The Arab League today has called on the international community to urge Israeli authorities to release Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails amid fears of the spread of coronavirus. Fears of a coronavirus outbreak in prisons holding Palestinian detainees were compounded following confirmation from the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) that at least four Palestinian prisoners in Megiddo Prison have tested positive for COVID-19. Saeed Abu Ali, […]
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UEFA have suspended all next week’s scheduled matches due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the organization announced in a statement on Friday. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
The Algerian Ministry of Health announced that it is prohibited for fans to attend football league matches to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. This came during a press conference held by the Minister of Health, Abdel-Rahman Bin Bouzid, in Algiers, on Tuesday, which the Anadolu Agency’s correspondent has covered. The minister explained that the last cabinet meeting (Sunday) included recommendations from the President of the […]
In response to a Thursday night segment in which a Fox News host seemingly peddled an anti-Semitic trope about Jewish billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt sent a letter to the network’s chief expressing how “deeply disturbed” he was that the host played into “deep seated anti-Semitic canards.” On Thursday night’s broadcast of The Ingraham Angle, Raymond Arroyo—filling in for regular host Laura Ingraham—dedicated […]
Saudi women footballers have called for full equality on the pitch after authorities announced a new female football league – one of a slew of recent concessions to women’s rights in the conservative kingdom, Reuters reports. The move comes two years after the lifting of a ban on Saudi women attending fixtures in stadiums and will see women over 17 competing for places in teams in […]
Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune wants the upcoming Arab League summit, which he will lead, to bring about the return of Syria to the organisation. In addition, he hopes to restore balance to joint Arab action and end the hegemony of the Gulf States. Algeria is regaining its pivotal role at the Arab and global scales as this role was frozen and cancelled for more than ten […]
The Arab League yesterday called for sending international protection forces to the occupied Palestinian territories, namely the West Bank city of Hebron, Shehab News Agency reported. Marking the 26th anniversary of the massacre carried out by an extremist Israeli Jewish settler at the Ibrahimi Mosque, the Arab League condemned the escalating Israeli settler attacks on the heart of Hebron. The statement pointed out that the Israeli […]
Saudi Arabia has launched its own Women’s Football League (WFL), in a move seen as an advancement for women’s rights in the Kingdom. The WFL was launched at an event in the capital Riyadh on Monday. The President of Saudi Arabia’s Sports for All Federation (SFA), Prince Khaled Bin Al-Waleed Bin Talal told Arab News that, “The development of the WFL came about because we understood […]
Fayez Al-Sarraj, Head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), expressed his uneasiness about the Arab League “inability” to hold a session to discuss the aggression launched by Khalifa Haftar on the capital, Tripoli. This came in statements Al-Sarraj made on Monday, during his meeting with delegates and ambassadors of the Arab Group at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, on the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107840/25/1078402517_0:10:2294:1300_1200x675_80_0_0_2d3c1d2511a5703f52ee6d00dac79b1a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202002251078402561-six-games-in-italys-top-football-league-to-be-held-behind-closed-doors-due-to-coronavirus/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Six games of the 26th day of Serie A, a top-tier Italian football league, will be held behind closed doors due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country’s northern regions, Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said on Tuesday. “Measures are already in force, that prohibit any events until next Sunday. Initially for […]
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary general of the Arab League, warned on Monday that Israel may end the life of Palestinian Authority (PA) president, Mahmoud Abbas, the same way it did with the late president, Yasser Arafat, Al Watan Voice reported. His remarks came in the wake of several Israeli officials warning that Abbas is an obstacle for Israeli-Palestinian peace. As reported by Sputnik, Aboul Gheit confirmed […]
Sport 18:32 GMT 14.02.2020(updated 18:43 GMT 14.02.2020) Get short URL Last year, media reports revealed that the English football club Manchester City was facing expulsion from the Champions League over violating financial control regulations. Manchester City has been banned from Champions League for two seasons, a statement by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) says. The statement says that Manchester City “committed serious breaches” of UEFA […]