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Palestinian national Taekwondo player, Omar Hantoli, won the gold medal in the 4th Asian Open International Taekwondo Championship, held in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

Shachar Sagiv became the first Israeli athlete to ever compete in Saudi Arabia, according to the Israeli Olympic committee. 

French Manchester United football legend Eric Cantona has teamed up with Scottish band Primal Scream, fashion brand A Number of Names (Anon) and Aida Celtic FC to help fundraise for the Palestinian refugee football team with all proceeds from sales of a new football shirt going to the team.

Hamas official Hisham Qasem appreciated the cancellation of a scheduled football match by the Uruguay football team in the Israeli occupation following boycott pressure.

Depriving of reaching a medal for refusing to compete with the representatives of the Zionist regime is a real victory, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, hailing Iranian athletes for doing so.

A Lebanese chess player on Wednesday withdrew from the World Chess Championship held in Georgia after she was set to face an Israeli opponent.

Thousands of activists around the world have taken part in the Boycott PUMA Global Day of Action against the German sportswear company over its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which operates in Israeli settlements.

Israel has been snubbed for yet another time in a sports event as a young Lebanese chess player decided to quit the 28th edition of Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in the United Arab Emirates to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.

The president of the Iraqi Tennis Federation Majid Al-Ugaili has announced the withdrawal of Iraqi tennis players from facing Israeli opponents in the Romanian Grand Prix Tournament.

A Jordanian taekwondo fighter has refused to face an Israeli opponent in international competitions in Bulgaria, the latest of such withdrawals from encountering Israeli opponents in international tournaments.

Algerian football player Ahmed Touba has not accompanied his team, İstanbul Başakşehir, on a trip to the occupied territories to face Israel’s Maccabi Netanya FC in a European competition.

Palestinian Israeli footballer, Munas Dabbur, who has long spoken out against the occupation state's brutal policies, has quit the national team, MEMO reported.