Skip To Content

Get our Newsletters Shop our Store

JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.

Support Our WorkSupport Us

Soccer

The Latest

Fast Forward
Hungary Soccer Fans Probed for Nazi Salutes at Euro Tournament

Hungarian soccer fans are reportedly being investigated for performing Nazi salutes during a match at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France. Black-shirted Hungary fans were captured making the salutes during their national team’s match with Iceland on Saturday in Marseille, the British Daily Mail newspaper reported.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3648911/Now-Ultra-fans-caught-doing-NAZI-salutes-Euro-2016-Hungarian-supporters-sick-gestures-match-saw-fans-battle-stewards-stands.html) “The pictures are clearly very shocking,” a police…

By Forward Staff Jun 19, 2016 | < 1 min read
Fast Forward
Soccer Star Lionel Messi Slammed as ‘Jewish’ by Egyptians for Donating Cleats

Soccer star Lionel Messi was slammed as “Jewish” and a “Zionist” by Egyptian officials after donating his soccer shoes to a charity in Egypt. Messi, who plays for the Barcelona Football Club, was interviewed last week on the Egyptian television program “Yes, I Am Famous” on the private network MBC Masr. “One of the things…

By JTA Apr 3, 2016 | 2 min read
Fast Forward
German Soccer Club Bayern Munich Apologizes For Tweet Evoking Auschwitz

Bayern Munich apologized to anyone who saw Holocaust imagery in a graphic the German soccer club posted on Twitter. Replying to the original tweet hours after posting it Wednesday, Bayern said it had not meant to “hurt feelings” and was only trying to promote its match later that day against Juventus. The graphic shows train…

By JTA Mar 17, 2016 | < 1 min read
Fast Forward
Nazi Gestures Get Southampton Soccer Fans Banned

Two fans of the Southampton soccer club have been banned from attending English Premier League games for three years for making “fascist salutes” and “racist gestures” at Jewish fans during a recent match. Thomas Flynn, 22, and Michael Haydon, 23, pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive and insulting behavior in a religiously-aggravated public order offense,…

By JTA Jan 10, 2016 | < 1 min read
Fast Forward
Tunisian Jews Demand Soccer Official Be Disciplned For Anti-Semitic Slur

Tunisian Jews called on their government to discipline the president of a soccer club who is accused of making an anti-Semitic slur against a Jewish referee. Last week, the Jewish Community of Tunisia, or CJT, published its call and condemnation of Lotfi Abdennadher, head of the main soccer club in the city of Sfax, on…

By JTA Jan 6, 2016 | < 1 min read
Fast Forward
Soccer Field Swastika Punishment Upheld Against Croatia

European soccer body UEFA has upheld its decision to deduct a point from Croatia’s Euro 2016 qualifying tally for a racist incident in June. “UEFA’s Appeals Body has upheld the decision to dock Croatia one point for racist behavior at their qualifying Group H game against Italy,” UEFA said on Friday. “The appeal by the…

By Reuters Sep 18, 2015 | < 1 min read
The Schmooze
Did Israel Use Jewish Voodoo To Jinx Soccer Superstar Gareth Bale?

The British press thinks it has come up with an explanation for Israel’s surprising draw with Wales in Euro 2016 soccer qualifier on Sunday night – witchcraft! “Call it witchcraft, call it voodoo, call it black magic,” wrote Richard Innes in the Daily Mirror. “Whatever it is, it clearly worked.” Israel’s Tal Ben Haim jinxing…

By Haaretz Sep 7, 2015 | 2 min read
Fast Forward
Gaza Soccer Players Get Green Light for West Bank Match

Israel will allow a soccer match in the West Bank between a Palestinian team and a squad from the United Arab Emirates. The Sept. 8 match at the Faisal al-Husseini Stadium in Al-Ram, northeast of Jerusalem, will test Israel’s stated willingness to relax its travel restrictions on Palestinian players. In response to the Palestinian Football…

By JTA Aug 31, 2015 | < 1 min read

Explore

Most Popular

In Case You Missed It

Shop the Forward Store

100% of profits support our journalism

Accessory
Our founder, Ab Cahan
Tote bag

Apparel
1960s Yiddish hipi hoodie
Premium pullover hoodie

Apparel
It's spelled Khanike tee
Premium tee

Apparel
The Forverts est. 1897 hoodie
Women's premium hoodie