelsea training ground, in Cobham, Britain, May 9, 2008. Grant has been accused in a new investigative report of sexually harassing multiple women. Israel's Channel 12 TV on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, broadcast a series of interviews with women saying that Grant had made unwanted advances while offering to help promote their careers. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi, File)
February 1, 2022, 6:13 am
FIFA to investigate soccer coach Avram Grant after sexual harassment claims
Soccer’s governing body says it takes any allegations of misconduct and abuse ‘very seriously;’ claims against former Israel, Chelsea coach made in TV investigation
By Josef Federman and Rob Harris
Newcastle United players celebrate after Newcastle's Jeff Hendrick scored his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United at Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, England, on October 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
October 7, 2021, 11:35 pm
Saudi sovereign fund buys English soccer team Newcastle United
$409 million deal completed after drawn-out legal fight; Saudis promise neither Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman nor the kingdom will be involved in running the Premier League team
By Rob Harris
This March 8, 2016 file photo shows Khalida Popal, the former Afghanistan national women's team captain, in Copenhagen. (AP/Jan M. Olsen, File)
August 17, 2021, 4:31 am
Afghanistan’s female soccer players call for help amid Taliban takeover
National team co-founder, now in Denmark, tells teammates to flee their homes, escape from neighbors who know them as pioneering players, and try to erase their activist history
By Rob Harris
Joint gold medalists Mutaz Barshim, of Qatar, and Gianmarco Tamberi, left, of Italy pose for a photo following the men's high jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
August 7, 2021, 11:35 am
‘You made me cry’: Olympian touched by reaction to shared gold
Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim says he gets stopped in street after he and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi asked if they could both have medals in act of sportsmanship and solidarity
By Rob Harris
England's Tyrone Mings reacts following defeat to Italy at the Euro 2020 soccer championship final at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (John Sibley/Pool Photo via AP)
July 13, 2021, 4:54 am
Hit with abuse, England soccer stars take on racist fans, their own government
Before Euros, minister bashed ‘gesture politics’ of taking knee, said it was up to fans if they wanted to boo; with Black players targeted after defeat, condemnations ring hollow
By Rob Harris
Fans make their way past barriers outside the ground as they let off flares whilst protesting against the Glazer family, owners of Manchester United, before their Premier League match against Liverpool at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Barrington Coombs/PA via AP)
May 3, 2021, 3:35 am
Top English soccer game canceled as fans storm Man Utd stadium to protest owners
Long-running resentment against Glazer family, who also own NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, came to a head with club joining failed breakaway Super League
By Rob Harris
Chelsea fans protest outside Stamford Bridge stadium in London, against Chelsea's decision to be included amongst the clubs attempting to form a new European Super League, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
April 21, 2021, 6:04 am
Breakaway soccer Super League collapses after 6 English clubs forced to withdraw
Fierce opposition from fans, players and UK government makes clubs, including three owned by Americans, to backtrack from controversial multi-billion-dollar plan
By Rob Harris
Liverpool's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Champions League final soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid on June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
April 19, 2021, 4:41 am
European soccer faces dramatic split as 12 top clubs form breakaway Super League
Move by teams that include Real Madrid, Barcelona and American-owned Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United slammed as a ‘cynical’ grab for more money and power
By Rob Harris
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