Soccer star Haaland video chats with freed Israeli hostage A conservative news site in Norway celebrated the striker's gesture toward Omer Shem Tov as "a good representative" of the country. Canaan Lidor April 17, 2025
Israel’s Moshe Zuares elected to top UEFA committee Zuares received 31 votes from the 55 national federations. April 3, 2025
Israel opens World Cup qualifiers with 2-1 victory over Estonia It was a strong start for the Blue and White ahead of Norway test. JNS Staff March 23, 2025
Israeli-Arab sports commentator indicted for ‘identification with a terrorist organization’ Saeed Hassanain's actions constituted “praise, sympathy and identification with a terrorist organization,” as well as unlawful contact with a foreign agent, according to police. Joshua Marks March 12, 2025
Israeli-Arab soccer match announcer arrested after hailing Hamas Israel is the “barbarian” and the terrorist organization is the “humane one” in the conflict, the play-caller said. JNS Staff Feb. 26, 2025
UK soccer club nixes Amnesty donation drive after complaints Barnet F.C., which has many Jewish fans, had agreed to let the anti-Israel group's staff go around bleachers at its game to collect money. Canaan Lidor Jan. 26, 2025
Israeli sports minister calls on FIFA to expel top PA official Jibril Rajoub's statements "are an insult to the values international sports aim to uphold," Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar charged. Jan. 9, 2025
Tunisian soccer fans’ banner honors slain Hamas leader Sinwar, Hamas's senior leader in the Gaza Strip and the architect of the Oct. 7 massacre, was killed by Israeli forces in southern Gaza on Oct. 16. Jan. 8, 2025
Israeli soccer club drops goalie who played on PA team Public pressure led Hapoel Beit She’an to dismiss Ganem Mahajna, who played for a Palestinian team in 2017. JNS Staff Dec. 23, 2024
