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The Palestine Football Association (PFA) has urged the soccer's world governing body FIFA to suspend Israel over the regime’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have joined forces with 60 organizations from all over the world, calling on the world's football governing body, FIFA, to ban Israel from all international competitions over the occupying regime’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran asked FIFA and football unions to take immediate and serious actions to suspend the Israeli regime from all activities related to football.

The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) urges suspension of the Zionist regime from all football-related activities as long as Tel Aviv sustains its ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian national soccer team has reached the 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout rounds for the first after beating Hong Kong 3-0.

Zionist regime has martyred at least 47 Palestinian athletes since the onset of the current war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Olympic Committee says.

A Celtic fans’ group displayed Palestinian flags at a UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, despite an appeal by the Scottish club.

The sixth annual wheelchair basketball tournament kicked off in the besieged Gaza Strip yesterday with 11 teams vying for the trophy, Anadolu reported.

Iraq's national fencing team has withdrawn from the 2023 International Fencing Federation (FIE)'s Senior World Cup in the Turkish port city of Istanbul after realizing that its members would have to face Israeli fencers.

The Kuwaiti player Abdulaziz Alshatti on Friday withdrew from the world fencing championship held in Türkiye after he refused to play with an Israeli contestant.

Rugby's global governing body, World Rugby, has announced that the South African Rugby Union's (SARU) decision to exclude the Israeli rugby team from the international competitions was not discriminatory move.

Israeli chess players were boycotted 12 times by Tunisian competitors at the FIDE World School Chess Championships which took place recently in Greece.

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has chosen Argentina to host the U-20 World Cup, after stripping Indonesia of its right to stage the tournament due to its refusal to host the Israeli team.

A prominent Qatari pro-Palestine group has issued a statement condemning the participation of 17 Israeli athletes at this year’s World Judo Championship slated to take place in Doha next May.

Abdul Salam Haneyya, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports in Gaza, hailed Lebanese runner Mazen Chreim for refusing to compete with an Israeli runner in an international race competition in Poland.

Mazen Chreim, a Lebanese runner has withdrawn from the 200 meter competition of the World Masters Athletics after he was placed in a group that included an Israeli runner.

The Palestine Higher Council of Youth and Sports expressed its regret over FIFA’s decision to strip Indonesia of the hosting rights of this year's Under-20 World Cup in response to nationwide protests against Apartheid Israel.

FIFA stripped Indonesia of this year’s Under-20 World Cup, which was supposed to take place in Indonesia from May 20 to June 11, as a result of Jakarta's refusal to host Israel's team.

In a show of strong solidarity with the Palestinian nation and outright rejection of normalization with the Tel Aviv regime, Yemeni freestyle wrestler Ebrahim al-Shabami has pulled out of the 2023 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane in France to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.

Zionist regime’s forces have martyred a 23-year-old Palestinian soccer player, while accompanying Zionist settlers on an illegal tour of Prophet Joseph's Tomb in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Palestinian solidarity has been on full display throughout the tournament, with fans hoisting the country's colours and condemning Israeli occupation

During a live feed from outside Al Bayt Stadium in the city of Al Khor, Qatar. The fan's plea made for an uncomfortable moment of live TV.

Scores of Palestinian citizens were injured on Tuesday during a raid by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) south of the West Bank city of Nablus. 

A senior official of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says Arab fans’ refusal to speak with Israeli media reporters at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 indicates rejection of the occupying regime’s existence and normalization deals, stressing that all forms of resistance will lead to Palestine’s victory.

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has hailed the open support for Palestine during the FIFA World Cup taking place in Qatar.

The Hamas Movement has applauded the withdrawal of a junior Lebanese table tennis player from the world table tennis tournament in Portugal to avoid facing an opponent from the Israeli occupation state.

A junior Lebanese table tennis player has withdrawn from the World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Star Contender Vila Nova de Gaia 2022 tournament in Portugal to avoid facing an Israeli counterpart, in what has been seen as a new snub to the Tel Aviv regime following similar measures taken by a host of Muslim players from across the Muslim world.

Palestine wasn't forgotten by football fans at the opening of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on Monday. Fans chanted their support for Palestine and called for the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Zionist apartheid regime has been once again snubbed in sporting events as Lebanese and Saudi youths refused to speak to Israeli media during the 2022 Qatar World Cup, showing their rejection of normalization of relations with Zionist regime.

Direct charter flights will operate between Zionist regime and Qatar, which do not have formal diplomatic ties, during the upcoming World Cup in Doha, FIFA said on Thursday.

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.

A company affiliated with the UAE had agreed to build a football stadium in the village of Kafr Qasem, where the Israeli occupation massacred 51 Palestinians in 1956, Israeli media reported yesterday.

Algerian middle-distance runner Djamel Sedjati has waved the national Palestinian flag around the stadium to celebrate the conclusion of his awe-inspiring campaign at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the United States, as he finished runner-up in the tournament.

The Shabab Rafah Football Club succeeded in retaining the Gaza Strip Premier League title, winning by a narrow margin (1-0) against Al-Hilal team.

The Palestine national football team qualified for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup tournament after defeating the Philippines in their last group stage match, Wafa news agency has reported.

A Kuwaiti wheelchair fencer has withdrawn from the second International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Cup of 2022 in Thailand over a draw that set her on course for a match-up against an Israeli opponent.

Algerian lawyers announced a boycott of a football match for lawyers, which started yesterday in Morocco, due to Israeli participation.

A Kuwaiti chess player has refused to play against an Israeli opponent at Spain’s Sunway International Chess Championship, in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people and a fresh blow to the occupying Zionist regime’s status in the world.

On the eve of International Quds Day, a group of pro-Palestinian athletes climbed the 2,100-meter peak of Dokal in Kermanshah on Sunday and waved the Iranian and Palestinian flags.

The Libyan national team has refused to face Israeli opponents at the World Fencing Championships 2022 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and in opposition to normalization agreements between the occupying regime and a few Arab countries.

A Kuwaiti fencer has withdrawn from the World Fencing Championships held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to avoid facing an Israeli counterpart, following similar measures taken by a host of Muslim players from across the Islamic world.

Over 10,000 Palestinian and international runners descended on Beit-ul-lahm to participate in the Eighth International Palestine Marathon.

Kuwaiti motosurf player Abdul Razzaq Al-Baghli withdrew from the Emirates International Motosurf Championship to avoid competing against an Israeli competitor.

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday welcomed Jordanian opposition to Israeli participation in the Baja Rally hosted by Jordan.

In honor of tens of athletes and sporting clubs, the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine held the “International Forum to Honor Anti-Normalization Athletes” under the slogan “Al-Quds Golden Medal” in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Hamas: We highly appreciate the position of young Kuwaiti player Mohammed al-Awadi for refusing to play against a Zionist opponent in an international tennis tournament held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Mohammad Al-Awadi withdraws from Dubai Tennis Championships U-14 semifinals.

Umbrella group will hold international event in the Lebanese capital, Beirut to honor athletes opposing normalization with Zionist regime.

Palestinian international runner Sami Neteel, of the Al-Maghazi Services Club in the Gaza Strip, won the first place in the Egypt International Marathon.