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"World Cup Finals Riveting Israel - Forward.com" Israelis, Rosen claims, are lazy, disorganized, unwilling to work hard, unprepared and tend to fall apart under pressure. If Israelis are too divided or dispirited to win, it wasn’t evident in Ramat Gan last week. Suan’s goal came just days before Land Day, the day marked by Israeli Arabs each year in memory of six demonstrators, most them from Suan’s hometown of Sakhnin, who were shot to death by police in 1976. www.forward.com /articles/world-cup-finals-riveting-israel   (866 words)

SI.com - Soccer - World: MTK wins Hungarian championship - Friday May 30, 2003 06:45 PM Rivals Ferencvaros, denied a sixth league and Cup double, finished runners-up for the second consecutive season after they were held to a goalless draw by third-placed Debrecen. Zalaegerszeg's Krisztian Kenesei finished as the league's top scorer, and will be looking to add to his haul of 23 goals when last year's champions wind up their season against Bekescsaba on Saturday. The Israeli Arab minority, which numbers about one million, some 20 percent of the population, is now proportionally represented in the 12-team premier league. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2003/05/30/int_rdp   (1303 words)

FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Dutch coach Ton Kaanen has ended seven weeks in charge of Betar Jerusalem on Thursday, despite leading a revival by the Israeli Premier League club. Kaanen said he was unhappy at having to work as second in command to Luis Fernandez, who was appointed general manager in the middle of November. Kaanen is the fifth coach to part company with an Israeli Premier League club this season, his period at the helm one of the shortest on record. www.fifa.com /en/WorldLeagues/index/0,4643,112517,00.html?articleid=112517   (258 words)

The College Hill Independent - Go Mordechai! The IFA and its premier league have been making waves in the European game, sending more teams to the UEFA Cup, a star-studded continental tournament second only to the world’s most illustrious club competition, the Champions League. Maccabi Haifa FC is the Israeli Premier League’s most dominant team, finishing at the top of the table in five of the last six seasons. Again, the choice to close Israeli venues for European matches was justifiable and rational, and on August 7 UEFA put an indefinite ban on European competitions held in the country. www.brown.edu /Students/INDY/cms/content/view/252/36   (1491 words)

The Global Game | Global Gleanings, Israel Badir's grandfather was murdered by Israeli police in the 1956 massacre at Kafr Kassem; Badir, however, prefers not to speak of the symbolic value of Arabs on the Israel team. While pointing out that Israeli teams regularly play on the sabbath, he nevertheless lamented the increased costs for security and stewards that a holiday match would entail. Amir Ben-Porat of the College of Management, who followed Hapoel Teibeh in the Premiere League in the 1990s, and by Dr. Tamir Sorek, who studied Bnei Sakhnin when it was in the Second Division a few years ago, indicates that for now the Arab public in Israel has clearly decided to participate and succeed. www.theglobalgame.com /gleanisr.html   (3488 words)

Israeli soccer match called off after players say they were offered bribes - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soccer was in turmoil Sunday, with a match-fixing scandal threatening the legitimacy of the nation's professional league. Israeli media reports said each of the three players was given $2,400, along with a warning not to play too hard. In addition to the government-sanctioned sports lottery, there is also a massive illegal betting syndicate that has tarnished Israeli soccer in recent years. www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/europe/2006-12-17-israeli-bribes_x.htm   (345 words)

Guardian | Home of al-Jazeera donates football stadium in Israel The local team, Bnei Sakhnin, is the only club in the Israeli premier league with Arab players. At the same time, just a few miles away, al-Jazeera television, which is funded by the emir, broadcast reports of the war that were condemned by the Bush administration. It has the smallest budget in the Israeli premier league, but last year won the country's State Cup and earned a place in the Uefa Cup. www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5307005-103552,00.html   (530 words)

israelinsider: Briefs: Israel signs tourism deal with English soccer club Arsenal Israeli military arrests Palestinian militant in rare raid on Jericho Under Sunday's agreement, Israeli tourism advertisements will be displayed on sideline billboards during televised games and on 450 screens at Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium, set to open in August. The Israeli minister said Israel would pay 350,000 pounds ($612,000) to Arsenal, and be allowed to display its televised ads for five minutes during soccer matches. web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Briefs/7898.htm   (524 words)

