A court sentenced a one-time Israeli soccer star to 4.5 years in prison for cocaine smuggling. Felix Halfon, once a defender on Israel’s international team, agreed to the Tel Aviv District Court’s sentence on Feb. 19 as part of a plea bargain.
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