(JTA) — British soccer player Mario Balotelli, the foster son of a Jewish mother, is facing a five-game ban over what his league deemed a “racist and anti-Semitic” message on social media.The British Football Association last...
(JTA) — British soccer player Mario Balotelli, who grew up the foster son of a Jewish mother, apologized for a racist and anti-Semitic post on his Instagram page.On Tuesday, Balotelli apologized on Twitter for the post,...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Say “Hindu” in Argentina and people are more likely to think rugby than religion. And if they do think religion, it’s probably Judaism.
That’s because last month Hindu, a rugby team associated...
VANCOUVER, Canada (JTA) — A youth hockey coach in suburban Vancouver was fired for posting Nazi propaganda on social media.Christopher Maximilian Sandau, 33, was dismissed earlier this month by the North Delta Minor Hockey Association after...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Arab-Israeli soccer team was fined for honoring former Knesset lawmaker Azmi Bishara, who fled Israel amid accusations of treason and espionage.The Bnei Sakhnin club was fined $4,000 on Wednesday by the Israel...
(JTA) — The coach of a Jewish youth soccer team in England took his players off the field after claiming they had been bombarded with “anti-Semitic abuse.”Members of the Manchester Maccabi team said they had endured...
(JTA) — The Cleveland Cavaliers in LeBron James’ return to his hometown NBA team routed Maccabi Tel Aviv in a game that pitted the Cavs’ new coach, David Blatt, against his former squad.
