Two weeks ago, the Palestinian National Football Team for Amputees officially commenced, on December 2, their training sessions under the supervision of the Red Cross in the Palestine Stadium in Gaza. The team aims to […]
Though the final match in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup brought Algeria and Tunisia together, it seems that Palestine was the dominant common denominator throughout the game. Algeria won 2-0 in an exciting finale, but […]
Algeria secured a place in the semi-finals of the FIFA Arab Cup on Saturday by beating Morocco in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, winning 5-3. The quarter-final fixture at Qatar’s Al-Thumama stadium saw the two North […]
The 10th Installment of The FIFA Arab Cup is underway in Qatar. Coming off of a convincing 5-1 win against The Comoros, Palestine (PLE ranked 98 in the world) kicked off their tournament with a […]
FIFA has fined the Scottish Football Association over £8,0oo($10,786) after Scotland supporters booed the Israeli national anthem during last month’s World Cup qualifier, the BBC reported. The SFA was also sanctioned for an inappropriate flag […]
The President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, raised the idea that Israel might co-host the World Cup in 2030, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced in a statement Tuesday. […]
The Palestine Football Association (PFA) announced on Tuesday the cancellation of a meeting with FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. PFA President Jibril Rajoub, who was supposed to meet with […]
Pro-Palestine protesters gathered on Saturday outside Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, ahead of Scotland’s World Cup qualifier match against Israel, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Many others took part in the Scottish Palestine […]
Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony. AS Roma and Raja Casablanca fans gathered in their thousands on a hot Saturday […]
The Palestinian Football Association has welcomed the scrapping of a football match between Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Israel’s Beitar football team, which was scheduled to take place on August 4 in Jerusalem, reports Anadolu Agency. “We express […]
President of FC Barcelona Joan Laport said the club Barcelona has not publicly released any official statements through its official channels confirming the holding of a friendly football match against the Israeli team Beitar in […]
Several demonstrations were held across the United Kingdom yesterday against Puma to demand that the sports brand end its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association (IFA). Puma is a multinational corporation that designs and manufactures […]
Another football ‘controversy’ has started when football players participating in the ongoing ‘UEFA Euro 2020’, kneeled down during national anthems to protest racism, a serious problem that has plagued football stadiums for many years. Yet, […]
‘Believe firmly, because with hope nothing is impossible’. Watch this short clip of The Palestine Chronicle-sponsored Youth Stars Center football team in Gaza, as they receive their new cleats and feature their Palestine Chronicle shorts […]
The Palestine Chronicle and the Youth Stars Center in the Gaza Strip are proud to announce the launch of the Youth Stars Center Football Club. The team, consisting of 15 players and two volunteer coaches, […]
Another important development in terms of solidarity with the Palestinian people has been reported in the football fields of the British Premier League. Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba became the latest footballer to display the […]
Leicester City football players Hamza Choudhury and Wesley Fofana celebrated their FA Cup final victory over Chelsea yesterday by waving the Palestinian flag after the final whistle. English midfielder Choudhury and French defender Fofana were […]
The Palestine National Football Team achieved an historic victory against the Kuwait National Football Team on Monday, January 18, for the first time in 19 years. Palestine hopes that its victory, in this international friendly, […]
Just recently Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, a member of the UAE royal family, has pledged to invest 300 million shekels, or about $90 million, into the Beitar (Jerusalem) club over the next decade. […]
Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the US, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people from understanding, organizing, and attempting to “influence the real world”. Referring to sports commentary […]
The 20th century’s greatest footballer, Diego Armando Maradona, died in San Andrés, Argentina, at the age of 60. The Argentine Football Association reported that the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Maradona has been struggling […]
Palestinian athletes from the Salam (Peace) Club in Gaza return to their regular training to prepare for upcoming competitions. The Salam Club, which constitutes entirely from Palestinian youth who have lost a leg during the […]
Life in Gaza is slowly getting back to normal, well, as normal as possible considering the protracted Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. Gaza authority, like other governments in the region and around the world, […]
Filmmaker Patrice Forget shot an original documentary that is based on a soccer match organized in the French town of Martigues, in July 2019, between a Palestinian team from Gaza and a French counterpart. All […]
Boycott Campaign – Palestine (BCP) yesterday condemned Argentina and Uruguay for playing an international friendly match in Tel Aviv. Despite Israel’s recent aggression on Gaza killing 35 Palestinians, Argentina and Uruguay national football teams are […]
Transport for London (TfL), the transport network for the UK’s capital, on Wednesday stated that it would immediately remove numerous posters that urged commuters to boycott international sports brand Puma because of its sponsorship of […]
President Mahmoud Abbas received Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team in the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, praising this visit and stressing that it embodies the historical relationship between Palestine and the […]
A Palestinian group on Monday denounced a planned football match between Saudi Arabia and Palestine in the West Bank because it would require Saudi players to apply for visiting permits directly from Israel. The Popular Front for […]
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most successful, yet divisive athletes in the world. Adored by his fans for his amazing achievement, Ronaldo also has an army of critics who hate his obsession with appearance […]
An Israeli court yesterday upheld a travel ban for Palestinian footballers from the occupied Gaza Strip, accepting the position of military and security officials who made the original decision. According to human rights group Gisha, the […]
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