GONE: Ardiles parts company with Israeli League side - OCT 21, 2006 ISRAELI Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem have parted company with Argentina coach Osvaldo Ardiles and named former club goalkeeper and Ashdod manager Yossi Mizrahi in his place yesterday. Big-spending Beitar agreed to a one-year contract with Ardiles in May but their failure to advance in the Uefa Cup and erratic results, which nevertheless see the club occupy second place in the League on goal difference, were Ardiles's downfall. Ardiles is the first coaching casualty of the Israeli League this season. newpaper.asia1.com.sg /printfriendly/0,4139,115967,00.html   (323 words)

EJP | News | Eastern Europe | Argentinian joins Israeli football squad for Euro qualifiers JERUSALEM (EJP)--- The Israeli national football team received a massive boost on the eve its European Championship qualifying campaign when Argentinian striker Roberto Colautti was given the go ahead to join the squad for its game against Estonia in Tallin. Colautti, the top scorer at Israeli Premier League champions Maccabi Haifa for the past two seasons, had not received official permission to play for Israel as the team arrived at the airport on Wednesday ahead of Saturday’s match. The Israelis have a relatively easy start to the campaign with the away match against Estonia at the weekend and a home tie against Andorra on Wednesday with the more difficult ties against the Russians and Croatians in October and November and England in March. www.ejpress.org /article/news/eastern_europe/10559   (694 words)

Patriot Leaguer Signs With Israeli Premier Team :: Former Patriot League Tournament MVP Charles Lee inks deal with ... A three-time All-Patriot League selection, Lee was a member of the back-to-back Patriot League championship teams at Bucknell in 2004-05 and 2005-06. He is 14th all-time in career Patriot League steals with 167 (fifth at Bucknell) and became the 15th player in Bison history to record 1,000 points and 500 career rebounds (568, 18th all-time at Bucknell). Lee became the fifth Patriot League student-athlete in 2006 to be named both the Patriot League Player of the Year and Tournament MVP in the same season. patriotleague.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111506aac.html   (267 words)

World Soccer News, PPPP Entry-Home is where the heart is... They will then play 5 games against those in their half of the league for a total of 38 games for the season. The first third of the season has just ended and it is quite clear that the race for the title is between 3 teams, one from each of the main cities: Maccabi Haifa, Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Beitar are a title threat and their star player is Croatia's Giovanni Rosso who has been the top player in the league over the last 4 years. www.wldcup.com /wwwboard/messages/204518.html   (1339 words)

For the three years Enyeama held sway at Enyimba, Aiyenugba was only called to action a few times, and it was only last year that the Ilorin-born goalie commanded a regular shirt at the Aba side, after Enyeama announced his intention to quit the club for greener pastures. In fact, Okey Emordi, former Enyimba coach, who has moved to South African Premier League side, Bush Bucks, once told Sunday Sunsport that Aiyenugba was so overwhelmed by Enyeama's presence that he refused the offer on so many occasions to start matches ahead of the Eagles’ No. 1 goaltender at Enyimba. At any rate, I might be joining an Israeli Premier League side after the Nations Cup, but no matter what happens, I'm through with Enyimba. www.sunnewsonline.com /webpages/sports/2006/feb/05/sports-5-02-2006-004.htm   (885 words)

EJP | News | Eastern Europe | Russian Jew buys into Portsmouth FC It is believed that Gaidamak is willing to pump up to 100 million pounds into the club which is currently in 13th position in the 20-team premier league. In an interview published in Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot on Tuesday morning, Alexandre Gaydamak refuted claims that his father was at all involved in the deal. The Israeli premier league is apparently planning to do all it can to ensure Hapoel Tel Aviv do not play games on Shabbat in the future. www.ejpress.org /article/5024   (692 words)

