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Preview: Indonesia vs. Palestine

What: International Friendly Where: Solo, Indonesia When: August 22nd, 2011 Kick-off: 8 pm (UTC/GMT +7 hrs) TV/Streams: Match will be aired in Indonesia on SCTV. Link1 Link2 Link3 Past Meetings: None Palestine will face off against Indonesia for the first…

Squad to face Indonesia announced

After a two-day delay left us guessing the members of the squad who will face Indonesia we finally can confirm the identities of the squad members. National team stalwarts Murad Alyan and Ismail Amour will miss out through injury. Houssam…

Bin Hammam, Rajoub and….Nepal?

On July 26th, MBC’s pan-Arab football program Sada alMala’eb hosted Mohammed Awada, editor-in-chief of Qatari sports magazine Staad alDawha(Doha Stadium). On the topic of Bin Hammam’s FIFA ban, Awada said that the former AFC head was sold out by ‘friends’.…

Video Diary: Palestine Home Match

A little video which hopefully captures the experience of attending a Palestine home match. Date: July 28th 2011 Event: World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg vs. Thailand. Faisal Husseini International Stadium Result: 2-2 (Palestine losing 2-3 on aggregate) Watch in HD!

Top Five New WBPL Players

1. Fahed Attal (Shabab Al-Khaleel) Former Clubs: Al-Jazira (JOR/2006-2010), Wehdat (JOR/2010-2011) After a five year stint in Jordan, an older more experienced Fahed Attal is back in Palestine. A lot was expected of Attal when he burst onto the scene…

WBPL Season Preview

The domestic season set to kick off with the Supercup (Al-Am’ary vs. Hilal Al-Quds) on August 5th. One day later the season kicks off for the other eight Premier League teams with the start of the Yasser Arafat Cup. Below…