Kuwait has refused entry to three British football players–all members of First Division Sheffield United–because their passports were marked with Israeli entry and exits tamps. The stamps were marked when the team played in Israel in 1972, All the other team members were allowed in because they had renewed their passports since 1972, Despite strong protests by Sheffield United manager Ken Murphy, the three players were locked by the Kuwait is in the airport’s entry lounge and only released when they undertook to board the first plans to Bombay. The team manager said he had been told by the Kuwait is that no one with an Israeli entry vies in his passport has or will be allowed to visit Kuwait.
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