The Daily Princetonian - Hoopin' it up in the Holy Land Scott Greenman '06 has signed to play with Bnei Hasharon of the Israeli Premier League this year after a stellar senior season in which he led a young Tiger team to second place in the Ivy League. Two of the bigger stars Greenman will be playing alongside are Ousmane Cisse — the reigning Premier League Defensive Player of the Year, who in 2001 was selected by Denver as the 47th pick of the NBA Draft — and Korleone Young — the 40th pick by Detroit in 1998. There is, however, one important caveat in the Premier League concerning the presence of such American-born talent: a limit of four American players per team, only three of whom can be on the floor together at any given time. www.dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2006/09/27/sports/15944.shtml   (1008 words)

PACERS: Sarunas Jasikevicius Career Highlights The ACB League Finals MVP for F.C. Barcelona, he averaged 11.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg and 3.3 apg in 34 regular season games in 21 Euroleague games, he averaged 13.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 3.2 apg he led Lithuania to a gold medal in the 2003 European Championship and was named the tournament MVP. After graduating from the University of Maryland, he was not drafted by a NBA team and he returned to Lithuania where he signed with Lietuvos Rytas a league All-Star for Rytas, he handed out 5.4 apg, which led the Lithuanian League. He finished his career at the University of Maryland third in school history in 3-pt FG made (136) and attempted (363) his career-best 60 3-pt FGS during his senior season represented the third highest total in school annals he was one of eight players in Maryland history to have appeared in four straight NCAA tournaments. www.nba.com /pacers/news/sarunas_jasikevicius_bio.html   (347 words)

Football News - Soccer Headlines Haifa, the best funded Israeli club with a reported budget of 40 million shekels (US$8.89 million), were knocked out in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round by Malmo of Sweden earlier this month. Betar, who have the most fanatical support among Premier League teams are hoping that the injection of cash from Russian tycoon Arkady Gaidamak will end years of financial uncertainty. Gaidamak was largely unknown to Israeli fans before he bought a 100 percent stake in the club at the weekend in a move that was likened to that of fellow Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich at Chelsea. www.isfa.com /news/?id=16879   (293 words)

AM - Israeli-Arab soccer team set to debut in Israel LINDA MOTTRAM: Hamas has been sending rockets into Israel again, and another Israeli missile strike has killed another of the group’s militants, part of the renewed violence to afflict the region. But at the same time, sport has been proving that cooperation is possible in the region, with the nominally Israeli-Arab soccer side, Akei Nazareth, qualifying for the Israeli Premier League. But for the time being, this cocktail of Arabs, Jews, Africans and Europeans is happy just to be playing in the Premier League. www.abc.net.au /am/content/2003/s934755.htm   (554 words)

The Daily Punt - Israeli Premier League (17-19\11) Hakoah "injury jinx" can't stop, as 1st choice goalkeeper Israeli Filosof is yet to be fit for the intresting game between two of the very bet Israeli former superstars currently as managers, Uri Malmilian (Hakoah manager) and Eli Ohana (Kfar Saba Manager). Excellent write ups as per mhaymovi and im glad you enjoy TDP as we enjoy reading your stuff and it's good to be 'educated' in the Israeli(??) leagues. But Petah Tikva 's great players always fight hard on their city stadium (known as "the stable", because of the bad turf) and Guy Luzon, their manager, is hoping to continue the good momentum on this one. www.thedailypunt.com /forum/showthread.php?t=15519   (1684 words)

Israel21c The national Israel soccer team may not have qualified for the World Cup, but an Israeli presence is being felt anyway. Pantsil is one of three Israel-based players in the Ghana squad, but the only one to have played a significant part in the Black Stars' success (Ashdod 'keeper Sammy Adjei has yet to make an appearance and Hapoel Kfar Saba's Emmanuel Pappoe only played the first half of the loss to Italy). According to Jerusalem Post sports editor Jeremy Last, the Israeli Premier League is packed with foreign players, many of whom have lived in the country for many years. www.israel21c.org /bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l1336&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Culture   (645 words)

