The Palestinian Union for Kickboxing in Palestine – the Southern branch – concluded its Full Contact Championship for Youth, with the participation of 53 young kickboxers from various clubs throughout the Gaza Strip. The competition […]
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 […]
Throughout decades, sports were a mirror that reflected Palestinian reality and portrayed it with all its details. The Palestinian struggle has always been multilateral and sport was one of them. Sports developments have been parallel […]
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has suspended the Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach from participating in any activities or competitions organized by the body for 10 years after refusing to face Israeli athlete […]
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 […]
A 14-year-old Mauritanian chess player has pulled out of the Junior World Cup because the draw set him up to face an Israeli player, Middle East Monitor reported on Wednesday. “I decided to retire, because […]
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu was attacked by his own right-wing allies, who accused him of disrespecting the Shabbat tradition barring Jews from working on Saturday by greeting the country’s Olympic champion. Rhythmic gymnast Linoy […]
When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes – adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag – crossed into Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium during the inauguration ceremony on July 23, I was overcome with […]
The International Judo Federation suspended on Saturday Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics before his event started, after the draw set him on course for a […]
Palestinian weightlifter from Gaza, Mohammad Hamada, will be making history by being the first such athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this month. Hamada secured his place after participating in six international […]
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, […]
Support for Palestine in international sports events continued, this time with Manchester City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez carrying a Palestinian flag on the pitch after a Premier League fixture. Mahrez celebrated his team’s convincing 5-0 […]
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 […]
Since the start of the Israeli aggression, first against East Jerusalem, then Gaza and the rest of Palestine, many athletes around the world expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom. I […]
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 […]
The more Israel is internationally criticized for its repressive and brutal practices against Palestinians, the more it creates circumvented malicious methods and means to cover and justify its behavior and continue achieving its dreams. It […]
Palestinian modern history is unique, not only because of the Nakba (i.e. catastrophe) of 1948, and the expulsion of the 750,000 refugees from their land, but because this history consistently has been a subject of […]
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, […]
When thirty-two-year-old Majdi Abu Marahil crossed the finish line in the men’s 10,000-meter race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and thus became the first Palestinian athlete to compete in the leading international sports event, a […]
Though Palestinian sports had made remarkable progress (especially internationally) since the Oslo Accords in 1993 until now, however, this progress was on the account of many national values accumulated throughout the period 1950s – 1980s. […]
Palestinian Karate coach Khaled Sheikh Eid trains members of his family on the rooftop of their house at a refugee camp in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. Millions of Palestinians have been quarantined to contain […]
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