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Ireland-Israel Nations League game moved to neutral site

News JNS -
Ireland’s UEFA Nations League home match against Israel on Oct. 4 will be played at a neutral venue and...

Frank Lowy calls for a new game plan against antisemitism

Australia & NZ J-Wire News Service -
Sir Frank Lowy has urged Australia to launch a major national campaign against antisemitism, saying the country can learn...

Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release

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Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield...

Maccabi Tel Aviv declines allocation for Aston Villa match issuing a strong statement

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Maccabi Tel Aviv announced last night that it has decided to decline any allocation offered for away fans at...

Maccabi under-18s seek to win their third championship since 1998

News Richard Benjamin -
2025 is set to go down as one of the most successful in the decorated football history of Jewish-affiliated...

Lowys, Leeds and looking back

News Henry Benjamin -
Decades ago in Sydney, a father took his three sons regularly to watch Hakoah play soccer, but this came...

‘I’m not afraid’: French Jews defy threats of violence ahead of Paris soccer match

News Anna Epshtein -
Although French officials are bracing for violence as Israel’s national soccer was due to play in Paris on Thursday...

Trio appeal convictions for Nazi salute at soccer game

News AAP -
Three men convicted of hate crimes after making the Nazi salute at a soccer match in Sydney will appeal...

Wanderers fan handed two-year ban for Nazi salute

News AAP -
A prominent Western Sydney Wanderers supporter who was captured on camera performing a Nazi salute at an A-League Men...

FA, police investigate Nazi salute at A-League Men’s derby

News AAP -
Football Australia and NSW Police are investigating a spectator who appeared to perform a Nazi salute during the A-League...

Soccer stars show intolerance the red card

News J-Wire News Service -
Zionism Victoria has welcomed professional Israeli soccer players Hadas Prawer and Dima Al-Rahmi to Melbourne this week for an...

Real Madrid opens Jerusalem soccer clinic

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Spanish superclub Real Madrid has opened its youth training camp in Jerusalem, welcoming teenage soccer players from Israel, Morocco,...

Israel’s Euro U21 run ends with 3-0 semifinal loss to England

News TPS-IL -
England ended Israel’s hopes of reaching the final of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship on Wednesday with a 3-0...

Israel advances to Under-21 Euro Soccer semifinals

News TPS-IL -
Israel scored a historic victory in the Under-21 European Championships, beating Georgia in a penalty shootout on Saturday night...

Ban for second fascist-salute soccer fan

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A second Sydney United 58 fan caught performing "a fascist salute or similar gesture" during the Australia Cup final...

One of the president’s last duties

News J-Wire -
For the last time as President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin presented the 2020-2021 soccer State Cup last night to Maccabi Tel Aviv who defeated their opponents Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Soccer leagues in Israel, UAE reach cooperation agreement

News JNS -
Israeli professional Football League and UAE Pro League sign MOU to include matches between the teams of each country.

Netanyahu addresses Iranian people in new YouTube video

News J-Wire Newsdesk -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a new video to the Iranian people with a World Cup theme.

World Jewish Congress urges football associations worldwide to reject anti-Israel vote in FIFA

News Agencies -
The World Jewish Congress and dozens of its affiliated communities around the world are urging national football associations to reject a forthcoming vote regarding the standing of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) within Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), set to take place at the international football body’s upcoming Congress in Bahrain.

Lauder appeals to FIFA to reject Palestinian demand to suspend Israel

News J-Wire News Service -
The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) today appealed to the 209 member associations of FIFA to reject a Palestinian demand to suspend the membership of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) in world soccer’s governing body.

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