24sec.net - Basketball News - Israeli Premier League Preview! Like Maccabi, Nahariya kept almost the entire roster from last year, and it is might be even stronger than before, last year the team almost made it to the Final Four of FIBA's Europeleague and finished 4th in Israel, its goal for next year will be at least to finish at 1-4. One of the most interesting teams this season, Israeli legend Oded Katash joined the team in order to make it something like the Colleges are in the US, a place where young players will be able to grow and extand their playing skills along side the competitive play. Haifa joined the league at the last minute, and its official roster is still unknwon. www.24sec.net /article.asp?index=538   (624 words)

CNNSI.com - Soccer - World: Real Madrid to face Olimpia in Toyota Cup - Wednesday October 23, 2002 01:59 PM JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- The sponsors of Israeli premier league club Bnei Yehuda pulled the plug on their deal on Wednesday, saying the violent behaviour of fans at the weekend had brought shame to their association. On Sunday, IFA chairman Gavri Levi called for the club's ground to be closed down for the entire season and repeated the call during an Israeli parliamentary committee on Tuesday. The team's coach Nicola Hadway, a Chilean with Palestinian parents, is scouring Latin American league sides for players of Palestinian descent who would be eligible to play for the national side. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/10/23/int_rdp   (1779 words)

Philadelphia Daily News | 11/09/2006 | Time in Israel brought good fortune to Parker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) In Jewish and Israeli tradition, that's chai, the symbol of life, of good fortune. His teams won five Israeli Premier League championships, five Israeli Cup championships and three Euroleague titles. Last season ended, and he knew it was time to try the NBA again. www.philly.com /mld/dailynews/sports/15966978.htm   (593 words)

israelinsider: Hot Topics Israeli foreign minister says captured soldier likely still alive 07/05/2006 - An Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants is probably still alive, Israel's FM said, as a deadline passed for the country to meet demands. Israeli rabbi calls on Gaza Muslims to protect captive Israeli soldier web.israelinsider.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=ViewsPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=Zone&enZone=HotTopics&enInfolet=ViewTopic.jsp&topicId=353   (632 words)

Premier League Tips and Odds Premier League • Championship • SPL • Champions League • La Liga • Other Leagues • MORE • ODDS • Punter's Guide • Forum NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Liverpool was drawn to play Israeli club Maccabi Haifa in Champions League qualifying on Friday, a day after UEFA asked Israel for safety guarantees in hosting soccer matches. UEFA wrote to the Israeli soccer federation this week asking for safety guarantees and to make contingencies for relocating games to other countries. www.covers.co.uk /articles/articles.aspx?theArt=86770&tid=55&t=1   (425 words)

Archives: Story It was while playing for Premier League team Givat Shmuel that Goodman met his future wife Judy, a Beachwood High School graduate and former CJN intern. Goodman hopscotched to various basketball teams in the Israel league and ruptured a tendon in his knee last year. Now he's conditioning with the Israeli Olympic high jump coach and preparing for his return to the pros. www.clevelandjewishnews.com /articles/2005/08/05/news/local/sports0805.txt   (735 words)

EUROBASKET - Israeli BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME basketball He caught the attention of Maccabi Tel-Aviv team managers and Israeli government officials as he led the U.S. team to victory and the Gold Medal that came with it. He played more league games than anyone else, 469, and he also played 165 times in the Israel NT, in 7 European Championships. Was the assists leader of the Israeli League 4 times. www.eurobasket.com /isr/HallOfFame.asp   (987 words)

[No title] Both teams were considered to have advantage over the Israeli team, and the two draws were considered a fair achievement for the Israeli team. The goal which brought the Israeli team the draw against Ireland was scored by Arab Sakhnin player Abbas Suan; against France, the other Israeli Arab player in the national team, Walid Badir, headed a late equaliser to grab a point just seven minutes from time and got Israel the coveted draw. Stand-up comedians on stage and TV in Israel are still ridiculing her enthusiastic jump -to the point of harassment – all over Israeli sportsmen who gained medals for Israel in the recent Athens Olympic games. cosmos.ucc.ie /cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0016376.txt   (837 words)

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