soccer and politics

Polish and Israeli soccer players engage in a friendly match in Poland on June 10, 2019. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Drowning out jeers, Polish soccer fans applaud Israeli anthem

When whistling began ahead of match in Warsaw, thousands began clapping to squelch the insult.

Jozef Klotz, left, with a team mate in Krakow int he 1920s. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Poland’s soccer team honors Holocaust victim who scored its 1st international goal

The Polish Football Association’s president will give a shirt bearing Jozef Klotz’s name and uniform number to the late athlete’s relative from Israel.

Dutch soccer fans beat Jew and sing song praising Nazis

The 35-year-old man had asked the large group of Feyenoord team fans to stop the song, which talks about gassing Jews.

Global

Israeli soccer fans harassed at World Cup in Moscow

Israel

Israeli soccer player posts photo with captain of Iranian national team

Culture

FIFA, in final ruling on Palestinian request, says it won’t sanction Israel

Global

Brazilian Jewish organization apologizes for anti-Palestinian post on social media

Global

FIFA Congress accepts decision to delay vote on West Bank soccer teams

Culture

FIFA again delays decision on Israeli soccer teams in West Bank

Global

‘Never react to provocations,’ Pope Francis tells Israeli musician

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