football

New York Jets star Sauce Gardner backs down from seemingly antisemitic comment

Jets' Sauce Gardner faces backlash for echoing antisemitic trope in video with influencer Adin Ross; later he apologizes.

By JTA
27/03/2024

Israeli news broadcast confuses Likud spokesperson with soccer coach

Channel 12 caused a stir with a report on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also featuring Likud spokesperson Guy Levy, leading to online amusement and discussion.

By WALLA! CULTURE
20/03/2024

Chile’s Club Palestino advances in international tournament, fans accuse Israel of genocide

The Palestino club was founded in Santiago in 1920 by Palestinian immigrants to Chile, which is home to the largest population of Palestinians outside the Middle East.

By JUAN MELAMED/JTA
15/03/2024

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole makes spacetime look like a football - study

Getting in the Super Bowl spirit? Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, spins so fast that it makes spacetime around it shaped like a football.

11/02/2024

'Not like Russia': Israel will not be banned from soccer games

The announcement comes amid a call to boycott the Israeli team in world games by 12 countries. 

Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism to run 30-second super bowl ad

Last year, the Super Bowl was viewed by an estimated 115 million viewers, and Super Bowl commercials often become cultural touchstones and fodder for conversation in the weeks following the game.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
24/01/2024

Second Israeli soccer player detained in Turkey over support for hostages

Kartsev is the second Israeli player in the Turkish league to be detained by police and vilified in Turkish media.

Israeli teams hitting stride on the pitch

Mac TA edges Netanya • Refaelov, Mac Haifa beat Hapoel in derby • Berkowitz grabs draw for Beitar vs Sakhnin

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
19/12/2023

Action heats up, fans will return to stands

Maccabi Tel Aviv holds off Sakhnin • Mac Haifa, Beitar draw • Hap Haifa edges Hap Jerusalem

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
12/12/2023

Ohio church shows its love for the IDF, Cincinnati Bengals NFL team

“Who Dey,” to football cognoscenti, is the iconic cheer used by fans of the Bengals to indicate their approval when the team scores or wins a game.

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